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Washington
Heights and Inwood is home to one of NYC’s largest
concentrations of poor and unemployed people. Nearly 75%
of residents speak limited or no English and over 40%
of residents lack a high school diploma or GED. The unemployment
rate is over 14%. With limited or no English proficiency,
minimal formal job experience and skills and limited educational
attainment, community residents face tremendous difficulty
in obtaining employment that will provide a family-sustaining
wage. To compete successfully in the labor market, basic
work readiness and vocational skills training, job placement
assistance and post-employment retention services are
essential.
Impact:
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Each
year we provide services to over 700 residents annually,
resulting in 200 placements with a 70% job retention rate.
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In
2006, NMIC partnered with Audubon Partnership for Economic
Development and New Heights Neighborhood Center to expand
job training and employment services in Washington Heights/Inwood.
The new Jobs Conexión program consists of two adult
employment resource centers, one in the Washington Heights
and one in Inwood, and an employment center in Washington
Heights that is specifically targeted at disconnected, out-of-school
youth age 17-24.
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In
2006, NMIC partnered with Seedco to launch its Back-to-Work
program which provides employment services to public assistance
recipients and individuals.
For
more information: please call 212-822-8314.
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