EMPLOYMENT, CAREER, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street • New York, NY 10013
212.727.5000 FAX: 212.727.5010
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Available to residents throughout the five Boroughs and Long Island. Comprehensive skills assessment, job readiness and job placement services for economically disadvantaged persons with high barriers to employment. Eligibility: applicants who are applying to or receiving public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Safety Net applicants. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources administration.
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2432 Grand Concourse, 4th Floor • New York, NY 10458
718.741.7183 FAX: 718.220.0309
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Available to residents throughout the five Boroughs and Long Island. Comprehensive skills assessment, job readiness and job placement services for economically disadvantaged persons with high barriers to employment. Eligibility: applicants who are applying to or receiving public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Safety Net applicants. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources administration
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Sandra P. and Frederick P. Rose Center
199 Jay Street, 4th Floor • New York, NY 11201
718.488.0100 Ext. 470 FAX: 718.522.5323
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Available to residents throughout the five Boroughs and Long Island. Comprehensive skills assessment, job readiness and job placement services for economically disadvantaged persons with high barriers to employment. Eligibility: applicants who are applying to or receiving public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Safety Net applicants. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources administration.
Back to Work
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street • New York, NY 10013
212.727.5000 FAX: 212.727.5010
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Available to residents throughout the five Boroughs and Long Island. Comprehensive skills assessment, job readiness and job placement services for economically disadvantaged persons with high barriers to employment. Eligibility: applicants who are applying to or receiving public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Safety Net applicants. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources administration.
BEGIN Program
412 East 147th Street, 5th Floor • New York, NY 10455
718.742.4083 FAX: 718.742.0215
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Public assistance recipients are helped to improve literacy skills and gain entry into the
workplace. Courses in Adult Basic Education (ABE), English Speakers of Other Languages
(ESOL), and General Equivalency Diploma (GED) preparation use curricula contextualized for the work world. Use of state-of-the-art technology to gain or advance literacy and employment skills helps participants prepare for employment. Referrals through the New York City Human
Resources Administration.
Business Development
315 Hudson Street, 7th Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8533 FAX: 212.366.8057
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Employer-based contextualized learning systems develop targeted on-site training with employers to fill industry needs. F·E·G·S works with businesses to analyze their needs, develop jobs and stimulate economic activity by training or placing workers for expanding areas of the economy. A state-of-the-art electronic job development, job match system enables rapid response to meet the needs of businesses and applicants.
Computer Resource Center · Brooklyn
Brooklyn Resource Center
938 Kings Highway • New York, NY 11223
718.336.2836 FAX: 718.336.0267
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Provides state-of-the-art training through computer-based learning technologies and E-Learning courses. E-Learning courses increase professional development and technical skills in the areas of basic business math, professional relationship-building, customer service and leadership. The E-Learning System includes software programs, such as: Microsoft® Access; Microsoft®
Excel for Windows™; Microsoft® Office XP; Microsoft® PowerPoint®; QuickBooks®; IBM Lotus Notes®; language learning and web development tools.
Connect to Care
80 Van Dam, 1st Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.524.1790
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In response to the current economic crisis, F·E·G·S offers the Jewish community an array of employment and career transition services, including job networking opportunities, career seminars, computer training, resume preparation, interviewing skills, and more. Connect to Care also provides a variety personal counseling programs and Jewish spiritual care, plus financial, budget, and debt counseling as well as legal services.
Connect to Care
The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center
74 Hauppauge Road • Commack, NY 11725
631.462.9800
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In response to the current economic crisis, F·E·G·S offers the Jewish community an array of employment and career transition services, including job networking opportunities, career seminars, computer training, resume preparation, interviewing skills, and more. Connect to Care also provides a variety personal counseling programs and Jewish spiritual care, plus financial, budget, and debt counseling as well as legal services.
Employment Services
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street • New York, NY 10013
212.524.1790 FAX: 212.524.1791
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Job placement, resume preparation, training and support services for individuals who are seeking employment, regardless of their being unemployed, under-employed or working part-time.
Extended Integrated Employment · Bronx
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Mental Health Center
3600 Jerome Avenue, 1st Floor • New York, NY 10467
718.741.5108 FAX: 718.231.5140
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Affords individuals with disabilities the opportunity for exposure to competitive employment in conjunction with involvement in the Community Rehabilitation and Training Center (CRTC). With the supportive environment of the CRTC, persons served are engaged in part-time competitive employment.
Extended Integrated Employment · Brooklyn
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Behavioral Health and Community Rehabilitation Center
3312-30 Surf Avenue • New York, NY 11224
212.366.8487 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Affords individuals with disabilities the opportunity for exposure to competitive employment in conjunction with involvement in the Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC). With the supportive environment of the CRC, persons served are engaged in part-time competitive employment.
