Professional Development Resources

Alternate Training Programs
Program
Brooklyn
Networks
NPower
Type
(Training,
GED prep,
Literacy,
etc)
o Training
o Training
Eligibility
Description
Contact Info
o Live in one of the five

NYC boroughs and
have low income.
o 21 Years or older.
o Legally eligible to
work in the U.S.
o Able to attend class
Monday-Friday 7:45
to 4PM for 5 weeks.
o Have a valid New
York State Drivers
License at the time of
application.
o Able to pass a drug
test.
o Physically fit/able to
lift 70 lbs.
o Able to pass a
reading and math
test at/or above the
8th grade level.
o 18-25
o GED/ High school
diploma, etc.,
o Students in need of
professional training,
interested in
technology
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 Erica Plasse: 718.237.2017 x 149

o 621 Degraw St. in Park Slope,
Brooklyn
o http://www.bwiny.org/pages/brookly
nnetworks.html
o http://www.bicsi.org/default.aspx
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
o Youths of all ages
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
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o Training
o Training
o
o
o
o
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.
o
o
o
o
o
o
15 weeks
Job
15 weeks
9-4:30 M-F
Computer Training
Directory of different programs
in a variety of different areas
o Carpentry and plumbing job

training
o OSHA certification
o Classes start in fall
o Tuition assistance and job
placement assistance
o Business Skills
o Day and night programs
o 14 weeks
o Saturday nights
o Business skills and MS Office
o Full time
o 4 month program
o Construction trade
o License/Certification earned
o Intensive 4 week program
o Training for TV and film
production
o 8 weeks
(212) 823-1035/(212) 823-1034

www.vfinyc.org
800-877-4068
www.perscholas.org
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 718-237-2017 Ext. 135
o Free
o 718-237-2017
o Free
o 718-389-3636
o Free
o
o
o
o
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
o 18-24 in need of GED

o Youth Aging out of
foster care especially
encouraged
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 Tara Canty 212-749-0900 x123 |

tcanty@harlemcommonwealth.org
o Free
o 212-244-1537
o Free
o Career counseling, job

placement, ESL courses, youth
programs, high-tech computer
training, and business
development
o Alternatives to incarceration,
drop-in services, employment
services, education, family
services, health services,
housing services, substance
abuse treatment, transitional
services
o Youth services, transitional and
supportive housing, and job
training and placement
o Health Care, college
preparation classes, career
development and training, and
job placement
o GED and English classes
o Manhattan: 212-571-7328; 212-9667328

o Brooklyn: 718-633-7877
o Free
o 212-691-7554
o info@fortunesociety.org
o Free
o David Garza: 212-766-9200 x224
o Free
o memberservice@door.org
o Free
Arbor
Education and
Training
o Training
o All ages
o
o
o
o
o
CAMBA
o Training
o Low-income people
of all ages
Opportunities
for a Better
Tomorrow
o Training
and GED
o Youths and Adults
NYSARC
o Training
FEGS
Child Care Services

Employer Services
Human Services
Workforce Services
Youth Services
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 Sunset Park: 718-387-1600

o Williamsburg-718-387-1600
o Cost varied based on

class
o Persons with
intellectual and
developmental
disabilities
o Training as well as job creation

for those with mental
disabilities
o 518-439-8311
o Free
o Training
o Open to all persons
o Health and human services

aimed at providing more
independence in the student
o 516-496-7550
o Fegs-li@fegs.org
o Free
MMCC
o Training
o All ages
o Includes programs in education,

self improvement, and the arts
o 718-882-4000
o Free
Builders for the

Family and
Youth
o Training
o 18+ Queens residents

with history of mental
and substance abuse
disorders, and
criminal justice clients
o Provides housing, substance

abuse services, mental health
services
o 718-725-1120
o Cost varies based on

personal income
Sunnyside
Community
Services
o Training
and GED
o Serves all ages
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 17-21 NYC resident
o Provides a variety of classes

from job placement assistance
to college readiness classes and
GED classes
o Provides community and
professional development
programs and dispute
resolution services
o Various classes offered
including life and social skills,
mentoring, leadership training
and development, computer
training, and college
preparatory classes
o 3 week program
o Weekly metro card and up to
$300
o GED preparation
o Job retention skills,
occupational skills, work
readiness, and computer
assembly
o 718-784-6173
o Free
o 718-815-4557
o Free
o 212-630-9600
o Costs vary by class,

help with payment if
unable to afford full
cost
o 718-706-0482
o Cost varied based on

class
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.
Bronx Library Center

