| Methods | Design: Randomized control trial |
| Setting: Los Angeles, CA, United States | |
| Follow up: Over 20 months | |
| Recruitment: From one homeless youth agency | |
| Randomization: Participants were randomized using a computer generated algorithm with blocking | |
| Allocation: Participants selected a sealed envelope containing the name of the condition | |
| Blinding: Not reported in the publication | |
| Timing of outcome assessment: At baseline (study months 1‐4) and follow‐up (study months 20‐24) | |
| Outcome assessor: The primary investigator and research assistants | |
| Participants | Population: Homeless youth with mental illness |
| Sample size: Total n = 72, SEI n = 36, IPS n = 36 | |
| Interventions | Intervention: |
| The social enterprise intervention model was implemented in four stages: vocational skill acquisition (4 months), small business skill acquisition (4 months), social enterprise intervention formation and product distribution (12 months), and case‐management services (ongoing for 20 months); social enterprise intervention participants attended vocational and small business classes twice a week (1.5 h per session) and received case‐management services continuously throughout the 20 month study period. | |
| Comparator: | |
| Over the 20 months, all IPS participants met individually with the employment specialist, one case manager, and one clinician at least weekly. Meetings took place either in person within the agency or in the community, by phone, or through social media check‐ins. | |
| Outcomes | Housing stability, mental health, quality of life, employment, income |
| Notes |