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Go to School, Get A Job!!!
An initiative which successfully utilized ARRA-Stimulus funding to
support young people throughout New York City
Faisal Rahman, Director – DYCD
Suzanne Foran, Henkels and McCoy
Department of Youth and Community Development
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DYCD is the government agency
responsible for providing all youth
services outside of the regular
school day.
We also improve family life by
investing in strong, healthy
communities.
We achieve these goals by
administering public funding to an
array of innovative programs in the
areas of:
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After-school
Runaway and Homeless Youth
Youth Workforce Development
Corporate Internships and
Summer Employment for Youth
• Adolescent and Family Literacy
• Beacon Community Centers
• Cornerstone Programs
In-School Youth Program
• The In-School Youth (ISY) program is funded under Title 1 of the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. ISY provides year-round services to at-risk
high school juniors and seniors who meet certain eligibility requirements.
• ISY services are provided by 27 contractors in all five boroughs.
• ISY Program Services Include:
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Objective needs assessments
Individualized Service Strategies (ISS)
Guidance and counseling services
“Step Up” Career Planning Guide
Paid internship opportunities and Summer Work Program
College preparation and out-of-city college trips
Project-based leadership activities
Sports, arts, technology and recreation activities
What is Go To School, Get A Job!
• During the 2009-2010 academic school year, ISY
program was awarded $5.6 Million to provide
internships to the currently cohort of existing
participants and a group of new enrollees.
• By amending existing contracts and using current
providers familiar with the WIA requirements
enabled DYCD to quickly implement this new
initiative
What is Go To School, Get A Job!
• The GTS initiative was created to provide jobs to all
participants on the condition that they remained in
high school and met academic and job performance
standards.
• Jobs were designed for students to work 12 hours a
week or as mutually agreed upon by the student and
employer.
Project Goals
• The initiative was designed
to mimic the goals of the InSchool Youth Program’s core
goals such as:
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Building Soft & Hard Skills
Job Preparedness
Career Counseling
Drop-out Prevention
College-Preparedness
Financial Literacy
Mentoring Opportunities
Apprenticeship
Budget
• Total Funding: $5,641,113
– $2,246,769 awarded to ISY
service providers
• Used to provide jobs for
existing 2,055 students
• Provided additional enrollment
& provide jobs for 741 students
– $3,394,344 allocated for
participant Wages
Cost Estimate
• Participants were paid
$7.25 an hour (via debit
cards)
• Unit cost: $1,124
– $7.25/hr X 12 hrs/wk X
12 weeks = $1,044
– FICA (7.65%) = $1,044 X
7.65% = $80.00
– Total Unit Cost = $1,044+
$80= $1,114.00
GTS Program Development
• ISY-online system
created to track program
progress
– Program monitoring
– Timesheet maintenance
– Wages earned
• Payment to participants
– Bi-weekly
– debit cards
GTS Statistics
• Out of 2,796 ISY students, 2207
(79%) worked a total of 387,084
hours, which equates to
$2,806,359 earned
• 2207 jobs breakdown (by sector)
– 261 jobs were created in the
government sector
– 389 jobs were created in the Private
Sector
– 637 jobs were created in large nonprofits
– 920 jobs were created in
community-based organizations
GTS Hours Statistics
Impact of GTS
– Less Drop-out
– Economic impact in
neighborhood
– Programmatic impact in ISY
Summer Program
– Programmatic impact in
individual contractors’
internship program
– Private sector impactincreased # of worksites
– Creation of ISY Specialized
Internship Program
Achievement of High School Diploma
Engaged in Post Secondary after Graduation
Challenges
• Decreased participation in
the other ISY program
activities
• Excessive worksites created
– Pre-approve process- (DYCD)
– Difficulty in large-scale
monitoring- (DYCD &
contractors)
– Difficulty in management of
timesheets
– Juggling individual participant
working hours & schedule
Lessons Learned
• Revamp Work Readiness
Curriculum
• Assist partner agencies to
create school year
internship experiences
• Encourage Basic Skills
Remediation to be offered
through the context of work
• Connecting real work
experience with academics
resulted in higher levels of
outcome attainment
GTS Success Stories
- A former ARRA student who is
currently a sophomore at
Queens borough Community
College…
“The stimulus money helped me
support myself and my family when
my mother lost her job because of
cutbacks. The internship helped me
pay for my graduation cap & gown,
yearbook, prom and my first
semester’s tuition deposit ($500).
The job taught me a lot. It allowed
me the feel for a job in the real world
and responsibility, how to make my
own money and more importantly
how to save, job readiness, etc.”
GTS Success Stories cont…
- A former ARRA student who is the mother of a one year old
and planning on entering the army while her grandmother
looks after the child…
With a baby on the way, fast deteriorating health and facing
dropping out of school, this seventeen year old senior turned
to the In-School Youth Program contractor in the Coney Island
section of Brooklyn. With the help from the agency’s Go to
School, Get a Job (GTS) program counselor, she was placed at a
Daycare Center.
“This experience has been great for me so far. Not only
have I stayed in school and been able to save up some money
for my baby, but working with kids has really helped to prepare
me for how to treat my own child. My long-term goal is to open
a center that can help kids focus on their career goals and guide
them to achieve those goals. I want kids to be able to share
their dreams, and be connected with a place that can help
make them realities. Learning how to handle children in my
current job has really helped me to see how I can use this
experience to reach my goals, and use it to help others reach
their goals too!”
GTS Success Stories cont…
A former ARRA participant who was hired at his
internship site after the program ended. He
continues to work at the fitness center and is also
attending the College of Staten Island…
This seventeen-year old senior at Susan Wagner High
School in Staten Island needed to work while in
school due to serious family financial hardship. He
joined United Activities Unlimited ISY program and
was placed at a fitness center. Not only did his
grades improve but he was able to contribute to the
family’s income.
“He is a smart, hard working young man who takes
on every task assigned to him, as well as taking the
initiative to do more while developing a wonderful
rapport with clients” says Center owner
Keep in Touch!
Faisal Rahman
212-676-9829
[email protected]
Suzanne Foran
718-974-5991
[email protected]