NYC Opportunity

New York City is marking with a $2 million investment to expand the "Jobs NYC" model, which uses hiring halls and community partnerships to bring job opportunities and trainings to communities facing high unemployment.

Read more about it here: https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/065-25/mayor-adams-2-million-investment-expand-jobs-nyc-initiative-delivering-job

During , we're celebrating breaking the record for the most jobs in our city's history: now at 4,770,981! More jobs means more opportunities for every New Yorker. We're building up small businesses and the working class!

With the Clean Slate Act set to improve employment prospects for legal system-impacted New Yorkers, it is more important than ever to increase our workforce development system’s capacity to serve these individuals. That’s why we are offering Unlocking Employment: How to Partner with Job Seekers Impacted by the Legal System, a free online course to help workforce development providers better serve people with legal system involvement. Launched in December 2022 by the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity), CUNY School of Professional Studies, and the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity, the course was designed with input from job seekers and workforce practitioners. More here:

Helping Legal-System-Impacted New Yorkers to Benefit from the Clean Slate Act In November 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act, which will seal certain criminal records, unlocking opportunities for…

CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez Introduces CUNY CARES, an Integrated Program to Connect Students With Essential Benefits and Community Resources – CUNY Newswire CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez today announced the launch of CUNY CARES, a three-year pilot program designed to boost academic success by using an integrated approach to help students access health care, mental health treatment, food and housing assistance. The initiative pays students t...

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More housing means safer, healthier, and stronger communities. ‘A little more housing in every neighborhood’ will keep New York City a beacon of freedom and opportunity and a true . Read the plan: HousingOpportunity.nyc And watch the video:

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NYC Opportunity is excited to share the e-learning course Unlocking Employment: How to Partner with Job Seekers Impacted by the Legal System. Unlocking Employment was launched in December to realize our shared commitment to improving economic outcomes for all New Yorkers and increase capacity in the City’s workforce development system for working with job seekers who have legal-system involvement.

Designed in partnership with job seekers and workforce practitioners, this free 90-minute online training includes four (4) self-paced modules, which feature interactive exercises and case studies, as well as a curated resource library that learners may refer to at any time during or after the course. It emphasizes a strengths-based approach, and is filled with key insights on legal protections for those with criminal convictions, ways to reduce stigma and discrimination, and proven strategies to support the job search.

Registration is free and open to frontline staff and program leadership at NYC workforce development programs.

Unlocking Employment: How to Partner with Job Seekers Impacted by the Legal System is a free, 90-minute e-learning course for New York City workforce development providers, designed to enhance skills and build capacity for working with job seekers who have legal-system involvement.

As we head into the second month of 2023, the Service Design Studio (SDS) is still reflecting on what the last year has meant to our team.

Swipe ➡️ to see SDS’s year in numbers!

While we are celebrating our growing team and it’s achievements, we are also holding tight to our reflections, in 2022 we…

🌱Advocated for a more visible co-design practice in NYC government
✨Acknowledged our privilege and sought to shift power to communities
⚡️Built service design capacity through partnerships

Read more about our journey, at our Year in Review blog post on our medium page: nycopportunity.medium.com/

NYC Opportunity it looking for a Software Engineer! If you are interested in being part of a team working on high-impact and challenging services, tools and libraries that improve the lives of millions of New Yorkers, find out how you can join our team. https://on.nyc.gov/3kkMM0K

NYC Opportunity is hiring! If you are interested in putting your data, design, digital, and policy skills to work to improve the lives of millions of New Yorkers, take a look at how you can join our team. https://on.nyc.gov/3eM3J1f

NYC Opportunity recently launched Mental Health for All in collaboration with and . This new website helps New Yorkers navigate and access a wide range of city-backed mental health services. Learn more on our medium blog https://bit.ly/3DziGi3