Employment & Job Training
ACE Programs for the Homeless
Queens
Project Comeback vocational rehabilitation (resume help, paid work experience, OSHA/forklift/food protection certifications, case management) and Project Stay retention aftercare.
Employment & Job Training in NYC
Reentry job programs offer paid transitional work, job readiness classes, industry certifications and placement with employers who hire people with records. Most are free. Under NYC's Fair Chance Act, most employers in the city can't ask about your conviction history until after they make you a conditional job offer.
Tip: bring a photo ID and your Social Security card to intake. Many programs need both before they can put you on payroll, so if you're missing one, start with the ID & Vital Documents listings.
174 services across the five boroughs
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Education & GED
Union Settlement - Adult Education
Manhattan
Free HSE exam prep, ESOL, digital literacy and career training (age minimums vary: most programs 21+, GED and digital literacy 18+); referrals to other services.
Employment & Job Training
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI)
Brooklyn
Skills training, employer-recognized credentials, job placement and career development for people with significant barriers to employment; sector programs incl. cable installation, woodworking, TV/film production.
Employment & Job Training
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW)
Manhattan
Job training, placement and lifelong career support in construction, utilities, transportation and green jobs for women and nonbinary people.
Substance Use Recovery
Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) - Crossroads
Brooklyn
OASAS-licensed outpatient program for anyone, whether or not affected by the criminal legal system: counseling, medication-assisted treatment (methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone), mental health counseling, employment services, drug testing, HIV/hep C testing, court advocacy.
Employment & Job Training
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)
Manhattan
Immediate paid transitional work, job-readiness training, job coaching, placement and retention support for people recently home from prison.
Employment & Job Training
Community Service Society (CSS) - Next Door Project
Manhattan
Hotline helping people with conviction histories request their own records, repair inaccurate rap sheets, and apply for Certificates of Good Conduct or Certificates of Relief from Disabilities, which can ease licensing and employment barriers.
Education & GED
Per Scholas
Bronx
Tuition-free tech training and career placement (IT support, cybersecurity, software engineering, AWS).
Employment & Job Training
Brooklyn Public Library - Business & Career Services
Brooklyn
Free one-on-one resume and career help, mock interviews, job-search resources and small business support.
Education & GED
Chinese-American Planning Council - Adult Literacy Program
Manhattan
Free ESOL classes plus job development workshops and support for students, part of CPC's broader services for immigrants and low-income New Yorkers.
Mental Health & Counseling
Community Access
Manhattan
Provides services to people living with mental health concerns, including supportive and stable housing, education, job retention support and assisted competitive employment, peer training, health and wellness programs, and advocacy. Affiliated programs include Blueprint Supported Education and the Howie the Harp Advocacy Center, which trains people with mental health recovery experience to become peer support workers.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Community Service Society (CSS)
Manhattan
Free advice and legal representation for reentry barriers in employment, licensing, housing and civic engagement, plus health insurance, financial and income support help.
Employment & Job Training
Hot Bread Kitchen
Manhattan
Free culinary workforce training, small business incubation and food entrepreneurship support for women, immigrants and people of color.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Mobilization for Justice
Citywide
Provides free legal assistance to low-income New Yorkers on housing, civil rights, disability rights, aging rights, bankruptcy, tax, consumer, employment, government benefits, and kinship care matters, including advice, counsel, and representation to help people with past criminal records re-enter the workforce.
Family & Reunification
Osborne Association
Bronx · Brooklyn
Reentry hotline, workforce services, housing support, elder reentry, court advocacy, sealing consultations, video visiting and family programs.
Employment & Job Training
The Doe Fund - Ready, Willing & Able
Manhattan
Paid transitional work, transitional housing, case management, legal services, vocational training and job/housing placement for homeless and formerly incarcerated men.
Housing & Shelter
The Fortune Society
Queens
Full-service reentry hub: housing (emergency to permanent), benefits enrollment, case management, education, employment, outpatient substance use and mental health treatment, family services, HIV/AIDS services and ATI programs. No legal services.
Education & GED
The Fortune Society - Digital Equity Program
Queens
Beginner to advanced digital literacy training (email, smartphones, Google Suite, video conferencing, resume writing, digital safety) and free devices for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
Housing & Shelter
Bowery Residents' Committee (BRC)
Manhattan
Reentry services for people released from NYS facilities: on-site Medicaid/SNAP enrollment, clothing, HSE classes, resumes, substance use treatment, counseling; pays for lost birth certificates and NYS ID.
