Summit Fiscal Agency offers Agency With Choice services to consumers who receive funding under the Mental Retardation and Related Conditions (MR/RC) waiver; the Elderly (EW) Waiver; Community Alternative Care (CAC); the Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals (CADI) waiver; and the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) waiver. We are also offering these services to consumers who receive funding under the Minnesota Disabilities Health Options (MnDHO) and the Minnesota Senior Health Options (MnSHO) programs.

The Agency with Choice model offers the most support to consumers or families who want to direct their own services. Under this model, Summit Fiscal Agency is the Common Law Employer and you are the Managing Employer. This is a dual employer arrangement which allows you to recruit, screen, hire, train, supervise and evaluate your employees. You set their wages and mileage reimbursement rate when you set your individual budget. You will also be responsible for obtaining and verifying all of the employees’ paperwork, timecards and expenses reimbursement requests. While you can decide you no longer want to have an employee work in your home, we actually discharge the employee from our employment because we are the Common Law Employer.

As the Common Law Employer we require background and motor vehicle checks. Under the Agency with Choice model we carry the liability insurance, workers compensation and pay all wages and taxes.

We provide you with all the tools and materials you need to manage your consumer directed supports, manage your employees according to our policies and procedures and manage your CDCS allocation. We will also monitor, track and provide reports to you, the counties and DHS about your use of your CDCS allocation.

Summit Fiscal Agency complies with all applicable federal and state rules and regulations. Our professional staff have experience researching and implementing new rules and regulations as they change and evolve. We have consulting relationships with and tax and auditing accountants and a business and employment specialist attorney.

All of the services rendered by Summit Fiscal Agency are subject to periodic review by Counties and the Department of Human Services. We will provide the Minnesota Department of Human Services with summary information from surveys, quality indicator activity and any other information requested