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Lawmakers, labor leaders tout funding for LGBTQ employment program
A key goal of the New York City-based program is to place aspiring job seekers in LGBTQ-affirming workplaces and training grounds. The partners involved in the initiative include Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, Destination Tomorrow, the Mount Sinai Health System, Nontraditional Employment for Women, and Pathways 2 Apprenticeship.
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How to find work after a lengthy unemployment
Though long-term unemployment rates are falling, they remain especially high for black and Latino people, the formerly incarcerated and those 55 years or older. Discouraging as all of that sounds, there are services in and around New York City, most of them free, that are available and proven to help, such as Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, which helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers through job training.
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From Survival To Revival: Lessons From Two Men At Work
Mariana Calvo examines how BWI’s job-training has positively impacted the lives of Ángel Pérez and Heriks-Agosto Ramos in their pursuit for a better future.
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Governor Cuomo Announces $2.3 Million Awarded to Help Train 825 New Yorkers
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office announces nine New York City-based organizations have been awarded $2.3 million as part of the state’s historic $175 million Workforce Development Initiative, including BWI for its CDL training.
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Low-income New Yorkers in line for affordable housing jobs
Enterprise Community Partners and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) awarded a grant to Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) and others as part of the Housing Career Pathways initiative.
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How to spread Brooklyn’s ‘Innovation Economy’
Industry stakeholders, including BWI’s Aaron Shiffman, gathered to discuss facing challenges and maintaining momentum in Brooklyn’s “innovation economy.”
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