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"Scoping" Research on Issues for Municipal Governments an...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) initiated this study in an effort to understand how municipal governments are implicated in programs and services for Aboriginal people living within th...
Authors: Carter, Tom; Polevychok, Chesya; Sargent, Kurt;...
Tags: literacy; health; population; education; housin...
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18 and Out: Life after Foster Care in Massachusetts
This 2005 policy paper from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children focused on the many issues, including homelessness, faced by youth who age out of the child welfare syst...
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Tags: youth; employment; juvenile justice; housing;
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A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Supported Employment Model for Persons...
...elevant literature, a methodology for conducting a benefit-cost analysis of an innovative supported employment intervention was developed. Several hypotheses were formulated and tested. The results in...
Authors: Rogers, E. Sally;Sciarappa, Kenneth;MacDonald-W...
Tags: supported employment;mental health;employment;c...
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A Community Growing Apart: Income Gaps and Changing Needs in the Ci...
...stical data, and results from community consultations. The key issues identified were: income gaps, employment/unemployment rates, low-income families, single-parent families, immigrants, family viole...
Authors: Jackson, Andrew;Schetagne, Sylvain;Smith, Peter;
Tags: income;enequalities;disparities;single parents;...
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A Community Study of Depression Treatment and Employment Earnings
Objective: Although treatment for major depression has been shown to reduce the costs of lost earnings resulting from lost work days, research has not demonstrated whether the reduction fully offsets ...
Authors: Zhang, Mingliang;Rost, Kathryn;Fortney, John;Sm...
Tags: mental health;depression;financing and sustaina...
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A Cost-Effectiveness Comparison of Supported Employment and Rehabil...
Recent research suggests that, for some people with severe mental illness, supported employment could improve vocational outcomes for little additional expense. This study describes the costs and clie...
Authors: Clark, Robin;Bush, Philip;Becker, Deborah;Drake...
Tags: mental health;employment;supported employment;f...
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A Page for Your HR Book: Supporting Consumers as Colleagues
Fears and misperceptions can prevent employers from hiring consumers. Employers might worry about personal boundaries, relapses, or training needs. HRC’s Gloria Dickerson, Recovery Specialist, shares ...
Authors: Dickerson, Gloria;
Tags: feature; employment; consumer involvement;
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A Place To Live, a Means To Work: How Housing Assistance Can Streng...
...eeds supply. Much of the current stock of affordable housing is located in places that have limited employment opportunities and are a long distance from centers of job growth. A growing body of resea...
Authors: Sard, Barbara;Waller, Margy;
Tags: benefits and entitlements;housing;affordable ho...
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Supported Employment for Inner-City ...
...ices for persons with severe mental disorders: (1) individual placement and support (IPS), in which employment specialists within the mental health center help patients to obtain competitive jobs and ...
Authors: Drake, R, McHugo, G., Bebout, R., & Becke...
Tags: employment;mental health;mental disorders;emplo...
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