Community Voices Heard

Putting People First! would designate a $75 million budget line item for a citywide initiative to provide a total of 2,500 participant slots across two programs:

(1) Emergency Employment and Job Experience through an Expansion of Paid Transitional Jobs Programs, and

(2) Career-ladder Training Program Coupled with Paid Internships Targeted at High-Wage Growth Industries.

The $75 million is intended to build upon promising city initiatives and would include intensive case management, job placement, and retention services. A variety of City host agencies could potentially administer the paid transitional jobs program with oversight from either the Human Resources Administration (HRA) or the Department of Small Business Services (SBS). SBS is also put forth as a potential administering agency for the career-ladder training initiative program.