Q&A
Public Service Corps intern recruitment numbers and agency placements for 2024
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Council Member De La Rosa inquires about the number of Public Service Corps (PSC) interns recruited in 2024 and their agency placements. DCAS Assistant Commissioner Kadian Outar provides a detailed response.
- 116 interns participated in fiscal year 2024, a 50% increase from the previous year
- Interns are serving at 11 different city agencies
- The program is for undergraduate and graduate students receiving federal work-study aid
Carmen De La Rosa
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How many PSC interns were recruited in 2024?
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And could you provide the breakdown of agencies where the interns were placed?
Katrina Porter
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Absolutely.
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I'll I'll turn this question over to Kadian for response.
Carmen De La Rosa
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Thank you.
Kadian Outar
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Thank you so much for that question, and thank you, Katrina.
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For just a bit of a background, the public service core program, it is a a program that allows individuals that are currently undergraduate or graduate in schools to participate in an internship at any of our city locations, city agencies.
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It requires that they are received financial aid, so federal work study in order to participate and allow the school has to allow them to serve off-site.
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So so far, we've had a 116 interns that participated in fiscal year 24, which represents a 50%, almost 50% increase over the previous years.
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Right now, they're serving at about 11 agencies, including DCAS.
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They're proud to say that department of homeless service homeless services, department of records and information services, department of using community developments, the district attorney's office, Kings County, the health and hospital, housing preservation and development, human resources administration, the law department, the office of technology and innovation, and also the public administration administrator for New York.
