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Center for Advancing Policy on Employment for Youth

With a goal of improving employment outcomes for youth and young adults with disabilities, the center helps states build capacity in their youth service delivery and workforce systems.

CAPE-Youth project details

Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion

With a goal of increasing the capacity of employers to recruit, hire, retain, and advance people with disabilities, the project seeks to identify and disseminate evidence-based policies and effective practices.

EARN project details

Northeast ADA Center

The Northeast ADA Center aims to educate and empower people to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in their lives, workplaces, and communities.

Northeast ADA Center project details

NYS Consortium for Advancing and Supporting Employment

The consortium provides training throughout New York and elsewhere to help supported employment specialists enhance their knowledge and gain credentials in the field.

NYS CASE project details

Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment

This project conducts the program evaluation of a demonstration project aimed at increasing the number of people with disabilities in New York employed at a competitive wage, instead of a subminimum wage.

SWTCIE project details

Courses, Products, and Publications

eCornell courses on workplace disability inclusion
YTI faculty teach two eCornell courses for HR professionals, Workplace Disability Inclusion and Autism at Work.

Work Incentive Support Center
The center offers a website, Disability Benefits at Work, along with courses that provide credentialing in work incentives for people with disabilities. Courses include Work Incentive Planning for Benefit Practitioners, Benefits Planning for Transition-Aged Youth, and Benefits Planning for Veterans.

Just-in-Time Toolkit™
The Just-in-Time Toolkit™ is a customized, quick reference that engages employees in understanding the desired culture around disability and following disability-related policies and procedures.

Publications
Browse our publications on ILR's Digital Collections Library.

YTI’s dedicated staff and faculty are committed to increasing inclusion for people with disabilities. Without their hard work, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.
WENDY STROBEL GOWER, THOMAS P. GOLDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Impact Stories, News Articles, and Highlights

More YTI Stories

YTI Experts at DREAM in Albany

At New York state’s annual DREAM symposium, the Yang-Tan Institute (YTI) delivered over a dozen breakout sessions that reflected the broad expertise of the institute. The institute also assisted with developing and producing the event.
Yang-Tan Institute executive director Wendy Strobel Gower smiles while chatting with a DREAM attendee. Strobel Gower is professionally dressed in chunky jewelry, black dress and tan wrap; the attendee is wearing a blue scarf over a gray top and a backpack with a floral design.
YTI Experts at DREAM in Albany

What the Proposed Rule to End Subminimum Wage Means for Workers with Disabilities

On December 3rd, 2024, the United States Department of Labor proposed a new rule to end the 14c waiver program for people with disabilities. The Yang-Tan Institute's Ellice Switzer responds to a Q&A on the new proposed rule.
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What the Proposed Rule to End Subminimum Wage Means for Workers 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