Eric Adams presents new action plan for youth employment in New York City

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced a plan worth more than $600 million to build inclusive pathways for the city’s youth to discover their passion, receive hands-on career experience, and ultimately ultimately enter the workforce.

The action plan, known as “Pathways to an inclusive economy: an action plan for the professional success of young adults”delivers on key commitments made in Mayor Adams’ “Workers’ Agenda” and Executive Order 22 to provide young New Yorkers with careers and financial security, while helping private employers find the best talent.

Through comprehensive and collaborative partnerships between municipal, state and federal governments, and many other sectors, the action plan will develop the city’s future workforce, serving up to 250,000 youth.

“Our ‘Workers Tour’ is focused on ensuring our economy works for all New Yorkers, especially our young people, and helping them find the network, resources and opportunities needed to thrive in an ever-changing world,” he said. Mayor Adams. “New York City’s tomorrow depends on what we do for our young people today. That’s why this plan brings together all levels of government, multiple city agencies, employers and partners from various sectors to tell our young people : We are here to help them. From young people who are out of school and without jobs to high school students who simply want to follow their dreams and everyone in between, this plan is for them: to let them know that New York City is still the place where everything is possible.”

The core goals of the action plan represent a holistic approach to building sustainable and equitable pathways for New York City youth to enter the economy and workforce.

These five main goals include improving data collection and analysis, re-engaging youth who are out of school and working, expanding career-related learning, strengthening early interventions to engage youth as they begin their career path and develop strategies to better partner. with employers.

Highlights of the plan include:

• A $10 million city investment to expand CUNY 2x Tech to five new campuses and marks the first time the program will serve CUNY community colleges. Over the next five years, Baruch College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City Tech, Guttman Community College, and LaGuardia Community College will receive funding to continue developing a pipeline of high-quality technology talent by expanding the capacity of the Department of Computer Science. CUNY Computing and other departments.
• $130 million in federal funding from the US Department of Labor (USDOL) Jobs Corps Program, the largest job education and training program in the country. New York City is the first major city to partner with the USDOL Jobs Corps program, which offers training in fast-growing industries, all free of charge to participants. USDOL has selected DB Grant Associates to provide academic and career technical training and Career Systems Development Corporation to provide comprehensive essential services at its South Bronx and Brooklyn campuses. Over the next five years, the city will support the Jobs Corps program to train, place and comprehensively serve 2,000 young adults in their careers.
• $1.7 million USDOL Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs grant to the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to pilot new electrical pre-learning for 50 people outside of school and outside of school. -working young adults, in partnership with Commonpoint Queens, LaGuardia Community College, Queensborough Community College and the Consortium for Worker Education.