Vocational Training
 
Low-income adults have documented annual earnings impacts of anywhere from 10 % to 156 % beyond what similar job seekers had been able to gain without training or with job search services only.

Skills training can increase earnings, improve access to employer-paid benefits, and increase steady work. Studies show that low-income adults have documented annual earnings impacts of anywhere from 10 percent to 156 percent beyond what similar job seekers had been able to gain without training or with job search services only. Furthermore, low-income participants in skills training stand a better chance of getting jobs with benefits than do non-participants, or than they themselves were able to access prior to training. Studies also show that training graduates worked more regularly than they had prior to receiving training, or more consistently than individuals who did not receive training.

Impact:

  • Train over 100 residents annually for jobs in local industries including building maintenance, construction, customer service, office administration and tax preparation. Trainees receive intensive job development, placement and retention follow-up.
  • Conduct training for tenants in the NYC Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HDP) Housing Education Program, which offers introductory, certificate and advanced courses in building management and systems maintenance.
  • In 2006, NMIC began a partnership with Audubon Partnership for Economic Development to develop a social-purpose property maintenance company that will provide training and jobs to community residents.

For more information: please contact Marcos Rivera at 212-453-5369.