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Young Men’s Initiative Opportunity, Achievement, Success

Young Men’s Initiative Opportunity, Achievement, Success. 2012 Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference June 1, 2012 Washington, D.C. Young Men’s Initiative. About the Initiative

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Young Men’s Initiative Opportunity, Achievement, Success

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  1. Young Men’s InitiativeOpportunity, Achievement, Success 2012 Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference June 1, 2012 Washington, D.C.

  2. Young Men’s Initiative • About the Initiative • The Young Men’s Initiative (YMI) is the Mayoral response to an 18 month process of review and research by a commission co-chaired by David Banks of Eagle Academy Foundation and Ana Oliveira of the New York Women’s Foundation • YMI is a comprehensive effort to tackle the broad disparities slowing the advancement of young men of color in NYC • Investment • Three-year action plan will invest $127 million to support new programs and policies designed to break down barriers to success • Issue Areas • The plan advances four areas where the disparities are greatest and the consequences most harmful: Education, Employment, Justice, and Health The Chairs of Young Men’s Initiative released their recommendations in August 2011

  3. YMI: 2010 Census Population of NYC Males Aged 16-24 N=532,434

  4. YMI: Education High School Males Graduating in 4 Years Since 2005, the overall NYC graduation rate has increased by 40 percent (46.5% to 65.1%) Disparity Rates

  5. YMI: Education High School Male Dropouts Since 2005, the overall NYC dropout rate has decreased by 45% (from 22.0% to 12.1%) 1.17 Times Greater 1.36 Times Greater 1.30 Times Greater 1.51 Times Greater 1.34 Times Greater 1.66 Times Greater 1.52 Times Greater 1.28 Times Greater 1.68 Times Greater 1.69 Times Greater 1.53 Times Greater 1.84 Times Greater 2.015 Times Greater Odds 1.936 Times Greater Odds Disparity Rates

  6. YMI: Education • Goal • Reduce the achievement gap in schools through targeted strategies that improve outcomes for young men of color • Programs • Launch Expanded Success Initiative to increase the number of black and Latino young men who graduate high school ready to succeed in college and careers • Expand mentoring for middle school youth participating in after school programs • Create peer mentoring in young adult GED programs at CUNY campuses • Expand CEO’s Young Adult Literacy Program • Policy Recommendations • Measure the performance of black and Latino young men against that of their peers on all school progress reports • Reform the special education referral and placement process • Implement strategies to successfully transition suspended students back to school and reduce recidivism

  7. YMI: Employment Out of School Males Ages 16-24: Employed Of those that are out of school, there has been a minimal change in the percent of employed 16-24 year old males since 2000 (2.5% increase, from 122,855 employed males to 125,972 employed males) Disparity Rates

  8. YMI: Employment • Programs • Expand CEO’s Jobs-Plus program, whichremoves barriers to work for residents in public housing and helps connect them to jobs • Expand CEO’s Young Adult Internship Program, which provides short-term paid internships, placement into jobs, education or advanced training, and follow-up services to disconnected youth ages 16 to 24 years old • Provide subsidized jobs and expand training slots in a range of programs serving young adults • Policy Recommendations • Expand the City’s summer youth employment program • Reduce barriers to employment by helping young people access official ID’s

  9. YMI: Justice Readmission to Jail – Males Ages 16-24 Since 2002, the percent of males ages 16-24 readmitted within one year to jail decreased by 23% (from 7,507 to 5,785) Disparity Rates

  10. YMI: Justice • Goal • Reform the juvenile and criminal justice systems to ensure interventions produce young people prepared for second chances • Programs • Justice Scholars and Justice Community programs help court-involved youth explore career and education options • Advocate, Intervene, Mentor (AIM), an intensive advocacy program for high risk teenagers on juvenile probation in targeted neighborhoods • Arches, a curriculum based group mentoring program targeted to high risk young adults under direct probation supervision • Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS) literacy services for pre-GED youthin targeted neighborhoods • Expansion of NYC Justice Corps, a six month program that includes community service, internships, and education • Policy Recommendations • Reduce barriers to City employment and licensing (Executive Order 151) and voting for people with criminal records • Ensure information on the RAP sheet is accurate • New York City will advocate for State Juvenile Justice Reforms to allow young people to remain in community-based alternatives to incarceration in NYC

