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Medicaid HR1 Work Rules Create Concerns for People with Disabilities

The new Medicaid HR1 work rules have created concerns for thousands of people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid to work, live in the community and manage complex health needs.
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Medicaid HR1 Work Rules Create Concerns for People with Disabilities

Disability Compounds Employment Woes for People with Criminal Records, and Vice Versa

Cornell Chronicle
Justice-impacted individuals with disabilities are considerably less likely to be employed than people with disabilities who have not interacted with the criminal justice system, according to Yang-Tan Institute research.
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Disability Compounds Employment Woes for People with Criminal Records, and Vice Versa

NYS Can Protect Workers with Disabilities, Strobel Gower Tells State Senate

Cornell Chronicle
Wendy Strobel Gower, executive director of YTI, testified before the NY State Senate that individuals with disabilities face numerous challenges in the workplace and a growing threat from recent federal policy changes – but that New York state can mitigate these harms.
Wendy Strobel Gower testifies before the NY State Senate
NYS Can Protect Workers with Disabilities, Strobel Gower Tells State Senate

In the News

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

Public Health Watch
“They just don’t have energy to keep fighting,” says Debora Wagner, work incentives associate at the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, about people with mental health disabilities whose application for disability benefits is denied by the Social Security Administration.
For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

Funding slashed for research on employment barriers for people with autism

WXXI
“This kind of work … satisfies not only the needs of job seekers who are autistic, but really helps the economy,” said Susanne Bruyère, academic director of the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, when commenting on a federal cut to a study on employment barriers for autistic job seekers.
Funding slashed for research on employment barriers for people with autism

Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce

Cornell Chronicle
Now in its fifth year, the 2024-25 New York at Work report draws on ILR expertise, research-based data and policy analysis on a broad range of key issues affecting the state’s workers, unions, communities and employers.
Cost of living a major concern for New York workforce

In New York State

YTI Works for New York State

Partnering with state agencies, policymakers, and communities across New York state to support efforts to increase employment of people with disabilities

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