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E1MN Newsletter - May 2026
Resources
NCAPPS Shorts
Acknowledging and understanding a person’s racial and cultural identities is essential for providing person-centered supports. The National Center on Advancing Person- Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) created a series of Culture and Person-Centered Practices short videos. In these shorts, NCAPPS community members share their thoughts on how their racial and cultural identities shape their expectations and views of support systems.
NCAPPS has created a companion guide to the Culture and Person-Centered Practices shorts which provides themes and quotes to facilitate selection of the videos to use in trainings and as conversation starters. In addition, most videos have an accompanying plain language summary.
State Services for the Blind's The Spectacle Newsletter provides helpful information for blind, DeafBlind, and low vision teens and those that support them.
Success Stories
APSE Podcast
In the MN APSE Podcast, “If You Believe It, You Can Achieve It”, MN APSE’s Chris Davies talks with self-advocates, policymakers, providers and others involved in efforts in Minnesota to raise the bar of employment for people living with disabilities and mental health challenges.
In Season 6, Episode 1, host Chris Davies has a powerful and heartfelt conversation with Claire Braun. Claire and her late husband opened their home to 75 foster children in Ramsey County—adopting 8 along the way. Hear how children of all abilities grew into adults thriving in competitive, integrated employment—and the role one family played in making that possible.
Events
MN APSE Lunch & Learn
Join MN APSE’s May Lunch & Learn where Danielle Mahoehney will discuss resources employment staff should know about. There are many free and low-cost resources available for employment staff and managers—if you know about them and where to find them. This session will offer an overview of resources in Minnesota and across the country that provide information, training, professional development, and networking for employment services professionals. This is a great opportunity for professional development at no cost to you or your staff. Managers – send your staff and subject matter experts will provide the training!
When: May 21, 2026, 12pm-1pm
Reminder for MTI Quarterly Training: Minnesota Providers Supporting Community Life Engagement in Action
In collaboration with the Minnesota Organization for Habilitation and Rehabilitation (MOHR), the Minnesota Transformation Initiative (MTI) holds quarterly trainings focused on organizational transformation. These are free and open to any employment and day service provider in Minnesota.
Community Life Engagement (CLE) in Action is a project designed to share research, resources, and promising practices that support community inclusion and partnership for people with disabilities.
Partners on this project will provide an overview of the CLE toolkit and the components of CLE in Action project. Participating service providers from Minnesota will share how they are using information and lessons learned to inform their own service delivery and organizational change efforts.
When: May 13, 2026, 2:30-3:30 PM
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What is the E1MN Newsletter?
E1MN is Minnesota's state agency partnership to advance Employment First outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities. The state agency partnership evolved from Minnesota's Employment First policy adopted by the Olmstead sub-cabinet in 2014.
The E1MN Newsletter is a way to communicate important information to professionals (school, VRS/SSB, county, provider staff) who support employment outcomes for youth and adults with disabilities.
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