About Work Without Limits

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A Massachusetts Disability Employment Initiative

The Work Without Limits Initiative is a public/private partnership bringing together families, policy researchers, policy makers, service planners, employment service providers, employers, and other stakeholders. Our mission is to strengthen the Massachusetts workforce and advance work opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities in Massachusetts.

Our funding

The Work Without Limits initiative is funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the Massachusetts Medicaid Infrastructure and Comprehensive Employment Opportunities (MI-CEO) grant awarded to the UMass Medical School (CFDA No. 93.768).

Our partnership

The MI-CEO grant is managed through a partnership involving:

• the Commonwealth Medicine Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator; Alexis Henry, Sc.D., OTR/L, Co-Principal Investigator.
• the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston. William Kiernan, Ph.D., Director; Cindy Thomas, M.S., Coordinator of Employment Services, Training, and Technical Assistance.
• the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Lynn Gonsalves, Ph.D., OTR/L, Senior Project Director.