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  • Getting to Work: Promoting Employment of People with Mental Illness (PDF): A report for state policymakers from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law that describes the need for supported employment services, how these services work, the successful outcomes they secure, the cost savings they enable states to realize and the legal obligations they help states fulfill. It also offers recommendations for states interested in expanding the availability of supported employment services for people with serious mental illness. Also available are three fact sheets from Getting to Work:
    • Getting to Work Fact Sheet 1: Supported Employment Works (PDF)
    • Getting to Work Fact Sheet 2: Supported Employment Saves Money (PDF)
    • Getting to Work Fact Sheet 3: Supported Employment and Olmstead (PDF)
  • Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities: A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
  • Employment Intervention Demonstration Program: A multisite research study from the University of Illinois at Chicago of innovative programs that combine vocational rehabilitation with clinical services and supports.
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