While the number of young adults who are out of school and out of work has been declining, more than 60 percent of young adults are part-time workers, a trend...
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020 New York City’s transfer high schools are designed to serve students who have struggled to make progress in traditional high schools. Even with additional help, however, the...
February 18, 2020
More Than $1.3 Million Provided to Undertake Community-Based Projects Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced more than $1.3 million in State funding for programs aimed at helping low-income families in...
April 1, 2019
Last year, a partnership in New York City—including the NYC Center for Youth Employment, JobsFirstNYC, and Social Finance, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and The Pinkerton Foundation—set out to...
October 25, 2018
“I am living my passion. I wake up everyday ready. Do you wake up everyday ready?" This is how Marjorie Parker, JobsFirstNYC’s President and CEO, welcomed guests at...
April 20, 2018
JobsFirstNYC and New Visions for Public Schools are launching a new initiative to transform the school-to-work transition for a set of NYC’s Transfer High School students. Through this initiative, we...
April 2, 2018
Five Partnerships of JobsFirstNYC's YASEP Network Selected to Baseline, Test, and Strengthen Employer Engagement Capacity JobsFirstNYC has partnered with the Field Building Hub at Workforce Professionals Training Institute to...
March 9, 2018
JobsFirstNYC and New Visions for Public Schools present Building Partnerships: Bringing Together Workforce & School Leaders March 6, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at UJA - Federation On...
March 6, 2018
The Jerome Avenue Revitalization, led by JobsfirstNYC, is convening more than 50 local stakeholders to implement a community-led approach to the rezoning efforts in the Bronx, spanning across 93 blocks...
January 17, 2018
This week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $1.5 million new initiative, "CareerLift," driven by JobsFirstNYC, NYC Center for Youth Employment (CYE), and Social Finance. Supported by an $850,000 grant...
