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Discussion on SYEP funding impact and potential expansion
4:05:56
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Council Member Althea Stevens inquires about the impact of decreased federal funding on SYEP and the potential for expanding the program beyond 100,000 participants. DYCD officials respond to these questions.
- DYCD confirms that SYEP is not expected to be affected by decreased federal funding
- Commissioner Keith Howard expresses the goal of eventually providing a job for every young person who wants one
- Howard highlights investments in special initiative programs targeting youth from high gun violence areas, NYCHA residents, and those with disabilities
Althea Stevens
4:05:56
Will SYP program be affected by the decreased federal funding this year, will it be affected?
Valerie Mulligan
4:06:04
No we're not expecting any impact at this time.
Althea Stevens
4:06:06
What is the largest target number for SYFP participants in fiscal twenty twenty six?
4:06:10
Is there room for growth in expansion of a hundred youth who received employment last year?
Valerie Mulligan
4:06:18
Sorry can you repeat that?
Althea Stevens
4:06:20
Is there are we looking to grow past the hundred thousand young people we employed last year?
4:06:25
And also are there target areas in which we're trying to expand in in the buckets that we typically do recruitment for for SYEP?
Keith Howard
4:06:31
So I I think when it comes to some of youth employment, we would love to one day get to a point where every young person who wants a job can get a job.
4:06:43
There is, you know, conversation that's happening about about that.
4:06:48
That happens to be our North Star.
4:06:51
As deputy commissioner Mulligan will tell you, you know, the the partnership that has happened across the board in bringing more tech and also other fortune 500 and and organizations into that space with some of youth employment has has been happening across the board.
4:07:11
Especially the investment in our special initiative programs that deals with young people being recruited out of the precincts with the highest level of gun violence, a fair future, and also NYCHA and young people in in our disability community as well.