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Additional Resources

DOP Program Locator

ECHOES

Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)

Young Adult Success Corps. (YASC)

Youth Wrap

Works Plus


Works Plus

The New York City Department of Probation (DOP) helps build stronger and safer communities by working with and supervising people on probation, fostering positive change in their decision-making and behavior, and expanding opportunities for them to move out of the criminal and juvenile justice systems through meaningful education, employment, health services, family engagement, and civic participation.

Program Overview: Works Plus
Works Plus provides flexible work readiness wrap-around services to young adults aged 16 to 30 who have been touched by gun violence and referred to the program by the NYC Crisis Management System (CMS).

Using teams of credible messengers to mediate conflict on the street, CMS connects high-risk individuals to a range of services including Works Plus, that can reduce the risk of long-term violence. Participants come from different backgrounds with varying levels of education and prior work experience, and the program is designed to meet them “where they are,” both in terms of locality and service type/intensity. Works Plus assesses participants in order to provide an individualized program experience with the ultimate goal of increasing exposure to the world of work, increasing each participant’s level of work readiness relative to where they started, and reducing the likelihood of participation in violent activity.

Program activities include career awareness services, connection to educational opportunities, vocational skills training, assistance with job search competencies, and case management. There is also a strong emphasis on soft skills and basic life skills development as a means towards work readiness. Participants may also receive a stipend of up to $1,500.

Program Summary:

Participant Age and Profile: Youth between the ages of 16-30

Duration: 1- 6 months with up to 6-month follow-up or aftercare

Locations:
Brooklyn: Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Canarsie, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill/Fort Greene, Coney Island, East New York, Flatbush
Bronx: Bedford Park/Fordham, Belmont/East Tremont/ East Farms, Eastchester/Edenwald, Grant Concourse, Morrisania, Mott Haven, Soundview, University Heights
Manhattan: Central Harlem, East Harlem
Staten Island: North Shore
Queens: Far Rockaway, Jamaica, Queensbridge

Community Parter
Areas Served

Brooklyn Community Services
East New York

Bronx Parent Housing Network
Morrisania

C.A.S.E.S
Central Harlem

Center for Community Alternatives
Canarsie, Clinton Hill/Fort Greene Park, Flatbush

The Fortune Society
Queensbridge

Getting Out and Staying Out
East Harlem

Good Shepherd Services
Bedford Park/Fordham, Eastchester/Edenwald, University Heights

Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island Inc.
Coney Island

Justice Innovation
Bedford-Stuyvesant (79th Precinct), Brownsville, Crown Heights, Jamaica, North Shore

The Osborne Association
Mott Haven

RiseBoro
Bedford-Stuyvesant (81st Precinct)

Sheltering Arms
Far Rockaway

Union Settlement Association
East Harlem

Urban Youth Alliance
Grant Concourse, Belmont/East Tremont/East Farms, Soundview