DiscoverAbility, New Jersey’s Medicaid Infrastructure Grant Disability Employment Project

Since 2006, the Heldrich Center has been working closely with the State of New Jersey to complete various tasks related to the state’s Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) program. In 2008, the Heldrich Center worked with the state to undertake and complete its first strategic plan to increase the employment of persons with disabilities entitled "DiscoverAbility: New Jersey's Strategic Plan to Create a Comprehensive Employment Systems for People with Disabilities." In 2009, the Heldrich Center worked with the state to design a "data dashboard" using state administrative data to track progress on employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities into employment through major state and federal programs. For the period 2010 to 2011, the Heldrich Center is co-managing the Medicaid infrastructure grant to its conclusion in 2012. Activities include working with the State of New Jersey to design and develop a leadership support program, to establish and implement a series of on-line trainings and in-person regional learning networks for community-based providers and local Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop Career Centers, and to provide staff support to the state DiscoverAbility leadership team.

Funded by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Disability Services