HOMEPROGRAMS & INITIATIVESBLOGMEDIACOVID-19 INFORMATIONCONTACT US Jobs to Build On The New York City Council funded Jobs to Build On (JtBO) program is a citywide and neighborhood-based job training and placement partnership committed to performance and accountability. In addition to the New York City Council, the New York City Department of Small Business Services and the Consortium for Worker Education, the partnership includes twenty-eight employment and training service providers located throughout the city. To be eligible for services, individuals must be 18 or over, live in New York City and be unemployed or underemployed. JTBO services include skills training in such area as construction trades, transportation, green jobs, office skills, healthcare, communications and media, restaurant services and culinary arts as well as direct job placement. Since its inception in 2007, JtBO has contracted with 28 community-based organizations citywide, trained over 19,000 participants recipients and placed over 25,000 New Yorkers into quality employment with an average hourly wage of $16.82 (FY20). LEARN MORE Worker Service Centers In the Worker Service Centers program, 98% of the funds go directly to training and education at community organizations. The CWE Worker Service Centers is a community initiative supported by the New York City Council that has served over 10,000 participants throughout 24 neighborhood organizations located in 23 Council districts. LEARN MORE The Child Care Facilitated Enrollment Project The Child Care Facilitated Enrollment Project is a pilot program that was developed to assist working parents to increase access to child care subsidies and quality care in New York City for children up to 13 years of age with qualifying incomes. LEARN MORE Immigrant Defense Project CWE’s Immigrant Defense Project provides comprehensive workshops to union members, Worker Service Centers’ (WSC) staff and constituency, and to community based organizations in need of accurate and reliable information concerning the current state of our country’s immigration policies. LEARN MORE New York Alliance for Transport & Logistics Advancement Services (NYATLAS) The NY Alliance for Transport/Logistics Advancement Services (NYATLAS) is a 3-year youth focused initiative generously funded by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation under their New Skills for Youth Initiative. Focused in the Bronx, NYATLAS provides training and employment opportunities in the public and private transportation sector. LEARN MORE Union Initiatives The CWE partners with forty-six NYC based local labor affiliates to design, deploy administer and fund incumbent worker training, direct entry and apprenticeship programs. These industry specific courses allow members to move up in their career through skills and credential acquisition. Each year, more than 30,000 workers across the city take advantage of CWE sponsored promotional and entry courses to earn greater economic security and professional advancement. LEARN MORE Health Care Training Initiatives CWE has been providing clinical and administrative expertise in workforce training and development for allied health care workers since 1993. To meet the ever-changing landscape of the health care industry, CWE continues to restructure its health care training programs as necessary. CWE provides services to its 1199SEIU Funds partners as well as to other labor, community and industry partners including District Council 37. These cooperative projects allow CWE to facilitate a complete range of workforce service classes and customized training that leads health care professionals to new jobs or to transition between jobs. In addition to traditional classroom training held at a state-of-the art facility at 83 Maiden Lane in NYC, CWE has the capacity to offer programming via webinars and distance learning. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CWE will be conducting specialized on-line training and upskilling to keep New York City’s healthcare systems staffed and properly functioning. LEARN MORE CONTACT JOBS TO BUILD ON ASTORIA WORKER PROJECT NYATLAS FOR STAFF USE ONLY