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Employment of Justice-Impacted Youth with Disabilities

A new policy brief from the Yang-Tan Institute makes six recommendations for policy changes to improve employment outcomes for formerly incarcerated young adults with disabilities in New York state.
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Employment of Justice-Impacted Youth with Disabilities

Neurodiversity and Employment: Podcast Features Bruyère

Neurodiversity in the workplace is the topic of a Cornell Keynotes podcast episode with Susanne Bruyère from the Yang-Tan Institute.
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Neurodiversity and Employment: Podcast Features Bruyère

Counselors Benefit from Disability-Related Training

What do you get when you combine experts in the disability field at the Yang-Tan Institute with vocational rehabilitation counselors in New York state?
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Counselors Benefit from Disability-Related Training

In the News

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

Labor Department Moves to End Disability Hiring Goal for Federal Contractors

Mother Jones
Sarah von Schrader, director of research and program evaluation at the Yang-Tan Institute in the ILR School, comments on a proposed rule from the Department of Labor to end a required disability hiring goal for federal contractors.
Labor Department Moves to End Disability Hiring Goal for Federal Contractors

Employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities is #Solvable

The Rockefeller Foundation
Susanne Bruyère shares how engaging businesses can help to identify, reach, train, and support disabled populations who may have been previously overlooked to empower talent and provide them with employment opportunities.
Employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities is #Solvable

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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