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Collaboration on workforce development programs for youth
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Council Member Stevens raises concerns about potential overlap in career programs across different city agencies and asks how ACS is collaborating to maximize resources. Commissioner Dannhauser explains ACS's approach to leveraging existing city programs while providing additional support for youth in foster care.
- ACS is working with DYCD on programs like Advance and Earn and SYEP.
- The Career Choice program focuses on providing stipends for young people in foster care pursuing career tracks, rather than creating new career pathways.
- ACS aims to take advantage of existing offerings from New York City public schools and DYCD while creating space for foster youth to engage in career development without financial worry.
- Council Member Stevens emphasizes the importance of continued conversations to maximize resources and meet young people's desire for jobs.
Althea V. Stevens
3:46:43
You know, we just had DYCD here earlier and they were talking about CRED, their new career program.
3:46:51
When I was talking to the chancellor, she was talking about futures ready and CTE, expanding CTE programming.
3:46:57
And now you guys have career choice and workforce.
3:46:59
How are you guys all collaborating so we can be maximizing the resources that we have?
3:47:04
I know workforce development has been a top priority, not only for myself, but a lot of council members.
3:47:10
So I think as we're building this out, what have the conversations been like with all these entities to make sure we're maximizing these resources?
Jess Dannhauser
3:47:18
Thank you, absolutely.
3:47:19
We very specifically we're working with CYCD around the Advance and Earn program and have funding in that to utilize that model.
3:47:28
We of course as you know have over 1,000 young people in SYEP and work very very closely with them and New York City Public Schools.
3:47:36
We are not adding any career pathway money to career choice.
3:47:41
What's really here other than the Advance and Earn.
3:47:44
Because we want to take advantage of what the city offers across New York City public schools, DYCD as you mentioned.
3:47:50
What this really does is allow for the stipends for young people in foster care.
3:47:54
We have found that that has really given them the space to focus on their education and college choice, and we don't see any reason we shouldn't be providing that to young people who are on a career track.
3:48:04
So we're trying to create the space for them to engage in it, not worry too much about whether they're gonna be able to make ends meet while they're doing that and put some money in their pocket.
3:48:14
And so to really encourage them down that track too, we wanna reward young people who are able to pursue a track and keep them on it.
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Althea V. Stevens
3:48:23
Yeah.
3:48:24
I mean, as we're just building it out, I just hope that we continue to have these conversations.
3:48:27
And again, just it's about maximizing the resources because, you know, again, one of the things I said in the last hearing just young people are saying what they want, they want jobs and we had you know, I see that we're trying to you know create that trying to fill that gap but I just want to make sure that we're maximizing it and and that's all.