Center for Reading & Writing
310 East Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-579-4222
Queens
Flowers with Care Youth Services

23-40 Astoria Boulevard,
Queens, NY 11102
Phone: 718-726-9790
Services: ABE, ESOL, GED, Computer Instruction, Work
Readiness Skills, Tutoring Life Skills.
Hellenic American Neighborhood

Action Committee
36-41 28th Street,
Queens, NY 11106
Phone: 212-996-3949
Services: ESOL, GED
Queens Community House

74-09 37th Avenue,
Queens, NY 11372
Phone: 718-898-7461
Services: ESOL,GED/Math Instruction, Job
Readiness and Computer Training
Staten Island
St. George Library Center

5 Central Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: 718-816-1025
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue Committee

294 Smith Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-624-3475
Services: ABE, ESOL, Family Literacy, College
Preparation, Job Preparation, GED, Basic Computer
Instruction.
East New York Learning Center

1958 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Phone: 718-756-7200
Services: ABE, BENL
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish

Community House of Bensonhurst
7802 Bay Parkway,
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Phone:718-331-6800
Services: ESOL, Vocational & Educational
Training (Adult), Career Development &
Education (18+), Job Placement (21+)
Bronx
Wakefield Branch
4100 Lowerre Place
Bronx, NY 10466
Phone: 718-994-8782
St. Rita's Roman Catholic Church

275 Shepherd Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11208
Phone: 718-647-4910
Services: ABE, ESOL, Citizenship
Sunset Park Family

Health Center
6025
Sixth Avenue - 2nd floor,
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Phone: 718-630-7150
Services: ABE,ESOL, Family Literacy.
Manhattan
Inwood Community Services

651 Academy Street - Basement,
New York, NY 10034
Phone: 212-942-0043
Services: ESOL, BENL, Citizenship
Riverside Language Program

(Only for those who's English is there second
Language)
490 Riverside Drive,
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-662-3200
Services: ESOL, Citizenship
Union Settlement Association

237 East 104 Street,
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212-828-6298
Services: ABE, ESOL, BENL
Manhattan
Seward Park Branch

192 East Broadway
Manhattan, NY 10002-5597
Phone: 212-529-2909
Tompkins Square Branch

331 East 10th Street
Phone: 212-673-4528
Aguilar Branch
Aguilar Language Learning Center
174 East 110th Street
Phone: 212- 534-1613
Manhattan
Agudath Israel of America

225 Broadway - 2nd floor,
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-809-5935
Services: ESOL
Chinatown Manpower Project

70 Mulberry Street,
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-571-1691
Services: ESOL, Job Placement, Technical
Knowledge, Career Counseling, Vocational Skills
Training.
Chinese American Planning Council

220 Church Street - Suite 1329,
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-941-0041
Services: ESOL, Leadership Development.
Brooklyn
Shorefront YM-YWHA
3300 Coney Island Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone:718-891-0264
ABE- Adult Basic Education

ESOL: English for speakers of other languages.
BENL- Basic Education in the Native Language
ESL: English as a Second Language

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Alternate Training Programs

o Live in one of the five

o Erica Plasse: 718.237.2017 x 149

o Youths of all ages

o Carpentry and plumbing job

(212) 823-1035/(212) 823-1034

o 718-237-2017 Ext. 135

o 18-24 in need of GED

o Tara Canty 212-749-0900 x123 |

o Career counseling, job

o Manhattan: 212-571-7328; 212-9667328

o David Garza: 212-766-9200 x224

o Youths and Adults

Child Care Services

o Sunset Park: 718-387-1600

o Cost varied based on

o Training as well as job creation

o Open to all persons

o Health and human services

o Includes programs in education,

Builders for the

o 18+ Queens residents

o Provides housing, substance

o Cost varies based on

o Serves all ages

o 17-21 NYC resident

o Provides a variety of classes

o Costs vary by class,

o Cost varied based on

Bronx Library Center

Flowers with Care Youth Services

Hellenic American Neighborhood

Queens Community House

St. George Library Center

Fifth Avenue Committee

East New York Learning Center

Edith and Carl Marks Jewish

St. Rita's Roman Catholic Church

Sunset Park Family

Inwood Community Services

Riverside Language Program

Union Settlement Association

Seward Park Branch

Tompkins Square Branch

Agudath Israel of America

Chinatown Manpower Project

Chinese American Planning Council

ABE- Adult Basic Education

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