Extended Integrated Employment · Manhattan
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Affords individuals with disabilities the opportunity for exposure to competitive employment in conjunction with involvement in the Community Rehabilitation and Training Center (CRTC). With the supportive environment of the CRTC, persons served are engaged in part-time competitive employment.
F·E·G·S Computer Resource Center
80 Vandam Steet • New York, NY 10013
212.524.1790
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Supported through a gift from The Shirley and William R. Fleischer Family Foundation, Inc., serves the needs of unemployed individuals of all ages and occupations. Outfitted with the latest hardware and software, the Center offers access to dozens of software applications that users can also access, through F·E·G·S, at their home computers.
F·E·G·S WeCARE
2432 Grand Concourse, 5th Floor • New York, NY 10458
718.741.7400 FAX: 718.220.2379
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WeCARE – Wellness, Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment Program – a specialized welfare to work program serving individuals with disabilities who are receiving or applying for public assistance. Services include: comprehensive medical, social and vocational assessment, wellness, vocational rehabilitation, employment and job placement. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources Administration.
F·E·G·S WeCARE
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 7th Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8100 FAX: 212.366.8266
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WeCARE – Wellness, Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment Program – a specialized welfare to work program serving individuals with disabilities who are receiving or applying for public assistance. Services include: comprehensive medical, social and vocational assessment, wellness, vocational rehabilitation, employment and job placement. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources Administration.
F·E·G·S WeCARE Fulton Clinic
1276-A Fulton Avenue • New York, NY 10456
718.901.8099 FAX: 718.901.8085
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WeCARE – Wellness, Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment Program – a specialized welfare to work program serving individuals with disabilities who are receiving or applying for public assistance. Services include: comprehensive medical, social and vocational assessment, wellness, vocational rehabilitation, employment and job placement. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources Administration.
F·E·G·S WeCARE Manhattan Clinic
344 West 51st Street • New York, NY 10019
212.314.0600 FAX: 212.265.0129
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WeCARE – Wellness, Comprehensive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Employment Program – a specialized welfare to work program serving individuals with disabilities who are receiving or applying for public assistance. Services include: comprehensive medical, social and vocational assessment, wellness, vocational rehabilitation, employment and job placement. Referrals through the New York City Human Resources Administration.
IBM Adult Literacy Initiative
412 East 147th Street • New York, NY 10455
718.292.3930 FAX: 718.742.0352
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IBM Adult Literacy Initiative at the BEGIN Work Study program helps adult basic education and English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) learners become more skilled and confident readers. Using IBM’s interactive reading and voice recognition software, learners are able to read books on screen and receive immediate feedback on their reading accuracy.
IBM Reading Companion Project
412 East 147th Street • New York, NY 10455
718.292.3930 FAX: 718.742.0352
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IBM's English to Spanish automatic translation software – Spanish-speaking adult learners at the BEGIN Program use the translation software to access online information in their native language on such topics as health, employment, education and parenting.
Living In a Fair Environment Program • L.I.F.E.
Copiague Multi-Service Center
445 Oak Street, 2nd Floor • Copiague, NY 11726
631.264.2915 FAX: 631.264.3903
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The L.I.F.E. (Living In a Fair Environment) Program provides training and supportive employment opportunities to mental health consumers who want to work in the human service field. L.I.F.E. provides a wide range of advocacy, psychosocial, self-help and psychiatric rehabilitation services, and is built on a strengths and trauma recovery model. Peer support, telephone outreach and
advocacy services are provided by and for mental health consumers.
Nassau County Work Experience Program
Hempstead Multi-Service Center
175 Fulton Avenue • Hempstead, NY 11550
516.485.5710 FAX: 516.485.4225
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Assessment and development of work experience program sites for Nassau County public assistance recipients. Case management services for all participants.
NYSRRAP Employment Preparation Program
Brooklyn Resource Center
938 Kings Highway • New York, NY 11223
718.336.2836 Ext. 303 FAX: 718.336.0267
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Assists refugees and asylees with case management and transitional support, employment preparation, job placement and retention, and referral to legal services. Pre-employment services including resume preparation, interviewing skills and job search assistance.
ParnossahWorksTM
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street • New York, NY 10013
212.524.1700 Ext. 3 FAX: 212.524.1791
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Innovative web-based job search and employment assistance system supported by career and employment professionals. ParnossahWorksTM reaches unemployed job seekers through synagogues and Jewish communal institutions.
Pathways to Success
Brooklyn Resource Center
938 Kings Highway • New York, NY 11223
718.336.2836 Ext. 303 FAX: 718.336.0267
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Skills assessment, job development, job search skills, and job counseling for refugees and other Russian-speaking émigrés/immigrants. Offered in cooperation with UJA-Federation of New York.
