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Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 3/2017

01-05-2017 | Original Paper

Sustaining and Expanding Evidence-Based Supported Employment: The Role of State Leaders Participating in a Learning Community

Authors: Gary R. Bond, Annalee V. Johnson-Kwochka, Deborah R. Becker, Robert E. Drake, Mary Ann Greene

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 3/2017

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Abstract

State leaders often promote implementation of evidence-based practices but have difficulty sustaining and expanding them over time. This paper examines the activities of leaders in 13 states that have successfully implemented, sustained, and expanded evidence-based supported employment, known as Individual Placement and Support (IPS), for 4 to 12 years. We interviewed state leaders from 13 states participating in a learning community regarding the composition of their leadership team, participation in the learning community, interagency collaboration, state policy alignment, financing, training, and monitoring of fidelity and outcome. To assess state-level performance in implementing, sustaining, and expanding IPS services, we obtained measures of sustainment, expansion, program fidelity, and employment in the subsequent year and compared them to a priori benchmarks. The majority of states (between 69 % and 77 %) met benchmarks for sustainment, expansion, fidelity, and employment. States varied widely in specific actions to advance IPS, but all had established leadership teams, participated in the national learning community, and built an infrastructure supporting IPS. Leaders in 13 states participating in a learning community have adopted and maintained multiple strategies to sustain and expand evidence-based supported employment at a high level of fidelity with good employment outcomes.
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Metadata
Title
Sustaining and Expanding Evidence-Based Supported Employment: The Role of State Leaders Participating in a Learning Community
Authors
Gary R. Bond
Annalee V. Johnson-Kwochka
Deborah R. Becker
Robert E. Drake
Mary Ann Greene
Publication date
01-05-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0771-0

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