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Phone: (212) 860-6001
Fax: (212) 996-9481
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New York, NY 10029
Phone: (212) 860-6001
Fax: (212) 996-9481
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164 Asburton Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: (914) 751-2641
Fax: (914) 751-2642
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18 Lander St.
Newburgh, NY 12550
Phone: (845) 562-2020
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Reports
Failure to Comply: The Disconnect Between Design and Implementation in HRA's WeCARE Program
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2007-03-19 15:20.In early 2005, the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) implemented the Wellness, Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment (WeCARE) Program to determine which public assistance recipients and applicants have multiple and complex barriers to employment and provide them with specialized services that were not available under HRA’s previous support and training programs.
Parks Opportunity Program (POP) External Monitoring Report
Submitted by mike on Tue, 2006-03-21 12:00.This report shares results from Community Voices Heard’s ongoing monitoring of the Parks Opportunity Program (POP), the largest paid transitional jobs program in New York City. The research documents the experiences of Job Training Participants (JTPs) who participated in POP in FY04 and FY05.
The Revolving Door: Research Findings on NYC's Employment Services and Placement System and Its Effectiveness In Moving People
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2005-07-20 13:15.This report documents the results of a comprehensive examination of the Employment Services and Placement (ESP) System, a key program developed and administered by the Human Resources Administration (HRA) to further its work-first approach. The renewal contracts, established by the start of 2003, allocated up to $130 million for program services over three years – estimating that the program would service almost 80,000 people in that time period.
Wages Work! An Examination of New York City’s Parks Opportunity Program (POP) and Its Participants
Submitted by mike on Wed, 2004-03-03 01:01.The Parks Opportunity Program (POP) is the largest public sector paid transitional jobs program in the country. When initiated in March of 2001, the POP Program, along with other Transitional Jobs Programs in New York City, represented a significant shift away from forcing welfare recipients to perform unpaid workfare assignments (known as WEP) toward paying people a wage for working in city agencies on a transitional basis.
Time Limits or Time Bomb? Assessing New York City Welfare as the Five-Year Time Limits Approach
Submitted by mike on Mon, 2001-08-20 13:19.In December of 2001, over 76,000 New York State families receiving public assistance were set to reach their five-year time limits on federal public assistance. Of these, over 40,000 were based in New York City. An additional, 26,232 New York City families were to reach their time limits by September 2002. From October 2000 to March 2001, Community Voices Heard administered a survey to 595 individuals at over 30 welfare centers around the City, in an effort to evaluate the services and information they were receiving in advance of the time limits.
WEP: Work Experience Program…New York City’s Public Sector Sweat Shop Economy
Submitted by mike on Sat, 2000-01-01 01:01.In the summer of 1999, at the peak of NYC’s unpaid workfare program, Community Voices Heard initiated a research project to determine what workfare workers were doing at their Work Experience Program (WEP) assignments in New York City. Members were increasingly reporting being forced to do more detailed work and perform significant work responsibilities at their work sites. Between June 1999 and February 2000, CVH members, staff and interns interviewed 649 WEP workers at 131 worksites in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Welfare to Work: Is it Working? The Failure of Current Welfare-to-Work Strategies To Move The Hardest To Employ Into Jobs
Submitted by mike on Fri, 1999-01-01 01:01.In the summer of 1998, Community Voices Heard surveyed 483 people on welfare at workfare worksites, welfare centers and social service agencies in Northern Manhattan and throughout the city. Contrary to stereotypes, survey results demonstrated that people on welfare want to work, have worked in the past, and are actively searching for work. This report evaluates welfare-to-work strategies (workfare, job creation and job search assistance), looks at how welfare recipients look for and find work, and analyzes barriers to employment among welfare recipients.
