Programs and Initiatives
Below find a list of CWE programs and initiatives. You can find contact information on how to get connected to us and our partners. To the right, you can find a map of our where our partner programming is based, along with contact information and organization descriptions. Use the button in the top left corner of the map to toggle for different partners and initiatives.
Jobs to Build On
The New York City Council funded Jobs to Build On (JtBO) program is a citywide and neighborhood-based job training and placement partnership committed to performance and accountability. JtBO services include skills training in areas such as construction trades, transportation, green jobs, office skills, healthcare, communications and media, restaurant services and culinary arts as well as direct job placement.
Worker Service Centers
Through a city-wide network of community-based organizations, the CWE provides resources for workforce preparation classes, career training and job placement services with a focus on the residents of low-income communities, New Americans, the under-employed and those entering the workforce for the first time. The CWE Worker Service Centers provide instructional services to community-based organizations that conduct workforce training for New York City residents.
The Child Care Facilitated Enrollment Project
The Child Care Facilitated Enrollment Project is a pilot program that was developed to assist working parents to increase access to child care subsidies and quality care in New York City for children up to 13 years of age with qualifying incomes.
Astoria Worker Project
The Astoria Worker Project is a new initiative from CWE to create a worker center to offer a range of social services to the residents of Astoria and Western Queens. It will meld CWE’s proven workforce development programming with forward-thinking services that are responsive to New York City’s evolving economy. The center will offer workforce development resources, enhance workers’ rights, address mental health needs, support the creation of worker co-operatives, and provide programming to benefit immigrant communities.
The Facilitated Enrollment Scholarship Program
The Facilitated Enrollment Scholarship Program is part of a statewide investment to extend child care support to new families developed by the New York Union Child Care Coalition (NYUCCC) and administered by the Consortium for Worker Education (CWE).
CWE contracts with organizations who are interested in providing Allied Health Care training in all classification titles to their workforce. Some of the skilled training porvided by CWE include CPR/First Aid, Central Sterile Processing and Distribution, Clinical Medical Assistant, Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor, and Electrocardiogram Technician.
Health Care Training Initiative
Workers United Education Program
The Workers United Education Program, affiliated with the Consortium for Worker Education, offers FREE ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), GED preparation in English and Spanish, and computer skills classes to adult learners. Anyone living or working in the five boroughs of New York City is eligible to register.