Reinvention of the Lodge Program: A Case Study of Program Changes to Promote Full-Time Employment

Abstract

Abstract Securing and maintaining employment continues to challenge people with psychiatric disabilities in spite of the availability of alternative methods for enabling people to obtain community employment. One model, the Lodge Program, has been in existence for over 30 years. The process of lodge reinvention to support full-time employment is examined in a case study of Tasks Unlimited, a lodge program in Minnesota. Implications for rehabilitation practitioners' roles in creating supports for full-time employment are discussed.