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Program
Brooklyn
Networks
NPower
Type
(Training,
GED prep,
Literacy,
etc)
o Training
o Training
Eligibility
Description
Contact Info
o Brooklyn Networks is an
intensive hands-on training
program that will help
participants start a career in
the field of network cable
installation.
o Cable technicians install the
lines that run behind walls
and ceilings that are hooked
up to computers, telephones,
security systems, A/V
equipment, and broadcast
cable.
o Graduates receive an
internationally recognized
Level 1 Installer certification
from an organization called
BICSI.
o Job placement assistance is a
part of the program.
o Free
o Patrick Cohen:
Patrick.Cohen@npowerny.org
o Free
Provides IT professional
services, IT workforce
development, and
connections in the corporate
world
Notes
Vocational
Foundation Inc
PerScholas
o Training
o 17-21
o Training
o 18-55
o Diploma/GED
Youthline
(YAIP)
o Training
Construction
Program at
LaGuardia
Community
College
o Training
o High school
diploma/GED
o Screening test in
math and reading
Grace Institute
o Training
o Females ONLY
Streetwise
Partners
o Training
o 18+
Building Works
PreApprenticeship
Program
Made in NY
Production
Assistant
Training
Program
Brooklyn
Woods
o Training
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o
o
o Training
o Training
o
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18
Eligible to work
Diploma/GED
8th grade math skills
21+
Valid drivers license
Unemployed/Low
income
NYC resident
18+
Basic math and
reading
Able to lift 70 lbs.
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15 weeks
Job
15 weeks
9-4:30 M-F
Computer Training
Directory of different programs
in a variety of different areas
o 8 weeks
o Free
o 800-246-4646
o www.nyc..gob/html/dvcd/html
o Free
o Lourdes: 718-609-2133
o Lnasongkhla@lagcc.cuny.edy
o $1,199 + $15
registration fee
o 212-832-7605
o www.graceinstitute.org
o www.streetwisepartners.org
o Free
o Free
o 718-237-2017
o Free
o 718-389-3636
o Free
o
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o
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o Free
o Free
Fatherhood
Program
o Training
and GED
preparation
o 16-25
o Must be a biological
father (or about to
become one)
o NYC resident
Harlem
Commonwealth
o Training
and GED/
GED
preparation
Access GED
o GED
o 18-21
Chinatown
Manpower
Project, Inc
o Training
o For disadvantaged
immigrants and
refugees in NYC
o All ages
Fortune Society
o Training
o Former or currently
incarcerated persons
Henry Street
Settlement
o Training
o All ages
The Door
o Training
and GED
o 12-21
o 6 months
o Educational, vocational support,
and job assistance
o Weekly Metro card
transportation stipend
o Rolling enrollment
o 9 Months
o Financial literacy
o Skills training
o Academic instruction
o tutoring
o Enrollment length depends on
person
o 212-791-4927
o Free
o Free
o 212-244-1537
o Free
o Free
o 212-691-7554
o info@fortunesociety.org
o Free
o Free
o memberservice@door.org
o Free
Arbor
Education and
Training
o Training
o All ages
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CAMBA
o Training
o Low-income people
of all ages
Opportunities
for a Better
Tomorrow
o Training
and GED
NYSARC
o Training
FEGS
o 512-344-4000
o Free
o Economic development,
education and youth
development, family support,
HIV/AIDS services, and housing
services
o Youth employment and training
o GED classes
o Offers education and literacy
programs
o 718-287-0857
o info@camba.org
o Free
o Persons with
intellectual and
developmental
disabilities
o 518-439-8311
o Free
o Training
o 516-496-7550
o Fegs-li@fegs.org
o Free
MMCC
o Training
o All ages
o 718-882-4000
o Free
o Training
o 718-725-1120
Sunnyside
Community
Services
o Training
and GED
New York
Center for
Interpersonal
Development
YMCA of
Greater New
York
o Training
o Serves Youth
o Training
o All ages
Henkels and
McCoy
o Training
o 718-784-6173
o Free
o 718-815-4557
o Free
o 212-630-9600
o 718-706-0482
The programs listed are suggestions for alternative youth programs and are not affiliated with Year Up
Literacy Programs
South Bronx Overall Economic
Development Corporation
555 Bergen Avenue - 3rd floor,
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: 718-292-3113
Services: ABE, ESOL, Education, Employment, Youth,
Economic Development.
Queens
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Bronx
Wakefield Branch
Center for Reading & Writing
4100 Lowerre Place
Bronx, NY 10466
Phone: 718-994-8782
Manhattan
Manhattan
Aguilar Branch
Aguilar Language Learning Center
174 East 110th Street
Manhattan, NY 10029-3212
Phone: 212- 534-1613
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Shorefront YM-YWHA
3300 Coney Island Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone:718-891-0264