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Kevin Mahoney

Professor Emeritus

Founding Director, National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS)

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Kevin Mahoney

Ph.D.

Contact

Telephone: 617-552-4039

Email: kevin.mahoney@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., St. Louis University
  • M.S.W., University of Connecticut
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests

Aging; disability; long-term care policy; participant-directed home and community-based services; inclusive communities

Expertise

  • Aging
  • Equity, Justice, and Inclusion

In the News

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Profile

Professor Emeritus Kevin Mahoney, PhD, who joined the 艾可直播 College School of Social Work (BCSSW) 艾可直播in 1999, is known for his research on participant direction of home and community-based services and supports for people with disabilities, and financing of long-term care. A major theme has been translational research linking research and practice. During Dr. Mahoney鈥檚 30-year career in gerontology and long-term care, he has held policy-making and administrative positions in the state governments of Connecticut and California, as well as appointments at the University of California-San Francisco and the University of Maryland.

Dr. Mahoney serves as Director of the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services (NRCPDS), which has been housed at 艾可直播 College since its inception in 2009. From 1996 to 2008, he was the National Program Director for the Cash & Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation, a policy-driven evaluation of one of the most unfettered forms of consumer direction of personal assistance services.

In 2004, Dr. Mahoney was presented the Maxwell A. Pollack Award from the Gerontological Society of America for research with great impact on policy and programs. He was awarded the James E. Flynn Prize for Social Work Research in 2007, and in 2012, selected as a Fellow by the board of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for his distinguished accomplishments and dedication to social work. An expert on state government and long-term care innovation, Mahoney has authored and co-authored dozens of scholarly articles and books.

Dr. Mahoney devotes a significant amount of time working to enhance the inclusiveness of 艾可直播 College. From 2007 to 2009 he represented the BCSSW on the Provost鈥檚 Task Force on "the University and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition." He currently serves as 艾可直播mentor to Spectrum, the support group for LGBT students and allies, and he is an active member of the University Diversity Committee and the BCSSW Diversity Committee.

Selected Grants

National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award, Duration September 1, 2008 鈥� August 31, 2012, Kevin J. Mahoney, 艾可直播 College, GSSW, $4,751,055

"Technical Support for Consumer Directed Programs," Sponsored by Administration on Aging, Federal, $998,888.00. (September 30, 2008 鈥� June 30, 2012).

Atlantic Philanthropies Award, Duration January 1, 2009 鈥� December 31, 2011, Kevin J. Mahoney, 艾可直播 College, GSSW, $3,500,000

The Administration on Aging, "Accelerating Adoption of Participant Direction Philosophy and Models in the Aging Network," $1,154,676. (August 1, 2011 鈥� June 31, 2014).

"A Demonstration & Evaluation of Self-Direction in Behavioral Health." Sponsored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $999,995. August 1, 2014 鈥� July 31, 2017.

Cash & Counseling

鈥淐ash & Counseling Demonstration/Evaluation: Next Steps鈥� ASPE, #HHS-100-02-0018, 2002 鈥� 2003, Modification #3, 2004, Kevin J. Mahoney, Ph.D.- National Project Director, 艾可直播 College GSSW, $2,020,775.

鈥淭echnical Assistance and Direction Grant鈥擟ash & Counseling鈥�, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grant # 048513, September 1, 2003 鈥� September 30, 2004, Kevin J. Mahoney, Ph.D. - National Project Director, 艾可直播 College GSSW, $961,271, (first TAD awarded under new $7 million authorization).

鈥淭echnical Assistance and Direction Grant 鈥� Cash & Counseling鈥�, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grant # 049696, October 1, 2004, Kevin J. Mahoney, Ph.D. 鈥� National Project Director, 艾可直播 College GSSW, $906,646.

鈥淭echnical Assistance and Direction Grant鈥擟ash & Counseling鈥�, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Awarded October 1, 2005, Kevin J. Mahoney, Ph.D.- National Program Director, 艾可直播 College, GSSW,聽 $925,620.

鈥淒oes Mental Illness affect Consumer-Directed Care?: Learning from the Cash & Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation鈥�, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,聽 (Ce Shen as Principal Investigator), Submitted December 2005, $985,634.

鈥淭echnical Assistance and Direction Grant鈥擟ash & Counseling鈥�, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Awarded October 1, 2006, Kevin J. Mahoney, Ph.D.- National Program Director, 艾可直播 College, GSSW,聽 $1,236,476.

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