Current Research/ Evaluation Projects
The ASPIRE initiative assists up to six selected states integrating state policy, program and funding infrastructures expanding evidence-based employment services for people with a disability resulting from mental health conditions. The goal is to increase competitive integrated employment for this population.
For more information, please visit: ASPIRE
ICAP – Homelessness: The 5-year study is a randomized controlled trial of IPS services versus usual employment services for recently homeless adults living in permanent supportive housing programs run by the PATH program in Los Angeles. The IPS Employment Center is providing the training and supervision. Researchers at Westat, Columbia, and University of Southern California are conducting the evaluation.
Contact: Justin D. Metcalfe, PhD, Policy Researcher, JustinMetcalfe@westat.com
IPS Justice system in Baltimore: The IPS Department of Justice study is a program evaluation involving a new IPS team located in the Baltimore mayor’s office that will outreach to substance use disorder clinics to provide IPS services to people who have justice system histories as well as substance use disorders. They may have past histories or current involvement in diversion, probation or parole programs. The IPS Center will provide training and supervision.
Contact: Franco Mascayano, Director of Employment Research, Franco.Mascayano@nyspi.columbia.edu
IPS Mexico: Researchers from Mexico and the United States are collaborating with the National Employment Service and the Center for Comprehensive Care in Long-Stay Mental Health to bring Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services to people with serious mental illness in Jalisco, Mexico. The comprehensive care center is the largest mental health clinic in Jalisco, serving around 5,000 people. The project team will consult with different stakeholder groups to adapt IPS training and tools for the local context while maintaining the core components. Ongoing IPS training for staff will combine in-person and online methods. A randomized trial will compare employment outcomes between participants receiving IPS versus standard services over one year. The study will evaluate IPS implementation by monitoring participation, service quality, and identifying facilitators and barriers. Finally, the team will estimate resources needed to scale up IPS across Jalisco’s mental health system. The goal is to successfully adapt IPS and demonstrate improved employment for people with serious mental illness through this collaboration.
Contact: Franco Mascayano, Director of Employment Research, Franco.Mascayano@nyspi.columbia.edu
IPS Young Adult Project: Helping Young Adults Succeed at Work and School Through IPS Supported Employment
This mixed-methods cohort study will evaluate the effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for 150 young adults (aged 16-24) with psychiatric disabilities enrolled in 10 IPS programs located in 5 different states. The research team will evaluate employment and education outcomes over a 12-month period following enrollment into IPS. We will also conduct qualitative interviews with state leaders, IPS team leaders, and young adults. States participating in the study were chosen from among the 24 states in the IPS Learning Community. The IPS Young Adult Network, a “mini-learning community” within the larger IPS Learning Community, will advise the research team and facilitate mutual support and shared learning among IPS programs serving young adults. The Young Adult Network will meet regularly during the 3-year project period, including two in-person meetings, to discuss the lessons learned from offering IPS to this age group. The study will also assess the feasibility, reliability, and validity of a new fidelity scale, the IPS-Y, which is an adaptation of the IPS Fidelity Scale with an additional focus on supported education. We will disseminate findings from the project in newsletters, learning community calls, conferences, and professional journals
Contact: Gary R. Bond, PhD, Senior Research Associate, GaryBond@westat.com
Alphabetized Publications
Articles
Al-Abdulmunem, M., Bond, G. R., Ressler, D. R., Becker, D. R., Swanson, S. J., & Marbacher, J. (2023). Individual placement and support programmes for young adults: Where are they and whom do they serve? Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 17, 824-836. doi:10.1111/eip.13440
Baller, J., Blyler, C., Bronnikov, S., Xie, H., Bond, G. R., Filion, K., & Hale, T. (2019). Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial of supported employment for Social Security disability beneficiaries with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 71, 243-249.
Bond. G. R., Johnson-Kwochka, A., Pogue, J.A., Langfelt, S., Becker, D.R., Drake, R.E. A tale of four states: Factors influencing the statewide adoption of IPS. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 48:528-538, 2021.
Bond, G. R., Swanson, S. J., Becker, D. R., Ellison, M. L., & Reeder, K. E. (2019). The IPS-Y: IPS Fidelity Scale for Young Adults. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 22, 239-255. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/797612.
