AGENCY TESTIMONY
Youth engagement and apprenticeship programs
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DCAS has implemented numerous initiatives aimed at engaging New York City's youth and creating pathways for the next generation of civil servants.
- Partnered with NYC Talent to meet the mayor's '30 by 30' apprenticeship goal
- Launched career readiness and modern youth apprenticeship for high school students interested in civil service careers
- Expanded automotive internship program with NYC Public Schools to year-round
- Doubled the number of seats for the Civil Service Pathway Fellowship
- Continued administration of Urban Fellows, Summer Internship, and Public Service Corps programs
Katrina Porter
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Our efforts to recruit talent has even expanded to include more pathways than ever, for the next generation of civil servants.
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We have numerous initiatives aimed at engaging our city's youth.
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In partnership with New York City Talent, DCAS has worked to meet the mayor's moonshot 30 by 30 apprenticeship goal of delivering 30,000 apprenticeships by 2030, including helping to launch the career readiness and modern youth apprenticeship, for high school students into interested in a civil service career.
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For more than 10 years, DCAS has hosted a hands on automotive internship program in the city's fleets, repair garages with New York City Public Schools during the summer where students can gain experience with, NYPD, sanitation, FDNY, and parks vehicles.
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This year, DCAS expanded the internship to be a year round program.
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And we're not done.
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We are continuing to work to expand these programs to benefit and engage even more of the city's youth.
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In May 2024, we successfully petitioned and received approval from the state to double the number of seats for the civil service pathway fellowship.
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Beginning with this year's 67 fellows who comprise the largest, civil service pathway fellow cohort in the program's history, we also successfully continued to administer the urban fellows, summer internship program, and public service corps programs.
