Live & Learn, Inc., a peer-run research organization in the United States, conducted a Phase I SBIR project to understand the program evaluation needs of CBOs, and technical specifications for Elevate, Evaluate. This report details the findings from a survey and interviews with CBO representatives from across the US. We asked 44 CBOs across 21 states about their current experiences, competencies, and needs around program evaluation, as well as their interest in using a product such as Elevate, Evaluate.
Read MoreReclaiming Employment offers self-employment support for people with mental health challenges around work. It was designed by people who have been there: our team members have personal experiences with mental health systems and business ownership.
This report includes data from 68 users who participated in a six-month pilot study of Reclaiming Employment. The trial was designed to gather user feedback and measure outcomes of people who desired to become self-employed or grow an existing business.
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The Self Employment Starts with You (SESY) study used qualitative and survey data to examine self-employment as a strategy to improve career options for individuals with a psychiatric disability. The goal was to understand the experience of current business owners, and provide useful information to aspiring business owners.
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The Self Employment Starts with You (SESY) study used qualitative and survey data to examine self-employment as a strategy to improve career options for individuals with a psychiatric disability. The goal was to understand the experience of current business owners, and provide useful information to aspiring business owners.
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The Self Employment Starts with You (SESY) study used qualitative and survey data to examine self-employment as a strategy to improve career options for individuals with a psychiatric disability. The goal was to understand the experience of current business owners, and provide useful information to aspiring business owners.
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Two research companies, Live & Learn Inc. and Human Services Research Institute, worked with HOPE (Helping Our Peers Emerge) staff to conduct an evaluation to understand and report the impact of the HOPE program on participants, in addition to Whole Person Pilot-required data. HOPE is a peer-run program in San Mateo, California. HOPE supports Peer Participants in transition from psychiatric hospitalization to community integration through Peer Mentoring, Family Partnership, and Supportive Employment Coordination. It was created as a Whole Person Pilot program under California's Medicaid Section 1115 waiver.
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Every two years beginning in 2010, Live & Learn staff and partners have conducted a Peer Respites Essential Features (PREF) survey. All peer respites in the U.S. are invited to participate. Since the first survey in 2010, the number has grown substantially, as reflected in our Peer Respite Directory. This effort creates nationwide, longitudinal data that documents trends in organizational development and program policy so that communities and states can learn from each other as the number of peer respites grows nationwide. Results from the 2018 PREF Survey examine changes in peer respite operations, funding, staffing, and guest experience between 2014-2018. In 2018, the results are reported in two separate reports.
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In partnership with the California Association of Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations (CAMHPRO), Live & Learn, Inc. conducted a survey on the impact of stakeholder advocacy on decisions affecting public mental health systems in California. The California Mental Health Stakeholder Advocacy Survey was designed by people with personal experience of the mental health system and related advocacy work from CAMHPRO, Live & Learn, Inc., and Shifa Consulting.
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