Three key issues affecting the understanding of low rates of successful employment outcomes for people with mental illness are explored. These are: lack of a common definition of successful employment; lack of clear, objective, standardized data; and differences among states and programs in measuring client characteristics. Peer critiques to the data and analysis are provided along with tables comparing employment outcomes by state. 

Marrone, Joe; Smith, Frank A.; Foley, Susan M. 

Evidence-Based Practice; Community Inclusion; VR; vocational rehabilitation; Research to Practice; Individual Placement and Support; IPS; Mental Health Transformation Grant; MHTG; Successful Closures; 

Employment Programs, Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness 

Comparison Table, Matrix or Chart, Data, Newsletter, periodic publication, Reports 

Institute for Community Inclusion 

Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, All States/Territories 

04/23/2009 

Joe Marrone
Institute for Community Inclusion / UMass Boston

joseph.marrone@gmail.com
617-287-4300