Bond, G. R., Swanson, S. J., Becker, D. R., Al-Abdulmunem, M., Ressler, D. R., & Marbacher, J. (2023). Individual placement and support for young adults: One-year outcomes. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000580
Borger, C., Marrow, J., Drake, R., Taylor, J. Characteristics of enrollees in the Supported Employment Demonstration. Psychiatric Services, 72(12),1400-1406. 2021
Bury, D., Hendrick, D., Smith, T., Metcalfe, J., Drake, R. The psychiatric nurse care coordinator on a multi-disciplinary community mental health treatment team. Community Mental Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-00945-7, 2022.
Chanen, A., Nicol, K., Betts, J. K., Bond, G. R., Mihalopoulos, C., Jackson, H. J., . . . Killackey, E. (2020). INdividual Vocational and Educational Support Trial (INVEST) for young people with borderline personality disorder: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21, 583 https://doi.org/510.1186/s13063-13020-04471-13063.
de Winter, L., Couwenbergh, C., van Weeghel, J., Bergmans, C., & Bond, G. R. (2020). Fidelity and IPS: Does quality of implementation predict vocational outcomes over time for organizations treating persons with severe mental illness in the Netherlands? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55, 1607-1617.
Drake, R. E., Bond, G. R., & Mascayano, F. (2023). Modification of the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment. Psychiatric Services, 74, 656-658. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.20220484
Humensky, J.L., Turner, L.R., Dixon, L.B., Drake, R.E., Becker, D.R., Subotnik, K.L., Ventura J., Nuechterlein, K.H. Personnel time required for supported employment and education services for individuals in a recent-onset psychosis treatment program. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 15:402-405, 2021.
Jordan, N., Stroupe, K. T., Richman, J., Cao, L., Burt, J., Kertesz, S., . . . Bond, G.R. & Davis, L. L. (2022). Comparing service use and cost of Individual Placement and Support to usual vocational services in veterans with PTSD. Psychiatric Services, 73, 1109-1116. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.202100197.
McGurk, S. R., Xie, H., R., B. G., & Mueser, K. T. (2022). Impact of cognitive remediation on the prediction of employment outcomes in severe mental illness. Schizophrenia Research, 241, 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.01.011.
Metcalfe, J., Drake, R.E. Participation in individual placement and support in the Supported Employment Demonstration project. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 49:521-529, 2022.
Metcalfe JD, Reese SL, Drake RE. Evaluation of Individual Placement and Support at Three Community Mental Health Centers in California. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2024 51:196–206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01326-2
Pogue, J., Bond, G.R., Drake, R.E., Logsdon, S. Growth of IPS supported employment programs in the U.S.: An update. Psychiatric Services, 73, 533-538, 2022.
Riley, J., Drake, R.E., Frey, W., Becker, D.R., Goldman, H.H., Salkever, D., Bond, G.R., Becker, D.B., Marrow, J., Borger, C., Taylor, J. Helping people denied disability benefits for an alleged mental health impairment: The Supported Employment Demonstration. Psychiatric Services 71:310-311, 2021
Rognli EB, Aas EM, Drake RE, Marsden J, Anders P, Bond GR, Lystad JU, Reme SE, Arnevik EA. The effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for patients with substance use disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of IPS versus enhanced self-help. Trials 22:705
Stroupe, K. T., Jordan, N., Richman, J., Bond, G. R., Pogoda, T. K., Cao, L., Kertesz, S., Kyriakides, T. C., Bond, G. R., & Davis, L. L. (2022). Cost effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support compared to Transitional Work Program for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 49, 429-439. doi:10.1007/s10488-021-01173-z
Sveinsdottir, V., Lie, S. A., Bond, G. R., Eriksen, H. R., Tveito, T. H., Grasdal, A., & Reme, S. E. (2020). Individual placement
and support for young adults at risk of early work disability (the SEED trial). A randomized controlled trial. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 46, 50-59.
Reviews and viewpoints
Al-Abdulmunem, M., Drake, R.E., Carpenter-Song, E. Evidence-based supported employment in rural America: challenges and Adaptations. Psychiatric Services, published online, April, 2021.
Becker, D. R., & Bond, G. R. (2020). Commentary on special issue on IPS International. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 43, 79-82.
Bond, G. R. (2023). IPS supported employment and peer support for young adults: Next steps. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 17, 412-421. doi:10.1111/eip.13402
Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Pogue, J. A. (2019). Expanding Individual Placement and Support to populations with conditions and disorders other than serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 70, 488-498.
