Every day, thousands of workforce development professionals in hundreds of nonprofit organizations change lives by giving people the tools and connections they need to achieve economic opportunity and stability. This is the work of our city’s workforce system and the mission of the 200 community-based organizations, community colleges, and union affiliated training programs that comprise NYCETC. Every year, our members serve close to 700,000 welfare recipients, unemployed workers, disconnected and at-risk youth, ex-offenders, immigrants, and persons who are homeless, elderly, mentally and physically disabled, and HIV positive.   In removing obstacles to employment, providing training and connecting people to jobs, NYCETC members play a vital role in the city’s economic vitality.

 

Workforce Development in NYC: By the Numbers

$925 Million - Amount of City, State and federal funds for occupational training and related employment preparation and placement services in NYC in FY 2008.

$50 Million Amount - of money lost by the city since 2001 from Federal Workforce Investment Act funding

$40 Million - Estimated yearly private investment in workforce programs by NYC foundations in workforce programs

700,000 - Number of people served by NYCETC members each year

150,000 - Number of people placed in jobs by NYCETC members each year

90,000 - Total number of staff employed by NYCETC member organizations

75,000 - Number of people placed in jobs by Welfare to Work/TANF programs

42,000 - Total number of youth placed in jobs through the Summer Youth Employment Program

16,841 - Total number of job placements made through the city’s Workforce1 Career Centers

10,000 - Total size of workforce development staff at NYCETC member organizations

33 - Number of city administered workforce development programs

28 - Active Federal and State funding streams that support workforce development programs

3 - Number of deputy mayors who oversee the city’s various workforce development programs

1- Organization that brings the system together – NYCETC

 
The Transformation of NYC's Workforce Development System - Columbia University/NYATEP Case Study
On November 5, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) launched its Case Study Series in Global Public Policy program by releasing its pioneer case study which was focused on the NYC workforce development system.  The case study, Innovations in City Government: The Case of New York City’s Workforce Development System, examines the transformation of the public workforce system under the leadership of Mayor Bloomberg and the key challenges that the system faces in the future.  The case study was authored by WIB Member and Columbia professor, Ester R. Fuchs, and two research assistants.  The case study is an excellent resource for promoting our demand-driven system of workforce development and we anticipate that the study will be taught in universities around the country.