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The Reclaiming Employment Journey: An RCT of Business Coaching and Education for Self-Employed Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities

Award Number: 90IFRE0081
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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The Reclaiming Employment Journey: An RCT of Business Coaching and Education for Self-Employed Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities - Live & Learn, Inc., in partnership with Stakeholder Advisory Consultants will, over the course of this three-year project, implement and test personalized business coaching as an addition to the existing Reclaiming Employment platform using evidence-based business coaching and peer support practices. Reclaiming Employment is an interactive online platform that supports people with psychiatric disabilities to pursue self-employment/entrepreneurship through flexible, self-paced courses, a library of curated business resources, and a community support forum. The goal of this project is to perform a three-arm randomized control trial to ensure that a more intensive, individualized model of business start-up support is justified before scaling up. The objectives are: 1) Refine the intervention design based on findings from the pilot study; 2) Conduct a randomized controlled trial to test the intervention components; and 3) Analyze and disseminate results to vocational/mental health stakeholders. Anticipated outcomes include measurable improvement to employment outcomes for individuals with psychiatric disabilities by developing an evidence-based model of peer-to-peer business coaching that can be adopted by the target population and service systems. The expected products are scholarly publications and accessible lay-person summaries of our findings, and a business coaching curriculum that can be used to train peer specialists and/or vocational rehabilitation providers.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $199,999 )
2024	2024	LIVE AND LEARN SOCIETY	1163 MAIN STREET	MORRO BAY	CA	93442	SAN LUIS OBISPO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	6/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$199,999
2024	2023	LIVE AND LEARN SOCIETY	1163 MAIN STREET	MORRO BAY	CA	93442	SAN LUIS OBISPO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	12/6/2023	OTHER REVISION	$0
2024	2023	LIVE AND LEARN SOCIETY	1163 MAIN STREET	MORRO BAY	CA	93442	SAN LUIS OBISPO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	6/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $199,999

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $199,998 )
2023	2023	LIVE & LEARN SOCIETY	1163 MAIN STREET	MORRO BAY	CA	93442	SAN LUIS OBISPO	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/25/2023	NEW	$199,998
														Subtotal = $199,998

Grand Total All Awards = $399,997

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The Reclaiming Employment Journey: An RCT of Business Coaching and Education for Self-Employed Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities

Award Number: 90IFRE0081

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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