Effects of Self-Directed Career Accounts on Vocational Outcomes of Supported Employment Recipients
Study Overview
This evaluation project is examining the impact of a flexible fund called a Career Account on the vocational success of individuals receiving evidence-based practice supported employment services using the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model. The use of Career Accounts is a self-directed approach to vocational service delivery that allows participants to manage a personal budget from which they purchase goods and services needed for job seeking, career development, and employment.
Study Partner
Trilogy Behavioral Health, Incorporated
Trilogy is a behavioral health care organization with more than 44 years of experience serving people with mental illnesses in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Trilogy's mission is to assist people in their mental health recovery by helping them discover and reclaim their own capabilities and life direction. They operate an award-winning IPS program. Trilogy will serve as the study site for this evaluation.
Trilogy is a behavioral health care organization with more than 44 years of experience serving people with mental illnesses in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Trilogy's mission is to assist people in their mental health recovery by helping them discover and reclaim their own capabilities and life direction. They operate an award-winning IPS program. Trilogy will serve as the study site for this evaluation.
