May 15, 2013 - NYCEDC
May 15, 2013 - NYCEDC
May 15, 2013 - NYCEDC
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LINK goals are to better connect low-income residents to growth<br />
opportunities and support business growth<br />
Leverage emerging opportunities by better connecting workers/ skills to jobs<br />
1<br />
DigitalWork NYC: Training program to increase awareness of online work opportunities that allow participants to earn<br />
money completing digital tasks (e.g., transcription, image tagging), build an employment history, and create a pathway<br />
towards digital jobs<br />
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3<br />
“Learn as you Earn” Advancement Program: Paid internships for Associate degree or certificate<br />
program candidates to obtain relevant, in-demand skills, work experience, wage and credits alongside classes<br />
Immigrant Bridge Program: Increases earning potential of underemployed, foreign-trained immigrants with high-demand<br />
skills (e.g., STEM), through career counseling, low-interest loans, licensing pathways, and job placement services<br />
Support and help businesses and service providers<br />
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5<br />
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7<br />
8<br />
Jobs and Economic Mobility (JEM) Track in <strong>2013</strong> NYC BigApps Competition: Brings together the tech and CBO<br />
communities to create technology-enabled solutions to help CBOs more effectively address challenges they face in serving<br />
low-income populations<br />
LIFT Entrepreneurship Program: Supports low-income entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses by (1) providing<br />
space and technical support, (2) access to loans, (3) partnerships with local anchors<br />
NYC Business Innovation Challenge: Five-borough, dual-round competition to challenge businesses, service providers<br />
and community groups to unlock the potential in NYC’s workforce and neighborhoods<br />
PROGRESS Networks: Develops consortia of SMEs that leverage scale to lower the cost of doing business in particular<br />
areas to enable better provide worker benefits and services<br />
Vacant Lot Activation Programs: Puts long-term vacant land to productive use by utilizing City owned vacant lots<br />
Note:<br />
Initiative numbers in circle are specific to distressed neighborhoods; colored boxes denote barriers addressed by proposed initiative<br />
NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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