Qualified nonprofit and charitable organizations in targeted areas that include Syracuse, Utica, and Binghamton can pursue a share of $4.5 million to provide education and employment services to “help at-risk youth” avoid being victims or perpetrators of criminal activity. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 26 announced the availability of $5.5 million for the program from which the […]
Qualified nonprofit and charitable organizations in targeted areas that include Syracuse, Utica, and Binghamton can pursue a share of $4.5 million to provide education and employment services to “help at-risk youth” avoid being victims or perpetrators of criminal activity.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 26 announced the availability of $5.5 million for the program from which the state will reserve$1 million for Nassau and Suffolk counties, which has been the “epicenter” of MS-13 gang violence in New York.
Other targeted areas statewide include Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, Rochester, Newburgh/Middletown,
Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Spring Valley, and Yonkers/Mt. Vernon.
The two-year project will serve vulnerable youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24.
The Workforce Development Demonstration Project is funded by the New York State Pay for Success Initiative. It targets low-income youth who have become “disconnected from the traditional institutions of employment and education in their communities.”
The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is now seeking applications from nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, charitable foundations or government agencies that have “demonstrated success” in providing alternative programming and services for at-risk youth, according to a release from the governor’s office.
The selected applicants will serve teenagers and young adults who are either “disconnected from traditional societal institutions” have dropped out of school, are in the criminal-justice system, are members of gangs or at risk of gang involvement, or are “disadvantaged in some other way.”
Award recipients will provide educational programming, occupational-skills training, employment services, and leadership development. Funded programs will “engage disconnected and at-risk youth” in their communities who are in “urgent need of pathways” to jobs, school, entrepreneurship, and other opportunities that will lead to “pro-social behavior, as well as productive livelihoods contributing to their neighborhoods.”
“Young people are looking for opportunities. This initiative provides positive alternatives through job training, job placement and skills development. This program will offer teens and young adults better choices than criminal activity — choices that will enrich them and lift up our communities,” Sheila Poole, acting OCFS commissioner, said.
OCFS plans to announce the awards in January 2019. The project is expected to start in May 2019.
This demonstration project “will be closely evaluated for successful implementation and, contingent upon its performance, will be expanded in the future to serve additional youth and areas of the state,” the state says.
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Qualified nonprofit and charitable organizations in targeted areas that include Syracuse, Utica, and Binghamton can pursue a share of $4.5 million to provide education and employment services to “help at-risk youth” avoid being victims or perpetrators of criminal activity.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 26 announced the availability of $5.5 million for the program from which the state will reserve$1 million for Nassau and Suffolk counties, which has been the “epicenter” of MS-13 gang violence in New York.
Other targeted areas statewide include Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, Rochester, Newburgh/Middletown,
Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Spring Valley, and Yonkers/Mt. Vernon.
The two-year project will serve vulnerable youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24.
The Workforce Development Demonstration Project is funded by the New York State Pay for Success Initiative. It targets low-income youth who have become “disconnected from the traditional institutions of employment and education in their communities.”
The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is now seeking applications from nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, charitable foundations or government agencies that have “demonstrated success” in providing alternative programming and services for at-risk youth, according to a release from the governor’s office.
The selected applicants will serve teenagers and young adults who are either “disconnected from traditional societal institutions” have dropped out of school, are in the criminal-justice system, are members of gangs or at risk of gang involvement, or are “disadvantaged in some other way.”
Award recipients will provide educational programming, occupational-skills training, employment services, and leadership development. Funded programs will “engage disconnected and at-risk youth” in their communities who are in “urgent need of pathways” to jobs, school, entrepreneurship, and other opportunities that will lead to “pro-social behavior, as well as productive livelihoods contributing to their neighborhoods.”
“Young people are looking for opportunities. This initiative provides positive alternatives through job training, job placement and skills development. This program will offer teens and young adults better choices than criminal activity — choices that will enrich them and lift up our communities,” Sheila Poole, acting OCFS commissioner, said.
OCFS plans to announce the awards in January 2019. The project is expected to start in May 2019.
This demonstration project “will be closely evaluated for successful implementation and, contingent upon its performance, will be expanded in the future to serve additional youth and areas of the state,” the state says.
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Qualified nonprofit and charitable organizations in targeted areas that include Syracuse, Utica, and Binghamton can pursue a share of $4.5 million to provide education and employment services to “help at-risk youth” avoid being victims or perpetrators of criminal activity. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 26 announced the availability of $5.5 million for the program from which the […]
Qualified nonprofit and charitable organizations in targeted areas that include Syracuse, Utica, and Binghamton can pursue a share of $4.5 million to provide education and employment services to “help at-risk youth” avoid being victims or perpetrators of criminal activity.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 26 announced the availability of $5.5 million for the program from which the state will reserve$1 million for Nassau and Suffolk counties, which has been the “epicenter” of MS-13 gang violence in New York.
Other targeted areas statewide include Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, Rochester, Newburgh/Middletown,
Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Spring Valley, and Yonkers/Mt. Vernon.
The two-year project will serve vulnerable youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24.
The Workforce Development Demonstration Project is funded by the New York State Pay for Success Initiative. It targets low-income youth who have become “disconnected from the traditional institutions of employment and education in their communities.”
The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is now seeking applications from nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, charitable foundations or government agencies that have “demonstrated success” in providing alternative programming and services for at-risk youth, according to a release from the governor’s office.
The selected applicants will serve teenagers and young adults who are either “disconnected from traditional societal institutions” have dropped out of school, are in the criminal-justice system, are members of gangs or at risk of gang involvement, or are “disadvantaged in some other way.”
Award recipients will provide educational programming, occupational-skills training, employment services, and leadership development. Funded programs will “engage disconnected and at-risk youth” in their communities who are in “urgent need of pathways” to jobs, school, entrepreneurship, and other opportunities that will lead to “pro-social behavior, as well as productive livelihoods contributing to their neighborhoods.”
“Young people are looking for opportunities. This initiative provides positive alternatives through job training, job placement and skills development. This program will offer teens and young adults better choices than criminal activity — choices that will enrich them and lift up our communities,” Sheila Poole, acting OCFS commissioner, said.
OCFS plans to announce the awards in January 2019. The project is expected to start in May 2019.
This demonstration project “will be closely evaluated for successful implementation and, contingent upon its performance, will be expanded in the future to serve additional youth and areas of the state,” the state says.
