New York Makes Work Pay Developing a path to employment for New Yorkers with disabilities What It Is & What it Means to You! If You Are A Person With A Disability Access to toll-free work incentives assistance to answer a range of questions related to benefits and work 1-888-224-3272 VOICE, 1-877-671-6844 TDD Access to healthcare through the Medicaid Buy-In for Working People with Disabilities including racial and ethnic minorities Access to 100 new Work Incentives Counselors statewide Access to improved job training and placement services and services to start your own business Strategies to increase your assets including tax refunds through the Earned Income Tax Credit If You Are An Employment Service Provider Share information about effective practices through an annual Employment and Economic Summit, Regional Learning Communities, print products and issues briefs Build partnerships to align disability services, workforce and economic development efforts Learn evidence-based practice and participate in model communities of practice to build employer and service provider capacities to improve employment outcomes; Participate as a member of the statewide Work Incentives Information Network (WIIN) with a network of in-person and distance learning training programs Learn and apply approaches and innovations leading to increased self-employment for New Yorkers with disabilities If You Are An Employer/Business Learn strategies and innovations to hire and retain a valuable and diverse workforce Learn about and use wage and tax incentives Develop sustainable partnerships with employment programs to diversify and strengthen your workforce while at the same time managing diversity Connect and establish linkages with other business leaders If You Are A Policy Maker Learn about the employment outlook and labor market participation of New Yorkers with disabilities Understand the obstacles and policy barriers to employment for New Yorkers with disabilities Explore policy proposals to remove barriers and increase labor market participation and economic development New York Makes Work Pay is a statewide initiative funded for 2009 and 2010 intended to dramatically increase employment outcomes for New Yorkers with disabilities. About New York Makes Work Pay New York Makes Work Pay is a Comprehensive Employment System Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (Contract #1QACMS030318) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the Office of Mental Health on behalf the New York State. It is a joint effort of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University and the Employment and Disability Institute at Cornell University with the collaborative support of the Employment Committee of the New York State Most Integrated Setting Coordinating Council to develop pathways and remove obstacles to employment for New Yorkers with disabilities. Partnering Organizations New York State Office of Mental Health Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University Visit us on the web at: www.NYMakesWorkPay.org