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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Future plans for career services programming
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Commissioner Park outlines the future plans for career services programming, focusing on the upcoming Pathways for Access to Careers and Employment (PACE) contracts.
- PACE contracts begin in October 2025
- Key features of the PACE program:
- Centralized 'no wrong door' model with locations throughout the boroughs
- Streamlined access to all employment and support services
- Focus on in-demand occupations and sectors offering family-sustaining wages
- Use of labor market data to help clients gain marketable skills
- Hybrid approach for client engagement
The commissioner concludes by emphasizing DSS's commitment to breaking down government silos, improving access to services, and addressing challenges that span across agencies and jurisdictional boundaries.
Molly Wasow Park
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Going forward, we will continue to invest in our career services programming.
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The pathways for access to careers and employment or PACE contracts begin October 2025 using the centralized, quote, no wrong door program model with locations throughout the boroughs.
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This program will streamline and minimize travel burdens for clients, maximize access to all employment and support services, and foster stronger client and staff relationships, establish an in demand occupation and sector focused approach that connects clients to skilled professions that offer family sustaining wages, utilize labor market data to assist clients in gaining marketable skills for success and advancement in their careers, and streamline processes for vendors by offering a hybrid approach to engaging clients.
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Next slide.
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I will close by underlying our ongoing commitment to break down government silos and improve access to services.
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The challenges DSS, HRA, DHS works to confront bridge across agencies and further bridge across jurisdictional boundaries.
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Overcoming these challenges goes to the heart of creating the kind of caring, compassionate communities that we seek to live in.
0:32:00
We appreciate the opportunity to testify today, and we welcome any questions that you may have.
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Thank you.