Publications for Providers

Employer Recognition

This Employer Recognition Toolkit is a guide for those looking for ways to honor employers. It describes some of the ways organizations can and have appreciated the leadership and contributions of the individuals and companies that employ people who have disabilities.

PDF | Word

Get to Know
Work Without Limits

Information for individuals with disabilities and their family members about going to work and the Work Without Limits initiative.

PDF | Word

Going To Work

A guide to Social Security benefits and employment for young people with disabilities.

English version - PDF | English version - Word | English version - Supplement 2012

Español PDF | Español Word |
Español Supplement - 2012

Menu of Services

Employing People with Disabilities: A Menu of State Agency Resources for Massachusetts Employers is a resource guide of Massachusetts state agencies networks and services, that are available to support your business and its employees, and that will help you hire, accommodate, retain, and promote employees with disabilities. Some of the agencies serve a broad population of people with disabilities, while others are focused on a particular type of disability, such as blindness or mental health.

PDF | Word

School Days to Pay Days

An employment planning guide for families of young adults with intellectual disabilities.

PDF | Word
View web pages of School Days to Pay Days brochure

BenePLAN Brochure

Learn how Work Incentives help you return to work, manage disability-related benefits and stay employed.

PDF | Word

CommonHealth Brochure

More than 18,000 Massachusetts adults utilize CommonHealth annually to access health care services. Learn more about the program.

PDF | Word

Recommendations from Massachusetts Businesses

Recommendations from Massachusetts businesses for increasing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities.

PDF | Word

Practice Briefs

Bristol Employment Collaborative has developed an innovative certificate program to train people with disabilities to become personal care attendants. The program is taught at the Bristol Community College and the first class graduated in Dec. 2010.

Innovative Training Program in Healthcare for People with Disabilities PDF |

Massachusetts Career Centers: Best Practices in Accessibility for Customers with Disabilities PDF | Word
Massachusetts Career Centers and Workforce Development Youth Services: Meeting the Needs of Young People with Disabilities PDF | Word
Best Practices in Collaboration: Massachusetts One-Stop Career Centers and Community Agencies Serving People with Disabilities PDF | Word

Center for Workers with Disabilities Brief - March 2012


Improving Human Services Transportation: The Massachusetts Brokerage and Coordination Model
PDF | Word

Practice Briefs - Transportation

Nine regional multi-stakeholder transportation teams have been working on coordination projects in Massachusetts since 2009. Follow teams' progress in this Practice Brief.

Lessons Learned from Local Transportation Coordination in Massachusetts since 2009 PDF 

Creating an Inventory of Community Vehicles PDF | Word

Vehicle Share Agreements PDF | Word

The Massachusetts Institute for Transportation Coordination 2009


The Massachusetts Institute for Transportation Coordination addressed transportation coordination issues at regional and local levels in October 2009.
PDF | Word
2011 Report - One Year after the 2009 Institute for Transportation Coordination: Coordinated Transportation Projects for Transportation Disadvantaged Populations in Massachusetts. The report highlights the lessons learned by our transportation teams and the barriers to coordinated transportation since 2009 "PDF":http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/TransportationReportFinal_10March2011.pdf | "Word":http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/TransportationReportFinal_10March2011.doc

Issue Briefs

Issue Briefs provide descriptive information in small “bites” to raise awareness of issues related employment for people with disabilities in Massachusetts.

A Profile of Working-Age Adults with Disabilities in Massachusetts PDF | Word
The Geography of Disability in Massachusetts: Prevalence and Affluence PDF | Word
The Geography of Disability in Massachusetts: Household Income PDF | Word
The Geography of Disability in Massachusetts: Labor Force Participation PDF | Word

Practice Briefs - Regional Employment Collaboratives

There are 5 Regional Employment Collaboratives (RECs) across the state of Massachusetts. The RECs are a collaboration of state agencies, community employment service providers, lawmakers, the business community, advocacy organizations and people with disabilities working together to build sustainable and effective employment programs and support services that maximize work opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities, and strengthen the MA workforce.
Below is the listing of practice briefs containing their 2010 accomplishments.

Regional Employment Collaboratives practice brief PDF | Word Partnerships in Employment PDF | Word Bristol Employment Collaborative PDF | Word Metrowest Employment Collaborative PDF | Word Greater Boston Employment Collaborative PDF | Word Central Massachusetts Employment Collaborative PDF | Word

Work Without Limits Executive Summary

The Work Without Limits Executive Summary and Full Strategic Plan are available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word formats.


Executive Summary PDF | Word
"Español PDF":http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/ExecutiveSummarySpanish_Final.pdf | "Español Word":http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedFiles/ExecutiveSummarySpanish_Final.docx
Full Strategic Plan PDF | Word