A task force created in 2017 by City Council legislation aimed at providing better services and more opportunities for out-of-work, out-of-school youth and young adults has been delayed from the...
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...
February 1, 2019
In 2017, JobsFirstNYC worked with the New York City Council to pass resolution 708-A, establishing a task force on disconnected youth charged with developing a plan to reduce the number...
December 20, 2018
JobsFirstNYC is a co-chair of the Invest in Skills NY coalition alongside the New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals (NYATEP). Leveraging Opportunity, Meeting Demand: A Blueprint for Building...
December 18, 2018
An estimated 10% (22,000) of Westchester County young adults aged 16–25 are out of school and out of work (OSOW). Stakeholder engagements in three cities—Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Yonkers—have...
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 10, 2018
The past two years were filled with new learning and impact. JobsFirstNYC’s mission is to leverage all available community, corporate, human, organization, private and public resources to bring out-of-school and...
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 21, 2018
The share of young adults in New York City who are jobless and out of school has fallen over the past five years, according to a new report, owing partly...
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...