  11. YMI: Health Teen Pregnancy Rates – Ages 15-17 Since 2000, the pregnancy rate for females ages 15-17 dropped 26% (65.8 to 48.5 per 1,000 teens) 2.015 Times Greater Odds 1.936 Times Greater Odds Disparity Rates 11

  12. YMI: Health Teen Pregnancy Rates – Ages 18-19 Since 2000, the pregnancy rate for ages 18-19 dropped 16% (152.1 to 127.4 per 1,000 teens)

  13. YMI Health • Goal • Improve the health of young men and their families, and reduce teen pregnancy rates • Programs • Creation of a training program through the City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation to better prepare physicians, nurses, and other providers to work with adolescents • CUNY Fatherhood Academy, a new program that provides young fathers with parenting skills programming, employment and training, as well as access to higher education • Project Ceasefire, apublic health violence prevention model that focuses on the highest-risk communities and youth • Policy Recommendations • Comprehensive sex education for all middle and high schools as part of the mandated health curriculum • Launched the Fatherhood Initiative and hired first Citywide Fatherhood Services Coordinator • Establish criteria for teen-friendly clinics and create incentives for participation so more youth will have access to care • Ease the process for young people to connect to the Family Planning Benefit Program and create other policies that increase access to confidential reproductive health services

  14. Center for Economic Opportunity • Program Implementation • Assist with the development of effective YMI program models in collaboration with appropriate City agencies • Oversee the implementation of YMI initiatives with ongoing support of City agencies to ensure the fidelity of program models • Monitor and measure the outcomes of YMI programs • Evaluation • Performance monitoring • Data analysis • Early implementation and outcome studies • Topic-specific studies • Impact evaluations

  15. Accountability & Oversight • External Advisory Board • Comprised of local and national experts who provide guidance on the Young Men’s Initiative Action Plan and the design of future initiatives • Monthly Meetings with the Mayor and Agency Commissioners • Report on progress, challenges, and new initiatives/policy reforms that should be explored • Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council • Comprised of youth whoprovide input on the Action Plan and new initiatives

  16. NYC Dads The Mayor’s Fatherhood Initiative

  17. About the NYC Dads • The Initiative • NYC Dads was established to respond to the ~33% of children under the age of 18 growing up in fatherless households • Ensures that fathers were not being unintentionally excluded from or missing opportunities to engage in their children’s lives • A Year 1 Progress Report released in July 2011 found significant progress has been made across agencies, but further work must continue to meet goals • The Goals • Remove barriers that fathers may face in interacting with City agencies • Make all City agencies as “father friendly” as possible • Support fathers as they increase their capacity to be good dads • Assist in the creation of memorable moments between fathers and their children • Desired Impacts • Increase father engagement in the lives of their children and decrease father absence in the homes of low-income families of color • Increase levels of responsible fatherhood • A city-wide standard of father friendliness that can be lifted up as a national model

  18. The Fatherhood Factor

  19. Progress to Date • Year 1 • Initiated cross agency collaboration to improve the sensitivity of front-line workers to the needs of fathers • NYCHA community centers provided a space for dads and their kids to interact in and where fathers can gain theoretical and practical child development and life skills • Launched “Daddy & Me,” a reading program at the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island • Held the first annual NYC Dads Matter Awards • Year 2 • Launched CUNY Fatherhood Academy at LaGuardia Community College • Developing the Parent Pledge Project to explore alternatives for fathers and mothers to establish child support orders in their local communities and outside of court • DHS facilitated support groups to bring dads together to encourage one another on the road to self sufficiency and independence • Holding the second annual NYC Dads Matter Awards

  20. CUNY Fatherhood Academy • Vision • To strengthen families by promoting responsible fatherhood and economic stability through education, employment and personal development • Three Strategic Goals • Education/Personal Development • Create direct connection to CUNY for low-income fathers • Serve as a model for expansion to other CUNY campuses • Employment/Professional Development • Focus on unemployed and underemployed fathers age 18 – 24 • Father Involvement & Family Engagement • Create “non-mandated” enrollment (i.e., not required by criminal justice or child support agency) • Serve as a model for other college-based fatherhood programs nationally

