Last year over 1000 WNY employers benefited form hiring one or more individuals with disabilities through VESID Buffalo. 

Among the local companies who have hired workers with disabilities are:

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Carrols Corporation Lord and Taylor Remarketing Services of America Sheraton Four Points Hotel Monro Muffler Brake Delaware North Companies, Inc. Client Logic Tops Markets, Inc. Medsource Technologies Walden Galleria McDonalds Corporation Client Logic

Wegman's Employer of the Year

So why not join these companies and let VESID find the right person for your job opening!

But that's not all...

WOTC (Work Opportunity Tax Credit): FEDERAL tax credit based upon wages paid to the individual during the first year of employment. Employer is eligible to receive a tax credit of up to $2400. WOTC is available for full and part time workers.

WETC (Workers with Disabilities Employment Tax Credit): NYS tax credit similar to the WOTC and based upon wages earned during second year of employment. Employer is eligible to receive a state tax credit of up to $2100. WETC is available only for full-time workers.

WTO (Work try Out): A VESID-sponsored wage reimbursement program where the employer receives 100% of wages paid during the first four weeks (160 hours) of employment in exchange for allowing a worker to try out a job. The employer is free to retain the employee at the end of the WTO period.

OJT (On Job Training): A VESID-sponsored program in which an employer agrees to hire and train an individual for a specific job in exchange for reimbursement of wages during a period of up to six months. The rate of wage reimbursement decreases with the length of training. The employer agrees to retain the employee at the completion of the OJT program.

For more information about how VESID can work for you contact our Employment Specialist at dmartine@mail.nysed.gov or call toll free

1(888) 652-7063.

The Buffalo VESID Office also serves the employer community through participation in these Collaborative Partnerships.

Community Employment Offices

There are two Community Employment Offices (CEO) in WNY. There is one at the Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga and another at the Summit Park Mall in Niagara Falls. Together these programs coordinate a variety of services for businesses that are looking for quality workers. Each provides a network of shared job leads in Erie and Niagara Counties as well as providing individual job seeking and job development services for persons with disabilities referred through member agencies including VESID. For more information about these CEO offices go to www.wnyceo.com

WNY Employment Consortium

VESID BUFFALO serves as a member of WIB's in eight counties of WNY including Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, Chatauqua, Alleghany, GLOW (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming).  We are also a [articipating agency in "One Stop" Centers throughout the region.