Supported Employment Demonstration
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Impairment
- Sponsor
- Westat
- Enrollment
- 3000
- Locations
- 20
- Primary Endpoint
- Employment
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether offering an evidence-based package of employment supports integrated with mental health services has a positive impact on employment and clinical recovery, and delays or diminishes the need for disability benefits.
Detailed Description
SSA contracted with Westat to implement and evaluate the Supported Employment Demonstration (SED). The SED provides integrated mental health and vocational services to people with mental illness who were recently denied Social Security disability benefits. The evaluation will determine the impact of the SED on employment, clinical recovery, and receipt of disability payments. The evaluation is using a randomized controlled trial design to compare the outcomes of two treatment groups and a control group. In the full-service arm (n = 1,000), participants receive services from an Individual Placement and Support employment specialist, a care manager, and a nurse care coordinator (NCC) who provides medication management support, as well as modest funding for out-of-pocket prescriptions, essential work-related expenses, and other services in the participant's treatment plan. The basic-service arm (n=1,000), which is expected to cost about 50 percent less than the full-service arm, provides all services and funds except the NCC. Participants in the usual services (control) group (n = 1,000) seek services as they normally would but receive a comprehensive guide to local, state, and national resources. Data collection includes computer-assisted baseline (in-person) and blinded quarterly (telephone) interviews with participants, collection of SSA administrative and site-level program data, site visits (including fidelity assessments), qualitative interviews with site administrators and service providers, focus groups with study participants, and person-centered ethnographic interviews with participants and nonparticipants.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Individuals denied Social Security disability benefits (SSDI or SSI)
- •Individuals alleging a mental impairment
- •Live in Community Mental Health Agency (CMHA) catchment area
- •Legally competent
- •Express desire to improve work situation
Exclusion Criteria
- •Intellectual disability
- •Reside in a nursing home or custodial institution
- •Already receiving supported employment services from CMHA site
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Employment
Time Frame: 36 months
Whether participant is employed in a paying job at any time during the 36 month study period. Assessed via quarterly computer-assisted telephone interviews.
Secondary Outcomes
- Employment (Competitive)(36 months)
- Short-Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12) Mental Component Score (MCS)(36 months)
- Job Tenure(36 months)
- Time Until Award(36 months)
- Months Employed(36 months)
- Months above SGA(36 months)
- Total Hours Worked(36 months)
- Days to First Job(36 months)
- Total Earnings(36 months)