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CUNY CARES program expansion plans and impact evaluation
1:00:22
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz inquires about the expansion plans and impact evaluation of the CUNY CARES program. CUNY officials provide limited information on the program's evaluation and expansion.
- The program is a three-year pilot planned to expand to all campuses by 2026
- Evaluation of the pilot is still ongoing and not finalized
- Officials could not provide detailed data on the program's impact beyond the number of students served
- There have been about 26,000 direct interactions with CUNY CARES for the 6,500 students served
Eric Dinowitz
1:00:22
for expansion.
1:00:23
And you do, I believe, also have you do also have funds from the city council for this program in the last fiscal Are you on this is a pilot program, which according to the website, it's a three year pilot that is going to be expanded to all campuses by 2026.
1:00:39
Are you on track to expand this type of program to all campuses by 2026?
1:00:48
We'll have to get back to you.
1:00:52
I think
1:01:02
How are you measuring the impact of the CUNY CARES program?
1:01:08
And is there any publicly available data that would indicate that this is a successful program that is helping our students.
1:01:32
ask the director and get you more information.
1:01:34
So it's been in place since 2023.
1:01:37
Cares.
1:01:38
Gonna wait for that siren.
1:01:44
It's been in place since it was launched in fall twenty twenty three.
1:01:47
I would imagine there's preliminary evaluation data to measure the impact of this program, which, by the way, I think is, again, similar to ASAP, exactly what school and college should be, but there's no preliminary data available or should I expect that later?
Alicia Alvero
1:00:46
I would have to get back to you unless you have an answer to that.
1:01:18
I do not have any publicly available data yet other than what I just reported to you of the number of students that have received services through CUNY CARES, but I can
1:02:06
You should expect that later other than the 6,500 students.
1:02:12
And I can say because students often have multiple interactions with CUNY CARES, of those 6,500 students, there's been about 26,000 direct interactions with CUNY CARES.
Sherif Soliman
1:00:52
the evaluation of the pilot is still it hasn't been finalized, but we'll get back to you in terms of once that evaluation is complete what the expansion plans are.