Transitioning Youth with Mental Health Needs to Meaningful Employment and Independent Living

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NCWD/Youth, with funding from the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the U.S. Department of Labor, carried out a study on successful strategies to help youth with mental health needs transition to postsecondary education, employment, and independent lives. With a focus primarily on the role of skills development, work, and career exploration, case studies were conducted of five promising program sites, and program design features and system-level policies that appear to help youth and young adults with mental health conditions better transition into adulthood and life-long success were identified.

Also read Pioneering Transition Programs; The Establishment of Programs that Span the Ages Served by Child and Adult Mental Health.