The Sierra Group's Foundation

Our Mission: To drive up employment for people with disabilities, including Veterans.

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Employment Incentives Web Portal

Employment Incentives LogoEmployment Incentives: Our Foundation's most ambitious project to date, Employment Incentives supports a website (www.employmentincentives.com) that serves as a unique portal for businesses that hire or retain employees with disabilities. In the past 12 months, site has had over 1.1 Million visitors. We currently receive more than 90,000 unique visitors per month. They come because we have organized Federal and State hiring incentives and programs in a business friendly, accessible manner. In addition to the Federal materials, the site currently has tax credit, capital equipment, training, and general funding information available for the following thirteen states:

The businesses that have used our Employment Incentives web portal during 2007, reported that they secured over $470,000 in various Federal and State tax credits, deductions, and training offsets.  As of August 2008, that number looks to be over $510,000.

This use of the intended Financial Incentives for hiring is one way that we are ‘driving up' the numbers of Americans with disabilities who get hired. GAO Report, GAO-03-39 released in December 2002 On Business Tax Incentives found that a very small proportion of corporate and individual taxpayers with a business affiliation use the available tax credits that are available to encourage the hiring, retention and accommodation of workers with disabilities. Foundation Board Chair, Janet Fiore participated in the GAO's study on this issue, and was inspired to action in the form launching this popular web portal.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY! : Your tax-deductible donation of $2500 will allow us to add and maintain information for another state. Sponsor a state today. Drive up the rate of employment for Americans with Disabilities.

 
 

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