Join these Trendsetters!

These Illinois Employers Already Work with Supported Employment 

Want to join them?

Jewel-Osco
Costco
K-Mart
McDonald's 
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Club Demonstration Services
Citywide Janitorial & Disposal
Total Facility Maintenance 
A+ Security
Salvation Army
Street Wise
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind
Easter Seals
Hyundai USA
Ashley Stewart 
​Paramount Staffing
Helping Home
AQC Home Care
Gareda Home Health
Golden Year Home Health Care
Smarty Pants Learning Center
Levy Restaurants 
Five Loaves Restaurant
Honey 1 BBQ
La Principal Restaurant​​
​Buffalo Wings and Things 

Listen Up!
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​Podcasts Spotlight Employers of Workers with Mental Health Conditions
MADO Healthcare Hires IPS Clients
University Medical Center Hires Peer Specialists​

Watch & Learn
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The Business Case for Supported Employment 
Hear from a McDonald's franchise owner about how supported employment helped his business meet its quality goals.
Learn how a salon, restaurant, and parking vendor benefited from partnering with a mental health supported employment program.
Employer 101: How does supported employment help the employer?
Learn about Individual Placement and Support in Illinois.

Tales from the Field   
These employers are taking mental health seriously. 
Worried about hiring employees with mental illness? Here's why you shouldn't be.  
Why I hired an executive with mental illness.

Employer Tools
Learn about tax benefits for businesses that hire employees who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment.
1 in 5 employees has a mental health problem. Here's what business leaders can do about it.  
Toolkit on employing people with mental illness.

Tips for your Human Resources Department
How to advertise your intention to hire workers with disabilities.
Get support for recruiting, retaining, and advancing workers with disabilities.
Lifting the stigma of mental illness in the workplace.
Helping supervisors and coworkers be supportive of employees with mental illness.
Employers' guide to reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Guide to advertising for and interviewing people with lived experience of mental health issues.