Bond, G. R., Mascayano, F., Metcalfe, J. D., Riley, J., & Drake, R. E. (2023). Access, retention, and effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support in the U.S.: Are there racial or ethnic differences? Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 58, 175-185. doi:10.3233/JVR-230007.
de Winter, L., Couwenbergh, C., van Weeghel, J., Sanches, S., Michon, H., & Bond, G. R. (2022). Who benefits from Individual Placement and Support? A meta-analysis. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31, e50. doi:10.1017/S2045796022000300
Drake, R. E., Becker, D. R., & Bond, G. R. (2020). The growth and sustainment of Individual Placement and Support. Psychiatric Services, 71, 1075-1077.
Drake, R. E., & Bond, G. R. (2023). Individual Placement and Support: History, current status, and future directions. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports, 2, e122. https://doi:10.1002/pcn5.122
Drake, R.E., Bond, G.R., Mascayano, F. Modifications of the Individual Placement and Support model. Psychiatric Services, (doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220484), 2023
Drake, R. E., Sederer, L. I., Becker, D. R., & Bond, G. R. (2021). COVID-19, unemployment, and behavioral health conditions: The need for supported employment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48, 388–392.
Ellison, M. L., Reeder, K. E., Stone, R., Hayes, M., Swanson, S. J., & Bond, G. R. (2023). Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for high school aged youth: Provider perspective and practice. Community Mental Health Journal, 59, 471-476. doi:10.1007/s10597-022-01028-3.
Mascayano, F., Drake, R.E. Supported employment as a global mental health intervention. Submitted, 2024.
Metcalfe JD, Drake RE. Assessing Substance Use Disorder Among Social Security Administration Disability Applicants. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 Aug 1;74(8):830-837. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220343. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36789609
Metcalfe, J.D, Drake, R.E. A Second look at reported ethnoracial employment differences in the Supported employment Differences. Submitted, 2024.
Smith, T.E., Bury, D., Hendrick, D., Morse, G., Drake, R.E. Barriers to client engagement and strategies for enhancing participation in community mental health and supported employment services. Psychiatric Services, 2022, published on-line September 6, 2022; doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202200023
Books
Bond, G.R., Drake, R.E., Pogue, J.A. Facilitating competitive employment for people with disabilities: Expanding implementation of IPS supported employment to new populations. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences, Handbook of Disability, Work, and Health. Edited by Ute Bultmann, Johannes Siegrist. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2021.
Other reports
Bond, G. R., Pogue, J. A., Al-Abdulmunem, M., Becker, D. R., & Drake, R. E. (2022). State-level barriers and facilitators to Individual Placement Support (IPS) implementation. ASPIRE Issue Brief. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/
Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., Becker, D. R., & Pogue, J. A. (2022). Measuring access to Individual Placement Support (IPS) and employment outcomes for historically underserved groups. ASPIRE Issue Brief. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/.
Bond, G. R., Al-Abdulmunem, M., Becker, D. R., & Drake, R. E. (2022). Implementing Individual Placement and Support in rural communities: Barriers and strategies. Aspire Issue Brief. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/.
Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Becker, D. R. (2023). Employment and education services for young adults with mental health conditions. ASPIRE Issue Brief. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/.
Bond, G. R. (2023). Cost-effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support. ASPIRE Issue Brief. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/.
Bond, G. R., Drake, R. E., & Becker, D. R. (2020). An update on Individual Placement and Support. World Psychiatry, 19, 390-391.
Bond, G. R., Lockett, H., & van Weeghel, J. (2020). International growth of Individual Placement and Support. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29, e183, 181–183.
Drake, R. E., Bond, G. R., Davis, L. L., & Al-Abdulmunem, M. (2022). Extending IPS supported employment to people outside the mental health system. ASPIRE Issue Brief. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/.
Drake, R. E., Bond, G. R., & Teach, F. (2023). Individual Placement and Support for people with co-occurring substance use disorders. Office of Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. Available at: https://www.stateaspire.org/.
Swanson, S.J., Drake, R.E., Reese, S., Pogue, J., Brock, R., Becker, D.R., Smith. T. Providing team-based mental health and employment services to non-traditional clients. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. In Press, 2023.