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Employment

​INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT & SUPPORT (IPS):  Proven Model for Adults w/Severe Mental Illness.

WHY IPS?

  • Work is a major therapeutic tool.
  • Competitive Employment Rate w/IPS:  41.2% (U.S., Q1, 2021)
  • ​People in IPS work longer stints, earn more money, and are more likely to become steady workers than people in traditional programs.
  • IPS works the best for people with Severe Mental Illness.
​IPS: :Video Library
​IPS:  Powerpoint (Alameda Behavioral Health)
IPS:  PowerPoint (San Francisco Penny Lane)

​IPS:  Funding in the U.S., IPS Works 2018
​IPS:  Effectiveness of individual placement and support  - Supported Employment for Young Adults.  2016
Department of Psychiatry, Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. and Connections, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

IPS: ​Helping People Living with Mental Illness Gain Employment, The IPS Employment Center, Rockville Institute (Dartmouth College)
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IPS Funding in the U.S.

HYPE: Helping Youth On the Path to Employment

Taught over the course of twelve weeks, HYPE's "Focused Skills and Strategies Training" provides young adults with mental health conditions pursuing school and work opportunities with the skills, strategies, and tools to improve important aspects of executive functioning. Initial research on FSST shows promising results. umassmed.edu/HYPE​

MAINTAINING BENEFITS

1619(b) Definition:
A rule that lets people who stop getting Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits due to work income keep their Medi-Cal health coverage while earning up to $47,395 per year. Higher earnings may qualify - 
If an SSI beneficiary has gross earnings higher than the threshold amount for his/her State, SSA can figure an individual threshold amount if that person has:
  • Impairment-related work expenses; or
  • Blind work expenses; or
  • A plan to achieve self-support; or
  • Personal attendant whose fees are publicly funded; or
  • Medical expenses above the average State amount.
1619(b) also makes it easier to get SSI benefits started up again if your countable income goes below SSI's income limit. For 1619(b), you must continue to meet other SSI eligibility rules, such as the resource limit. Note: If your earnings are over this limit and you have high medical expenses, you might still qualify for 1619(b).

Ask your local Social Security office about the 1619(b) Individualized Earnings Threshold. More on 1619b Exemption, including individual threshold calculation information.









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CALBHB/C Webinar
Recording 7/30/2021

Related PowerPoints

Issue Brief
​Accessible Format

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REPORTS / RESOURCES

What is Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Anyway?, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 2022

Social Security And Mental Illness: Reducing Disability With Supported Employment
, Health Aff (Millwood)

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Showcase of American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services Programs NCRTM Recorded Webinar 2020

New Partnership Will Bring Mental Health First Aid to Businesses U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation 2019
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Resources For Employers/Employees, Job Accommodation Network, West VA University.

Work as a Priority, A Resource for Employing People Who Have Serious Mental Illnesses and Who Are Homeless, SAMHSA
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Employment Works! IPS Newsletter, Summer 2018
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Employment Initiative Concept Paper (DRAFT), CASRA


Workforce Education and Training (MHSA WET) 5 Year Plan

Mental Health in the Workplace, One Mind 2017

Can SSDI and SSI Beneficiaries With Mental Illness Benefit From Evidence-Based Supported Employment? 2007, Gary Bond, PhD, Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University 
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​Meaningful Work and Recovery, Mental Health America (MHA) Website
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​Maximizing Productivity:  Accommodations for Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities
, Office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of Labor

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cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local mental/ behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing community mental health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local mental/behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
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