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self-directed career accounts

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

Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centers

​Established in 1959, Thresholds provides health care, housing, employment services, and hope for thousands of persons with mental health and substance use disorders in Illinois every year. Through care, employment, advocacy, and housing, Thresholds assists and inspires people in mental health recovery to reclaim their lives. Thresholds serves as the study site for this evaluation. ​​

Outcomes & Publications

  • ​Evidence for IPS​
  • Curriculum to promote financial wellness for people in recovery​
  • Role of Medicaid in evidence-based supported employment​​​

Tools You Can Use

  • Learn how to implement IPS​​
  • ​Use our fillable brochure to market your IPS program to employers 
  • Use our fillable brochure to market your IPS program to referral sources
Request technical assistance

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