Porter Services at Hauppauge
Hauppauge State Office Building
250 Veterans Highway • Hauppauge, NY 11788
631.952.6990 FAX: 631.952.6226
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Opportunities for individuals with disabilities to obtain employment in porter services. Individuals, 18 years and older, participate in assessment and evaluation activities that lead to employment with supports.
Project D.A.R.E. Developing Alternatives in Rehabilitation and Employment
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Mental Health Center
3600 Jerome Avenue • New York, NY 10467
718.741.5009 FAX: 718.231.5140
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Individuals with mental illness are trained and placed into integrated community-based work settings.
Queens Resource and Computer Center
The Bukharian Jewish Congress
106-16 70th Avenue, 5th Floor • New York, NY 11375
718.544.5086 FAX: 718.575.0215
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Provides the Bukharian community and others, with access to job search, English language proficiency and computer skills-building resources and job placement in a state-of-the-art computer center. Offers job seekers, seniors, youth, and others in need, access to computer resources and learning opportunities. Business, educational and language software programs are available.
Refugee Social Service Program
Brooklyn Resource Center
938 Kings Highway • New York, NY 11223
718.336.2836 Ext. 303 FAX: 718.336.0267
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Employment preparation, job placement, retention and support services for refugees, asylees and parolees.
Suffolk Vocational Center/Displaced Homemaker Program
Copiague Multi-Service Center
445 Oak Street, 2nd Floor • Copiague, NY 11726
631.598.0108 FAX: 631.264.7787
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Displaced homemakers, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other Suffolk residents seeking jobs, training and/or career development services, receive training in computer skills, clerical and office procedures, job readiness workshops, and job placement services.
Supported and Competitive Employment Services • Bronx
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 TTY: 212.414.3080 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Individuals with developmental or psychiatric disabilities and those who are deaf or hard of hearing, obtain supported and/or competitive employment. Comprehensive pre-placement services address vocational and clinical aspects of one's employment needs. Support services include: assessment and evaluation; job development and placement; pre-employment; individual supported employment; enclaves and transitional employment.
Supported and Competitive Employment Services • Brooklyn
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 TTY: 212.414.3080 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Individuals with developmental or psychiatric disabilities and those who are deaf or hard of hearing, obtain supported and/or competitive employment. Comprehensive pre-placement services address vocational and clinical aspects of one's employment needs. Support services include: assessment and evaluation; job development and placement; pre-employment; individual supported employment; enclaves and transitional employment.
Supported and Competitive Employment Services • Long Island
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 TTY: 212.414.3080 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Individuals with developmental or psychiatric disabilities and those who are deaf or hard of hearing, obtain supported and/or competitive employment. Comprehensive pre-placement services address vocational and clinical aspects of one's employment needs. Support services include: assessment and evaluation; job development and placement; pre-employment; individual supported employment; enclaves and transitional employment.
Supported and Competitive Employment Services • Manhattan
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 TTY: 212.414.3080 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Individuals with developmental or psychiatric disabilities and those who are deaf or hard of hearing, obtain supported and/or competitive employment. Comprehensive pre-placement services address vocational and clinical aspects of one's employment needs. Support services include: assessment and evaluation; job development and placement; pre-employment; individual supported employment; enclaves and transitional employment.
Supported and Competitive Employment Services • Queens
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 TTY: 212.414.3080 FAX: 212.414.3055
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Individuals with developmental or psychiatric disabilities and those who are deaf or hard of hearing, obtain supported and/or competitive employment. Comprehensive pre-placement services address vocational and clinical aspects of one's employment needs. Support services include: assessment and evaluation; job development and placement; pre-employment; individual supported employment; enclaves and transitional employment.
The Crown Heights Career Assistance Program (CH-CAP)
212.524.1728
The Crown Heights Career Assistance Program (CH-CAP) helps members of the Crown Heights Anash community with career counseling, information, referrals to career training programs, and tuition assistance. CH-CAP helps participants gain the skills to be successful in today's job market. This program is designed to assist graduates of Crown Heights Chabad kollels, yeshivas, or teacher's seminaries.
Thypin Oltchick Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship @ F·E·G·S
315 Hudson Street • New York, NY 10013
212.366.0033 FAX: 212.524.1791
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Offers professional resources and guidance to women interested in entrepreneurship and small business ownership. The Institute acts as a clearing house, providing expertise and advice in helping women determine their needs and guiding them to the most appropriate services to launch a small business in the New York City area. Workshops provided.
Ticket to Work
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Health Related and Human Services Center
80 Vandam Street, 2nd Floor • New York, NY 10013
212.366.8487 FAX: 212.414.3055
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F·E·G·S is an authorized Employment Network, participating in the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work statewide program to help recipients of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to obtain, maintain, or regain employment. F·E·G·S offers a wide range of employment services to Ticket Holders.