- 8500 210th St W #148, Lakeville, MN 55044
- kota@kotaconnections.net
- 952·469·1555
- 8500 210th St W, Suite 148, Lakeville, MN 55044
- kota@kotaconnections.net
- 952·469·1555
Kota Connections is a dually enrolled provider (245D & VRS-LUV) in Lakeville serving adults with disabilities across Dakota County. This page covers what you need to make a referral decision quickly: services, capacity, funding, and the people you’ll be working with.
Dakota County. Primary focus: Lakeville, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Eagan, Farmington, Rosemount, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, South St. Paul.
CDCS · State Waiver · Brain Injury (TBI) · CADI · CAC · DD · Dakota County · VRS-LUV
Updated monthly. If you need same-day confirmation, call the office, we’ll tell you straight. Last updated: May 1, 2026.
Pre-employment planning, job development, and ongoing periodic check-ins. Open to new VRS and waiver-funded referrals.
Reviewing new referrals where geography and rotating-team capacity align. Call to discuss a specific client.
Transportation, in-appointment support, documentation, and follow-up tracking. New referrals welcome.
Day Support 1:3 staffing ratio. Prospective clients are welcome to attend a KC meeting before referring.
The process is the same for every referral, regardless of service type. We’ve kept it short on purpose.
Before submitting, confirm with your client and team that the services align with the active waiver or CDCS plan, and that Kota’s service area covers their address.
The current referral form is in the document resource library. Submit it along with a current Community Support Plan or equivalent.
Send to referrals@kotaconnections.net. We confirm receipt the same business day.
Once reviewed, we confirm whether we can meet the needs in the referral and schedule an intake meeting with the client, guardian, and team. Typical referral-to-start: 1–3 months, can be expedited.
We treat case managers as part of the team from intake forward.
Records or a contact with a timeline provided within one business day of request.
Every support, search, or planning visit emailed to the team. Other services are updated as needed.
No phone tree. No separate intake routing. The same family that runs Kota answers the phone.
We tell you when we can’t meet a need, and where we can, we’ll point your team toward another Dakota County provider who might be a better match.
The five core services described in plain terms, match against an active service plan.
Job development, on-the-job training, and ongoing periodic check-ins with client, employer, and team. Funded primarily through DEED VRS and waiver-funded employment services. APSE-recognized model.
15–30 min visits. No single dedicated staff per client; rotating team provides continuity through staff changes. Verbal reminders for cooking, cleaning, hygiene, budgeting, scheduling. Grocery support every other week (1-hour cap). No physical PCA, no medication administration. Clients live independently on their own lease.
Scheduling assistance, in-appointment support, documentation, and follow-up tracking. Coordination with primary care, specialists, and the county case manager as needed.
Built around client interests. Group staffing and transportation included. Currently billed as Day Support Services (1:3 ratio) under our 245D license. Open to drop-in attendance from prospective clients before referral.
Played at Aronson Park in Lakeville. Open to anyone, run by our nonprofit, KC Fund.
Typically 2 weeks to 1 month to know whether we’d be a good fit for a given referral.
A completed referral packet and a current Community Support Plan (or equivalent planning document). MnCHOICES results help if available, but are not required.
Primary service area is Dakota County. Adjacent county placements are reviewed case-by-case. Call us if your client is on the boundary.
CDCS, Dakota County, State Waiver, Brain Injury (TBI), CADI, CAC, DD. We also hold a Limited Use Vendor (LUV) contract with VRS to provide job searching.
No. We serve clients with and without legal guardianship. The intake meeting includes whoever the client wants in their support circle.
No. Apartment-check-in clients live independently on their own lease.
Average 1:3 staffing ratio across events.