Publications for Providers
Employer Recognition
This Employer Recognition Toolkit is a guide for those looking for ways to honor employers. It describes some of the ways organizations can and have appreciated the leadership and contributions of the individuals and companies that employ people who have disabilities.
PDF | Word
Going To Work
A guide to Social Security benefits and employment for young people with disabilities.
English version – PDF | English version – Word | English version – Supplement 2012Español PDF | Español Word |
Español Supplement – 2012
Menu of Services
Employing People with Disabilities: A Menu of State Agency Resources for Massachusetts Employers is a resource guide of Massachusetts state agencies networks and services, that are available to support your business and its employees, and that will help you hire, accommodate, retain, and promote employees with disabilities. Some of the agencies serve a broad population of people with disabilities, while others are focused on a particular type of disability, such as blindness or mental health.
PDF | Word
School Days to Pay Days
An employment planning guide for families of young adults with intellectual disabilities.
PDF | WordView web pages of School Days to Pay Days brochure
Practice Briefs
Bristol Employment Collaborative has developed an innovative certificate program to train people with disabilities to become personal care attendants. The program is taught at the Bristol Community College and the first class graduated in Dec. 2010.
Innovative Training Program in Healthcare for People with Disabilities
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Massachusetts Career Centers: Best Practices in Accessibility for Customers with Disabilities
PDF | Word
Massachusetts Career Centers and Workforce Development Youth Services: Meeting the Needs of Young People with Disabilities
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Best Practices in Collaboration: Massachusetts One-Stop Career Centers and Community Agencies Serving People with Disabilities
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Center for Workers with Disabilities Brief – March 2012
Improving Human Services Transportation: The Massachusetts Brokerage and Coordination Model
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Practice Briefs – Transportation
Nine regional multi-stakeholder transportation teams have been working on coordination projects in Massachusetts since 2009. Follow teams’ progress in this Practice Brief.
Lessons Learned from Local Transportation Coordination in Massachusetts since 2009
PDF | Word and Map
Lessons Learned from Coordinated Transportation Series: The MinuteVan Team
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Lessons Learned from Coordinated Transportation Series: Metro West Mobility Team
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Lessons Learned from Coordinated Transportation Series: The Berkshire Mobility Team
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Lessons Learned from Coordinated Transportation Series: Cambridge in Motion Team
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Lessons Learned from Coordinated Transportation Series: Southeastern Massachusetts Transportation Alliance
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The Massachusetts Institute for Transportation Coordination 2009
The Massachusetts Institute for Transportation Coordination addressed transportation coordination issues at regional and local levels in October 2009.
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2011 Report – One Year after the 2009 Institute for Transportation Coordination: Coordinated Transportation Projects for Transportation Disadvantaged Populations in Massachusetts.
The report highlights the lessons learned by our transportation teams and the barriers to coordinated transportation since 2009
PDF | Word
Issue Briefs
Issue Briefs provide descriptive information in small “bites” to raise awareness of issues related employment for people with disabilities in Massachusetts.
A Profile of Working-Age Adults with Disabilities in Massachusetts PDF | Word
The Geography of Disability in Massachusetts: Prevalence and Affluence PDF | Word
The Geography of Disability in Massachusetts: Household Income PDF | Word
The Geography of Disability in Massachusetts: Labor Force Participation PDF | Word
Practice Briefs – Regional Employment Collaboratives
There are 5 Regional Employment Collaboratives (RECs) across the state of Massachusetts. The RECs are a collaboration of state agencies, community employment service providers, lawmakers, the business community, advocacy organizations and people with disabilities working together to build sustainable and effective employment programs and support services that maximize work opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities, and strengthen the MA workforce.
Below is the listing of practice briefs containing their 2010 accomplishments.
Regional Employment Collaboratives practice brief
PDF | Word
Partnerships in Employment
PDF | Word
Bristol Employment Collaborative
PDF | Word
Metrowest Employment Collaborative
PDF | Word
Work Without Limits Executive Summary
The Work Without Limits Executive Summary and Full Strategic Plan are available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
Executive Summary PDF | Word
Español PDF | Español Word
Full Strategic Plan PDF | Word
