UMass Chan Medical School improving employment prospects for youth with mental health disabilities

UMass Chan Medical School is part of a new nationwide policy initiative to improve employment outcomes for teenagers and young adults with disabilities, including for the first time a focus on those with mental health disabilities. Youth mental health services and policy experts Marsha Langer Ellison, PhD, and Maryann Davis, PhD, bring the expertise of the UMMS Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research to a four-year, $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to establish the National Policy Development Center for Preparing Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities for Employment.  Read the entire UMass Chan News article here.