Young Adult Work Opportunities for Rewarding Careers (YA WORC)

The Center has adapted WORC specifically for young adults with serious persistent mental health conditions, in or alumni of foster care, and with juvenile justice involvement.

 

YA WORC for Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions:

The Workplace Center has partnered with the NYS Office of Mental Health to build the capacity of New York/New York III Supportive Housing staff to support the career preparation of their younger residents. The Center has also helped the staff of NYC Adolescent Skills Centers of NYC’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to offer career development and employment support to young adults through YA WORC, and evaluated its impact. 

 

YA WORC for Young Adults in Foster Care:

With support from the Division of Family Permanency Services (FPS), NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), the Workplace Center is helping foster care agencies in the City to implement YA WORC and evaluate its impact. Funding from the NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is supporting an effort to bring career readiness preparation through YA WORC to young people in care statewide by implementing a train-the-trainer model.

 

 

 

YA WORC for Young Adults with Juvenile Justice Involvement:

The Center is helping the NYC Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) of the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to set in place a comprehensive effort to bringing career readiness preparation into the juvenile justice system that includes building the capacity of non-secure placement providers and aftercare providers to offer YA WORC services to young people in their care.