Ali Forney Center The Ali Forney Center is focused on assisting many LGBTQ youth through their LEAP (Learning, Employment, Advancement, and Placement) Vocational and Educational Program. The LEAP Program has provided invaluable services throughout the year for runaway and homeless LGBTQ youth.
They were able to provide services for over 200 individuals. Through initial assessments, goal setting, referrals, placements, and supportive counseling, they obtained results that gave these youths meaningful support.
With grant funding for 2021, this organization was able to provide 30 work readiness trainings, life skills events, career panels, poetry events, and financial literacy workshops. They enrolled and engaged with over 100 youth in Career Services. Supported them with metro cards, work clothes, school supplies, and tech necessary for engagement at work or school. The organization also connected 40 youths with mentors at Republic Music, Chase Bank, HSBC, Verizon,
and the U.S. government. Many of them were placed in various internships and full- time employment at JP Morgan Chase, Malai Ice Cream, Arrow Security, SYEP, CVS, and Mount Sinai. Lastly, they were able to get 6 youth successfully enrolled in college at CUNY, which allows them the opportunity to further their education.
Andromeda Community Initiative With help from the Ponce de Leon Foundation funding, ACI has executed more than 15 cycles of its Career Pathway/Masonry Restoration Training. The program, primarily geared to the world of mandatory
repair work on the building envelope and façade under local law, also provides general construction fundamentals useful in almost every area of the profession. All training provides a mix of hands-on skill building in masonry and general construction coupled with essential certifications necessary to engage in work on major buildings.
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