Personal navigation,life coaching,and case management: Approaches for enhancing health and employment support services

Abstract

The national Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) projects examined whether providing comprehensive and coordinated health and employment services could help people with significant mental, physical and/or chronic health issues remain employed and independent of government benefits. Four states implemented interventions using different models that shared a person-centered approach. This paper describes how DMIE interventions were defined and implemented, compares models developed by states, and identifies factors that facilitated and/or limited their success.