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The Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) project is conducting an evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programs being implemented in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to see whether and how individuals receiving IPS services in this environment benefit from the model.

The Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-Income Families Project (BEES) project strengthens ACF’s understanding of effective interventions aimed at supporting low-income individuals to find jobs, advance in the labor market, and improve their economic security. Read the May 2020 newsletter.

Get the latest updates on sites, publications, and the impact of COVID-19 in employment programs from the Building Evidence on Employment Strategies for Low-income Families Project, or BEES, in this newsletter.

This report documents the experiences of five programs that integrate employment services into treatment and recovery programs for people with substance use disorder (SUD).

This paper examines the impetus and existing evidence on programs that integrate employment services with treatment and recovery services for people with opioid and other substance use disorders (SUDs). It includes an overview of the nature and recent history of SUDs and their treatment, including the important role that employment can play in recovery, and discusses the factors that historically limited the role of employment services in treatment programs. It also provides a brief review of the limited but promising evidence on the effectiveness of integrating substance use disorder treatment and employment services in improving participants’ employment outcomes.

Read this brief to learn about OPRE's study of a program providing employment services, treatment, and supportive housing to individuals with substance use disorder.

This brief presents lessons learned from Breaking Barriers, an Individual Placement and Support program that was set in job centers and served a diverse group of jobseekers.

Read about OPRE's evaluation of the Individual Placement and Support employment services model in a substance use disorder treatment setting.

Breaking Barriers was a San Diego-based program that provided employment services to individuals with low incomes and disabilities who were looking for work.

This paper describes the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model, a framework for providing employment services to those facing barriers to work.