Promising Findings as ES-Coach Ends
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Hello, With the Kessler Foundation grant ending on June 30, 2025, the ES-Coach project has concluded. We’ve been busy analyzing the data and are excited to share some promising preliminary findings. Between January 2023 and June 2025, more than 60 employment programs nationwide enrolled to use ES-Coach. Data from selected employment programs that used ES-Coach for 12 or more months with a high level of engagement show substantial improvements in their implementation of key activities and best practices in supported and customized employment: Key Activities: Best Practices: Watch for one article we just submitted to the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation and another that’s nearly ready for submission—I’ll let you know when they’re available. A few updates:
Research only makes sense if it supports you in your work with job seekers. I’ll follow up to ask for your insights on which direction you’d like to see us go with our research agenda. Stay tuned! ES-Coach is a project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership with the Institute of Community Integration at the University of Minnesota. For more information, visit www.es-coach.org or email info@es-coach.org. Gut feelings can only take you so far – analyze the right data, spot the trends that matter, and adjust your game plan in real time (Dave Kline, MGMT Playbook). You’re receiving this email because you previously expressed interest in ES-Coach. If it’s no longer relevant, feel free to unsubscribe — we value your time and don’t want to clutter your inbox. |
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We’re shaping our next research proposal, and your insights can help ensure it benefits employment programs and job seekers. Hello, It’s grant writing season, and we’d love your insights for our next research proposal. Are you in? Here’s the challenge we’re addressing—and a chance for you to help shape the research agenda. Most people with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive non-work services instead of employment services leading to competitive integrated employment—even...
Hello, With ES-Coach now retired, we’re open to suggestions for the next research chapter. Our goal: to study the ecosystem that enables employment programs to thrive—because when employment programs thrive, more people with IDD achieve their career goals. Your ideas are most welcome! Check out these tentative research questions to get you started: How do state policies, service definitions, and funding models across VR, IDD, and Medicaid systems enable or constrain best practices in...
Hello, I’m excited to share that the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation has accepted for publication our article: "Inside the workday of employment consultants: New insights on strengthening employment services" The article describes how 13 employment programs that used ES-Coach for at least one year, with a daily response rate of at least 60%, allocated their time on key activities and best practices. Check out the abstract, key charts, and conclusions from the article: Abstract....