Emily began her higher education at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Due to an outstanding financial balance and the need for social-emotional support for...
May 24, 2024
JobsFirstNYC, CARA (College Access: Research & Action), and Shared Lane Services partner to build career pathways in schools. Career pathways are an integrated approach designed to help students strengthen their...
February 1, 2024
Since 2014, JobsFirstNYC has been a proud member of the Aspen Institute Opportunity Youth Forum. The Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF) is a network of over 40 local collaborations in urban, rural,...
January 25, 2024
Selecting the best fit postsecondary education or career training program is a complex task. JobsFirstNYC’s work to build career pathways in schools in the Transfer 2 Career Collaborative uncovered insights about the limited...
September 29, 2022
About This Learning Brief Series JobsFirstNYC and New Visions for Public Schools are spearheading the Transfer 2 Career Collaborative (T2C), an innovative career development strategy for New York City transfer...
March 31, 2022
In the last few months, we have witnessed a welcomed change in New York City to name and scale a vision for creating career-connected learning and pathways for all our...
April 7, 2021
The latest in our Innovations in the Field series is co-published between JobsFirstNYC and New Visions for Public Schools, and tells the story of the first two years of the...
October 15, 2020
In a recent blog published on Sept 3, 2020, JobsFirstNYC posed the question: With an estimated 27 percent (259,000) to 34 percent (324,000) of NYC Young Adults out of school...
August 13, 2020
In the wake of the Great Recession, a strong economy made it easier for young adults to find jobs, leading to significant declines in the number and share of New...
July 9, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic that has hit our Transfer to Career (T2C) communities the hardest in terms of health, wellbeing, employment, and security, our high school leaders and...