  21. Program Design • Target Population • Fathers between 18 and 24 years old • Annual number served • Enroll 200 participants across five cohorts • Program cycle breakdown • 20 week Academy program; 3 days per week • 15 hours per week are spent on instructional & academic workshops • 9 hours of Academics • 6 hours of Workshops & Support Groups • 15-20 hours per week are spent on either paid part-time employment or internships

  22. Jobs-Plus Transforming Public Housing Developments into High Employment Communities

  23. Jobs-Plus Model and Evidence • Jobs-Plus is an innovative place-based, work-focused initiative with 3 primary components: • Provides employment-related services and support services at an on-site office • Offers rent-based and other incentives for participation other instrumental support for work and training • Builds community support for work, including neighbor-to-neighbor outreach • Program Goal: To raise the level of employment and earnings among residents of targeted public housing development(s) In a previous 6-city demonstration, the fully-implemented model proved to significantly increase earnings of all residents, on average, in the target development. Source: MDRC

  24. Jobs-Plus Background • 1998-2010: Model created by MDRC, HUD and private funders and evaluated nationally • 2009: the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) replicated program at Jefferson Houses in East Harlem • 1st New York City-funded site • CEO, New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), Human Resources Administration (HRA), City University of New York (CUNY), Hostos Community College • 2011: CEO and agency partners opened two additional sites with Social Innovation Fund grant at BronxWorks in South Bronx and at San Antonio Housing Authority in Texas • Federal and private funds • Added financial counseling to the model • 2012: HRA and agency partners seek to open up to seven new sites • $24M investment through the Mayor Bloomberg’s Young Men’s Initiative • HRA, CEO, NYCHA, Department of Consumer Affairs’ Office of Financial Empowerment, Department of Small Business Services • 2012: Proposed Federal budget includes support for Jobs-Plus

  25. YMI Jobs-Plus: Program Services • Up to eight Jobs-Plus contracts will be managed by NYC Human Resources Administration • Employment Services: services to help residents secure and retain employment • Client enrollment, assessment, orientation, and engagement • Job readiness, job search assistance, and training • Job development, job placement, and retention/advancement support • Referrals for social support services • Rent-Based and Other Financial Incentives to “Make Work Pay”: services to ensure that residents have an ongoing understanding that maintaining sustained employment does pay • Financial counseling services • Increase awareness and uptake of the Earned Income Disallowance (EID) • Help clients take advantage of work supports • Child support services • Community Support for Work: strengthening social ties among residents to help support their job preparation and work efforts and engaging local stakeholders in supporting resident advancement • Community Coaches • Tap into formal and informal NYCHA resident networks • Use NYCHA’s local customer touch-points and referral networks

  26. YMI Jobs-Plus: Clients • All employed and unemployed working-age adults residing in specified NYCHA housing complexes • Contractors will also specifically target NYCHA residents who: • Receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits (also known as Food Stamps) • Receive Cash Assistance and have been sanctioned for non-compliance with program rules • Are custodial and non-custodial parents

  27. Inter-agency Collaboration • Jobs-Plus is overseen by a Collaborative Board • NYC Collaborative Board has included • CEO • Social Services Agency (HRA) • Public Housing Authority (NYCHA) • Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) • Benefits • Early collaboration has laid the groundwork for expansion • Going from a pilot primarily managed by CEO to a multi-site program integrated into City agency • JP sites serve as “labs” where partners identify better ways to serve participants with a range of backgrounds and interests, then apply policy changes system-wide • Troubleshooting among high-level decision makers • Department of Small Business Services (SBS) • City University of New York (CUNY) • MDRC

  28. For More Information Visit, nyc.gov/ceo/ymi • Carson Hicks • Director of Programs & Evaluation • NYC Center for Economic Opportunity • CHicks@cityhall.nyc.gov | 212-788-2148 • Alan Farrell • Fatherhood Services Coordinator • Office of the Mayor, City of New York • AFarrell@cityhall.nyc.gov | 212-788-0279 • Kate Dempsey • Director of Budget & Operations • NYC Center for Economic Opportunity • KDempsey@cityhall.nyc.gov | 212-788-1351

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