{"id":45,"date":"2017-06-28T18:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipsworks.org\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:30:27","slug":"ips-international-learning-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ipsworks.org\/index.php\/ips-international-learning-community\/","title":{"rendered":"IPS International Learning Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International IPS Learning Community<\/span><\/h1><\/div>

The IPS Learning Community has evolved over the last twenty years, starting with three sites in 2001. Currently, the community includes 26 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Alameda County (California), Solano County (California), Broward County (Florida), and eight countries\/regions outside the U.S.: Italy; the Netherlands; Spain; New Zealand; England; Montreal, Canada, France, Australia, and Norway.<\/p>\n

Within these states, regions, and countries, IPS trainers, mental health leaders, vocational rehabilitation leaders, peer leaders, family leaders, and employers work together in serving people with serious mental illness who want to gain employment as part of their recovery.<\/p>\n

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Members of the community learn from each other. All members share ideas for how to fund IPS programs, how to use fidelity and employment outcomes to guide technical assistance, and how to expand IPS services across their regions.<\/p>\n

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The IPS Employment Center helps state implementation teams learn how to provide effective IPS training and conduct fidelity reviews so that program staff achieves good employment outcomes. They use a train-the-trainers model to help states, regions, and countries build their own expertise and infrastructure. In addition, online training programs (registration is discounted for programs in the learning community), conferences calls, fidelity report-writing tools, and other types of assistance are available for members of the IPS learning community.<\/p>\n

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Benefits of Joining<\/span><\/strong><\/h1><\/div>
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Being a member of the International IPS Learning Community provides states, regions, and countries with many opportunities that foster growth, guide successful implementation, and support sustainment of their\u00a0IPS programs. These opportunities include:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    Opportunities to learn from the experiences of others<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Learn about new strategies to implement and sustain IPS Supported Employment services<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Invitation to participate in stakeholder teleconferences (e.g., state team calls, fidelity reviewer calls, IPS trainer calls, Vocational Rehabilitation liaison calls, family calls, peer calls)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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      Invitation to the annual meeting of the IPS Learning Community<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Opportunities to participate in research studies of the IPS Learning Community<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Reduced rate for online courses<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      Free use of the fidelity report software<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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      IPS supervisor bi-monthly tips email<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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