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NASMHPD partnership to support employment for MH population
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32319
Subject(s) - general partnership , mental health , vocational education , public relations , mental illness , supported employment , business , plan (archaeology) , state (computer science) , variety (cybernetics) , population , medical education , political science , psychology , work (physics) , medicine , engineering , psychiatry , pedagogy , finance , algorithm , computer science , mechanical engineering , environmental health , archaeology , artificial intelligence , history
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), Westat and the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) have announced a partnership to provide practical information and specific tools to state mental health (MH) and vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs to enhance collaborations at the local and state levels in order to increase competitive, integrated employment outcomes for individuals with mental illness. The partnership extends the existing collaboration established for the Social Security Administration's Supported Employment Demonstration (SED). Over the next three years, the NASMHPD and CSAVR, working closely with the Westat IPS Center, and their respective members, will identify and disseminate strategies for and examples of successful collaborations between state MH and VR agencies partnering with businesses to meet business hiring needs in ways that produce competitive, integrated employment opportunities for individuals with mental illness. The NASMHPD and CSAVR plan to distribute to their members proven strategies and practices through a variety of methods: conference presentations, articles in their newsletters, webinars, the sharing of success stories, joint one‐on‐one calls with their members, issue briefs and access to technical assistance.