Building the Foundation for the Family Options Project

Joanne Nicholson, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kathleen Biebel, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Valerie Williams, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Karen Albert, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Abstract

This article describes how the long-standing partnership between Employment Options, Inc., a psychosocial rehabilitation agency in Marlborough, MA, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School's (UMMS) Center for Mental Health Services Research led to the development of the Family Options program.