The
Community Action Grant for Systems Change
Phase
I-II, Latino Priority
funded by SAMHSA/CMHS
3/2000 - 3/2003
Maria E.
Restrepo-Toro, see profile
mertoro@bu.edu
Principal Investigator
- The Center
for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University
- Massachusetts
Department of Mental Health
- Massachusetts
Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)
- Peer Education
Project (Vinfen Corporation)
The goal
of phase one was to achieve consensus and adapt the Choose Get Keep (CGK)
approach to meet the needs of the Latino population.
The CGK model
has both empirical evidence supporting the impact of the approach, as
well as consensus among psychiatric rehabilitation experts as to its significance
in the psychiatric vocational rehabilitation field. As a result of this
effort, the model is considered culturally competent, and has been implemented
in 5 sites throughout the state.
The goal
of phase two was to implement the model, Modelo de Rehabilitación Vocacional
para Personas Latinas con Condiciones Psiquiátricas y/o Coexistentes ("Choose-Get-
Keep" Approach to Vocational Rehabilitation for Latino Individuals with
Psychiatric and Co-occurring Conditions), in five Massachusetts sites:
Lawrence, Cambridge, Boston, Springfield and Holyoke.
The final
report of the community action grant, "The Choose-Get-Keep Approach
to Vocational Rehabilitation for Latinos with Psychiatric and Co-occurring
Conditions," is available for full-text download:
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