Mental Health and Employment
To recover from substance abuse and mental illness, clients need meaningful work and the ability to enhance their skills through training. Employment integrates individuals into society and acknowledges their ability to contribute. Employment has been recognized as a factor in preventing and ending homelessness among people with disabilities because it develops motivation and statistics show they have a lower rate of substance dependence or abuse than those unemployed. (Leading Change: A Plan for SAMHSA’s Roles and Action).
Research indicates that a combination of long-term housing, treatment and life affirming services (such as supported employment) leads to improved residential stability and reductions in substance abuse and psychiatric symptoms.
Your donation will help Wayfarer extend a helping hand to the mentally ill through employment training, housing and case management.
Please Donate toward this very effective program.
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