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Danielle Mahoehney is an education program specialist at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration. She provides training, technical assistance, and project coordination within the areas of community living and workforce development. She works with non-profit organizations and government agencies to advance competitive, integrated employment and community-based day support options for people with disabilities.
Before joining the ICI staff in 2020, Mahoehney served the organization as a consultant on employment-focused projects. She also has worked as an advocate for The Arc Minnesota and as a direct support professional and frontline supervisor. She earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.
“Early in my career I lived in an intentional community in Florida with people with and without developmental disabilities,” she said. “It not only sparked an interest in disability as a career but also helped form my priorities in life. While I was in Florida, there were major budget cuts and I saw up close how that directly impacted the people I lived with. I love working on employment issues because they are absolutely essential to full inclusion. When people with disabilities work in settings with people without disabilities, that’s when people really get to know each other and learn that everyone has something to share. If we don’t challenge people to explore what they are capable of and take some risks, it compromises the dignity of all of us.”
This project trains individuals and families in Minnesota to transition from subminimum wage to competitive integrated employment. The training covers self-advocacy skills, supported decision- …
Conducts a wide range of research, training, and technical assistance and dissemination projects related to community supports under its center grant and related project funding. The RTC-CL is …
Uses smartphone technology to reduce the gap between training and field-based implementation of best and evidence-based practice. ES-Coach is a web and smartphone-based tool that collects daily …
The Go MN! project is led by MN DEED. The project addresses people with disabilities in or contemplating subminimum wage work settings and offers them opportunities to explore careers in transporta…
ES-Coach is a web- and smartphone-based tool that collects daily data on supports and provides feedback to employment consultants, managers, and their teams in real time, helping them to reflect, …
This project provided training for more than 1,000 direct support workers (DSWs). The purpose of the training was to provide information on the following topics: 1) disability rights movement; 2) …
Provided specialized consultation on integrated day services and staff training for MRCI, Inc., an employment provider. ICI developed new tools for staff training to support increased community …
Assists the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in accelerating its understanding of the challenges that states face related to the HCBS direct service workforce and with potential …
Direct Support Workforce Solutions is a national consulting group addressing the workforce needs of organizations providing community-based supports for individuals with disabilities. Drawing on …
Funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, this project aimed to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities. As part of the project, the Institute for Community Inclusion …
ICI and the University of Massachusetts Boston are collaboratively designing, implementing, and evaluating the Minnesota Transformation Initiative Technical Assistance Center (MTI). MTI supports …
This issue features videos of a day and employment provider serving people with disabilities in rural Minnesota that decided to transition away from a center-based, subminimum wage service model …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights leveraging assistive technology to support competitive integrated employment. The newsletter also features resources from MTI and its partners.
This issue features customized employment, a process that identifies the strengths and interests of the job-seeker and matches those with the needs of a business. The issue also shares upcoming trainings and resources.Published: March 2024
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights an ICI study that aims to identify what information and resources are needed for an online retirement education and planning resource for older …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights the 2025 MOHR Spring Training Conference next month. MTI co-sponsors the Minnesota Organization on Habilitation and Rehabilitation conference and …
This issue of Rethinking What Works opens with MTI offering free technical assistance to Minnesota providers who support people with disabilities in working in competitive integrated employment. …
Employment & IDD lifts up National Disability Employment Awareness Month as a time to insist on more and better services to support people with disabilities to get and keep competitive jobs …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights LifeCourse Connect, a resource MTI offers free throughout 2025 to people with disabilities and their families. The newsletter also features other …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights Building a Pathway Forward , a new report highlighting the transformative work of MTI over the first two years of the technical assistance center. …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights the upcoming MN APSE conference, which MTI is sponsoring, and MTI's latest Quarterly Training on provider transformation. The newsletter concludes …
This issue shares the story and video of Udac, a Duluth employment service provider that won a national award for transforming its service model from center-based day and employment services to …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights Wabasha County Developmental Achievement Center's transformation to community-based employment and a leadership needs survey. The newsletter concludes…
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and this issue of Rethinking What Works offers suggestions for honoring NDEAM and learning more about employment for people with …Published: October 2024
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights resources that help disability professionals feel more confident when discussing work and government benefits with their jobseeker clients who rely …
This issue features MTI's peer mentorship program which helps people with disabilities and their support networks as they explore job options. It also shares upcoming trainings and resources.
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month, featuring a story from the field. The newsletter also contains upcoming trainings, resource…
This issue features a video about a Twin Cities organization that shifted from subminimum wage work and center-based employment to competitive, integrated employment opportunities chosen by their …
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights MTI at MN APSE's annual conference and features a story from the field about a peer mentor helping a friend find a job. The newsletter also contains …
Background: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced an immediate change to the delivery of employment supports and services for jobseekers and workers with intellectual and developmental disabili…
Published: 2023
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