QUESTION
What New York City agencies offer placements for the 55A program participants?
1:15:26
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The council staff states that approximately 34 NYC agencies currently utilize the 55A program for participant placements.
- The top 5 agencies are the Department of Social Services, Department of Education, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of Finance, and the NYPD
- The program is available for use by city agencies under DCAS (Department of Citywide Administrative Services) jurisdiction
- As of March 31st of the current year, there are 333 participants citywide in the program
- Efforts are made to promote the program to all agencies as a pipeline for hiring and workforce diversification
- The program allows evaluating candidates with certified disabilities based on qualifications and interviews rather than exams
Farah N. Louis
1:15:26
The last question, the 55a program is a program designed to promote equity.
1:15:30
And inclusion among civil service job candidates with a certified mental and physical disability and evaluates people based on their their qualifications and their interviews rather than through a competitive examination.
1:15:44
So I wanted to know which NYC agencies offer 55A program participant placements.
UNKNOWN
1:15:53
Sure.
1:15:53
I I can answer that, and we also have our leader here who's in charge of the program, so this is really great.
1:16:00
So we have approximately 34 agencies that actually are utilizing the program now.
1:16:06
But it's and they're primarily one of the larger top 5 are the larger agencies, which are Department of Social Services, Department of Education, Department of Hilton Mental Hygiene, Department of Finance, and the NYPD.
1:16:19
It is important to note that the program is available for use by the city agencies fall under decast jurisdiction.
1:16:26
And we are very assertively promoting the program to all agencies to utilize it as a pipeline into hiring and diversifying their workforce for competitive status positions.
1:16:40
So we find that the program has been successful.
1:16:43
There has been interest interest generated.
1:16:46
Of course, people come in and out of the program because some people promote out of it.
1:16:51
And so they move on, but new people will come in.
1:16:54
But right now, we have 34 agencies here.
Farah N. Louis
1:16:56
Do you know in totality how many participants you have citywide?
UNKNOWN
1:17:01
Yes.
1:17:01
Currently, as of March 31st this year, we have 333 program participants.
1:17:07
Katie and I don't know if you want to say anything else.
Kadian Outar
1:17:12
I'll do just add to what Sylvia, our deputy commissioner said, is that we do have folks that are coming in and out of the program, but one of the great things that we're seeing is influx of new people that are getting into city government through the 55A program.
1:17:28
And that is due to the extensive outreach that we do specifically to communities for people that are with disabilities.
1:17:35
We also work a lot with educating the agencies, training them on how to do recruit within the diversity and disability community, some of the things that, you know, understanding how to communicate and understanding what the 5A program is and what it's not.
1:17:51
And so we try to do to take on different approaches.
1:17:54
1, educate in the public, but also making sure that our our city agencies are educated on the program.
1:18:00
So when folks are applying and, you know, indicating that they're interested in the 55A program, the agencies are aware of what it is and how use it to diversify their workforce.
Farah N. Louis
1:18:10
Alright.
1:18:10
Thank you.
1:18:10
I'm gonna hand it back over to chair Delarosa.
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