Population: Populations with Barriers to Employment

Substance Abusers

MDRC has evaluated specialized welfare-to-work programs for individuals with substance-abuse problems.

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Employment Help for the Most Vulnerable: Adapting the Individual Placement and Support Model in a Crisis

This post describes the creative adaptations to the COVID-19 pandemic of two employment providers that use the Individual Placement and Support model to help people find and keep jobs despite multiple, serious barriers to employment.

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Bridging Access to Benefits and Care in Communities Affected by Drug Use

Bridging Access to Benefits and Care — a collaboration among three nonprofit organizations — was designed to improve connections to public benefits and health care services for people dependent on opioids and intravenous drugs in the Bronx. This brief presents findings from an MDRC study of the pilot program’s implementation.

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