Articles for the Topic "Supported Employment"

Allies for Employment Initiative Summary Report

2010-02-02T12:36:27

This summary report discusses CSHs role in Allies for Employment Initiative, which enables tenants of supportive housing greater access to the mainstream employment market.

Central City Concern: Employment Outcomes

2010-05-06T08:49:12

In an effort to continuously evaluate the efficacy of programming within this organization, Central City Concern (CCC) will often request independent evaluations. The findings of this evaluation are very encouraging. Homeless individuals with addictions and criminal histories can work! Of the 319 men and women enrolled into this program, 227 were successfully assisted in finding competitive employment across 12 different business sectors. These results occurred in the worst economy on record since the Great Depression. (authors)

Common Employment Strategies in the U.S. DOL-HUD Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing (CHETA)

2010-06-09T10:42:50

This report summarizes the findings of CHETA’s survey regarding staff practices within five demonstration projects in order to determine the common employment service interventions used by staff; identify possible training needs for personnel; and stimulate discussion of such practices with project leaders and staff.

Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing: A Program and Policy Handbook for Successfully Linking Supportive Housing and Employment Services for Chronically Homeless Adults

2010-04-28T04:13:46

This Handbook summarizes key lessons learned from the five-year U.S. DOL and HUD demonstration projects in five cities, funded through the Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing (ECHEH) initiative. It is intended to assist and inform service providers, program planners, policy makers, and community leaders who want to understand the key ingredients, operational procedures, and policy implications for establishing an effective approach to providing employment and housing services to formerly homeless individuals with multiple barriers to employment and housing stability. In addition to policy and systems change information, the handbook includes many samples and tools from the five ECHEH sites. (Authors)

Implementation of Supported Employment for Homeless Veterans With Psychiatric Or Addiction Disorders: Two-year Outcomes

2007-03-28T03:10:05

This resource provides the abstract and link to a study which examines the implementation process for supported employment programs amongst homeless veterans with either mental health or substance abuse diagnoses.

Implementing Supported Employment as an Evidence-Based Practice

2007-11-20T06:07:56

Supported employment for people with severe mental illness is an evidence-based practice, based on converging findings from eight randomized controlled trials and three quasi-experimental studies. The critical ingredients of supported employment have been well described, and a fidelity scale differentiates supported employment programs from other types of vocational services. The effectiveness of supported employment appears to be generalizable across a broad range of client characteristics and community settings. More research is needed on long-term outcomes and on cost-effectiveness. Access to supported employment programs remains a problem, despite their increasing use throughout the United States. The authors discuss barriers to implementation and strategies for overcoming them based on successful experiences in several states. (Authors)

Linking One-Stop Career Centers and Homeless Assistance and Housing Programs

2010-06-09T10:33:56

This document presents strategies for systems to: (1) engage in planning processes that address the employment needs of homeless job seekers and (2) build systemic collaborations to end homelessness, including linking employment programs and services with those delivered through One-Stop Career Centers.

Project Renewal’s Next Step Employment Programs

2010-06-09T10:48:33

Project Renewal’s model employment programs work with people who are homeless and formerly homeless in New York City. Their comprehensive employment approach includes education, training, job placement, retention services, and a culinary arts program. The program is renowned for its placement and retention success, due in part to its rigorous efforts to reach out to and engage the employer community. (Corporation for Supportive Housing)

Recognizing Work as a Priority in Preventing or Ending Homelessness

2007-06-24T02:34:56

The literature speaks to the importance of employment in the lives of homeless individuals and shows how they can be assisted in job seeking (Long & Amendolia, 2003; Marrone, 2005; Quimby, Drake, & Becker, 2001; Rio, Russell, Dudasik, & Gravino, 1999; Rog & Holupka, 1998; Shaheen, Williams, & Dennis, 2003; Trutko, Barnow, Beck, Min, & Isbell, 1998). Some reports suggest it may be effective and worthwhile to offer employment at the earliest stages of engagement to help people who are homeless develop trust, motivation, and hope (Cook et al., 2001; Min, Wong, & Rothbard, 2004). Practitioners have historically focused on providing people with access to safe and affordable housing and supportive services, usually addressing employment later in the continuum. This practice-oriented report from the field proposes that employment should be offered as early as possible and maintains that facilitating employment is an unrecognized and underutilized practice for preventing and ending homelessness. The paper provides principles, practices, and strategies programs can use to make work a priority. (Authors)

Research on the Individual Placement and Support Model of Supported Employment

2007-12-15T11:15:48

This paper reviews research on the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of supported employment for people with severe mental illness. Current evidence indicates that IPS supported employment is a more effective approach for helping people with psychiatric disabilities to find and maintain competitive employment than rehabilitative day programs or than traditional, stepwise approaches to vocational rehabilitation. There is no evidence that the rapid-job-search, high-expectations approach of IPS produces untoward side effects. IPS positively affects satisfaction with finances and vocational services, but probably has minimal impact on clinical adjustment. The cost of IPS is similar to the costs of other vocational services, and cost reductions may occur when IPS displaces traditional day treatment programs. Future research should be directed at efforts to enhance job tenure and long-term vocational careers. (Authors)

Supported Employment: Implementation Resource Kit

2007-09-10T11:21:50

This implementation resource kit reflects the current state-of-the-art concerning evidence-based integrated dual disorders services. It addresses both the “key ingredients” of the clinical model and many practical considerations essential for successful implementation. It also describes the need for each community to adapt the model to its particular needs and characteristics. Careful attention to unique community needs, coupled with fidelity to the key ingredients of the practice, equals successful implementation. The closer the kit user comes to following the implementation resource kit guidance, the more likely the practice will yield good results for consumers. (SAMHSA)

Vocational Outcomes Among Formerly Homeless Persons With Severe Mental Illness in the Access Program

2007-06-20T07:53:50

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the vocational outcomes of 4,778 formerly homeless individuals with severe mental illness who were enrolled in the Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Support (ACCESS) program, a multisite demonstration project designed to provide services to this population.

Work as a Priority - Issues Brief #4: From Outreach to Employment: Enhancing Motivation to Change

2010-04-28T05:12:24

This is an excellent overview on using change theory to engage homeless individuals in moving forward towards employment or any other change. (Authors)

Work as a Priority: A Resource for Employing People Who Have a Serious Mental Illness and Who Are Homeless

2007-03-28T12:40:17

This guidebook is intended to provide a foundation, both conceptually and in practice, to increase employment among people who are homeless and have serious mental illness. Topics covered in the guidebook include: background information on what we know so far about employment for people who are homeless and have serious mental illnesses; an orientation to the principles of recovery; summaries of various employment models and approaches developed for people with psychiatric disabilities; personal, program, and system-level challenges to employment for people who are homeless with a serious mental illnesses; and examples from throughout the country of programs that have elevated work to a priority in their agencies as well as key factors to consider when developing employment services for people with serious mental illnesses who are homeless. An overview of employment-related services available through the state Vocational Rehabilitation system, and the implications of right to work legislation for employment of people with disabilities is also presented.