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Council Member Stevens questions DYCD officials on youth programs and funding
4:28:00
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4 min
Council Member Althea Stevens engages in a Q&A session with Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) officials, focusing on various youth programs, their funding, and potential impacts. The discussion covers topics such as summarizing programs, cultural activities for youth, and the CRED program expansion.
- Stevens seeks clarification on funding for summarizing programs and potential impacts in out years
- Questions are raised about additional trips and cultural activities for youth during the summer
- The conversation addresses the expansion of the CRED program and its relationship to other workforce development initiatives
Althea Stevens
4:28:00
Without additional out year funding, what will the impact of summarizing be?
Christopher Lewis
4:28:11
I'm I'm not sure.
4:28:12
Can you reframe the question, please?
4:28:14
That we are committed to serving a 10,000 young people in summarizing in the baseline.
4:28:19
There's no drop off that we're anticipating.
Althea Stevens
4:28:22
In the out years?
4:28:23
Correct.
4:28:25
Even DOE side is funded in out years?
Christopher Lewis
4:28:27
I can't speak for DOE side, but DYCD is funded for summarizing in the baseline and anticipate serving 110,000 youth.
Althea Stevens
4:28:35
Will there be an impact for additional trips and cultural activities this summer?
Keith Howard
4:28:42
You mean impact, what do
Darryl Rattray
4:28:44
you mean?
Althea Stevens
4:28:44
Well there because you said that you guys have been working and you're gonna see a different model, so is there anticipation for additional trips and visiting cultural activities this summer?
Keith Howard
4:28:52
So we both New York City Public School and DYCD acknowledge that we need to have more enriching programs.
4:29:00
So I guess our goal is to be sure that that is happening with public schools.
Althea Stevens
4:29:06
I mean, but most of the trips and culture things happen during your time, not DOE.
Keith Howard
4:29:12
So And those
Althea Stevens
4:29:12
cultures you guys are looking to do and if so, what does that look like?
Keith Howard
4:29:16
So we we've taken that, you know, your concerns and the concerns of the committee members and and and again having those conversations with New York City Public School is happening in real time and I believe that the young people are gonna see a very different experience this summer.
Althea Stevens
4:29:38
I think oh no.
4:29:40
Creed.
4:29:41
Creed.
4:29:44
I know this was something that you brought up in your testimony and I just wanted to briefly ask a few questions around it because I know this is a program that's expanding.
4:29:53
What boroughs will CREED be in?
Valerie Mulligan
4:30:01
So LICR out of school programs, CRED programs are citywide, they're able to serve young people and up to 40 years old, I have to get out of the habit of saying young people.
Althea Stevens
4:30:11
40 girls could be young.
Valerie Mulligan
4:30:12
New Yorkers up to 40 years old across all five boroughs.
4:30:17
Right now we have eight programs.
4:30:18
I believe there's one in each borough at least and as we expand we're gonna make sure that there's geographic diversity to be at programs.
Althea Stevens
4:30:26
Interesting.
4:30:27
Because I know we had some issues I know around like DOP they were they weren't expanding a program and they were saying that CRID was the replacement of that and I know that that the extension hasn't they've now will be extending their workforce program.
4:30:44
Could we clear up any discrepancies around that?
4:30:46
Are these the same programs?
4:30:48
I know they were saying this was a duplicate of services, this is why they were eliminating that program.
4:30:52
I just would like to get some clarity around that.
Keith Howard
4:30:55
We've been having conversation with Department of Probation.
4:31:00
I've had a conversation with Commissioner Holmes as well.
4:31:03
I think there's additional conversations that are going to be happening very very soon.
4:31:09
I think one of the things that I would like to see, commissioner Holmes would like to see in terms of their workforce plus, their work plus program is some data.
4:31:19
And I'm pretty sure you would wanna see some program data as well on exactly what the program has accomplished over the course if it's time.
4:31:29
I know that we're data driven.
4:31:31
Commissioner Holmes is data driven.
4:31:33
So we're gonna look at those program evaluations and see exactly what those you know what those touch points are.
4:31:42
Know, CRED is an employment program that we looked at and we reviewed and as deputy commissioner Mulligan said, know we wanted to make sure we closed the gaps.
4:31:54
And those gaps was young people 25 to 40.
4:31:58
But commissioner Holmes and I are lockstep in in reviewing exactly what that program looks like and how do we continue to support that program.
Althea Stevens
4:32:07
So I just wanna be clear, they're not the same program, correct?
Keith Howard
4:32:10
No.
4:32:10
They're not.
4:32:11
They have different scopes.
Althea Stevens
4:32:12
Oh, okay.
4:32:13
I just wanna be clear.
4:32:14
And also I wanna be clear that if these are your programs and folks want data, then they should create the metrics, no?
Keith Howard
4:32:21
Again, I haven't seen any data.
4:32:23
Commissioner Holmes and I have been in conversations on what that data looks like when when we receive it and I would love to share it with you.
Althea Stevens
4:32:34
I just wanted to just clarify because I know there's been some misconceptions because even if there was duplicative services, I don't think we're at a place where we should be cutting services, especially when we're seeing numbers rising and so and I said this like even at a rally, so what if it was?
4:32:49
Those are two different populations and I don't you're you're not serving the same people and so I just wanted to be make sure we had that to clear that up.