Benefits & Financial Help
CAMBA - Economic Development & Financial Counseling Services
Brooklyn
Offers financial counseling, money management help, and small business services, along with foreclosure and eviction prevention counseling for HPD Section 8 recipients, as part of a broader set of education, family support, health, housing, and free legal service programs.
Employment & Job Training
CAMBA - Workforce Development & Small Business Services
Brooklyn
Workforce development and small business services (Small Business line 718.226.0436).
Education & GED
Columbia Law School - Paralegal Pathways Initiative
Manhattan
A 12-week evening training program providing skills-based legal training and professional mentorship to formerly incarcerated people preparing for legal careers, covering legal research and writing, ethics, client interviewing, and civil litigation basics.
Education & GED
CUNY Fatherhood Academy
Bronx · Brooklyn · Queens
Free HSE prep or college prep track with tutoring, counseling, parenting seminars, financial incentives and job preparation.
Substance Use Recovery
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc.
Queens
Provides an Article 32 outpatient program for people 15+ with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, plus an intensive residential program for adults 18+ with chronic substance use disorders. Services include counseling, vocational training, health education, relapse prevention, and mental health evaluations, with letters of reasonable assurance available for people being released.
Substance Use Recovery
Exponents
Manhattan
Provides treatment and recovery services, education, and professional development for people affected by HIV/AIDS, substance use disorder, incarceration, and behavioral health challenges, through programs including drug treatment services, reentry services, and the Judith Loeb Chiara Recovery and Wellness Center. Letters of reasonable assurance are provided, and a crisis line runs 24 hours daily except Thursday.
Mental Health & Counseling
Fountain House
Manhattan · Bronx
Clubhouse community for people living with mental illness with clinical, employment and housing support, senior programs and subsidized lunch.
Employment & Job Training
Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO)
Manhattan
A reentry program for young men ages 16-24 focused on education, employment, and emotional well-being; offers supportive counseling, educational support, vocational training, workforce development, technology like phones, and referrals to mental health, substance use, anger management, and emergency housing services.
Employment & Job Training
Goodwill NYNJ - Workforce Development
Brooklyn
Job training and placement, plus GoodTemps temp-to-hire staffing for people with barriers to employment.
Substance Use Recovery
Greenwich House - Center for Healing
Manhattan
Outpatient treatment program offering methadone maintenance, buprenorphine treatment, naloxone training and distribution, medical care, addiction and mental health counseling, psychiatric services, HIV and hepatitis C testing and treatment, and job training and placement assistance.
Family & Reunification
Hour Children
Queens
Services for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families: housing, employment training, case management, mentoring, after-school clubhouse, food pantry, thrift shops.
Employment & Job Training
NYC Workforce1 Career Centers
Citywide
Career counseling, resume help, job placement, and training in food service, healthcare, construction, tech and more; training grants available.
Employment & Job Training
NYCHA Jobs-Plus
Citywide
Workforce development and financial empowerment for NYCHA residents: job readiness, training, placement and retention, financial counseling, mental health services, career planning.
Employment & Job Training
NYPL Career Services
Manhattan
Career advice, application help, resume and cover letters, mock interviews and job-search workshops, virtual or in person.
Employment & Job Training
NYS Dept. of Labor - Federal Bonding Program
Citywide
Free fidelity bond for employees with conviction records and others facing hiring barriers; default $5,000, up to $25,000, for six months (renewable). Employer commitment to hire needed first.
Employment & Job Training
Queens Public Library - Job & Business Academy
Queens
Free technology-focused training and workshops for job seekers, entrepreneurs and business owners.
Family & Reunification
Sanctuary for Families
Manhattan
Serves survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and gender-based violence with culturally sensitive counseling, case management, crisis intervention, legal representation, and confidentially located shelter for women, men, and families. Also runs a career readiness and technology training program, and, through the EMPOWER Center with NYC Health + Hospitals-Gouverneur, provides resources for survivors of sex trafficking and people in the sex trade.
Family & Reunification
SCO Family of Services
Citywide
Provides services to children, families, and adults, including therapeutic, educational, vocational, and supportive services for young adults on Rikers Island before and after release, Multi-Systemic Therapy for court-involved youth, foster care, early childhood education, and family/community services such as counseling, employment, and substance use treatment.
Employment & Job Training
Strive International
Manhattan
A work-readiness and job-placement program for people 18+, offering a job readiness workshop followed by hard-skills training in construction/maintenance or health/office operations, industry-recognized certifications, employer internships, and lifetime alumni support.
Housing & Shelter
The Bowery Mission
Manhattan
Faith-based services for homeless and hungry New Yorkers: meals, clothing, showers, haircuts, shelter, medical care, legal referrals, residential recovery, transitional housing, vocational training and employment services.
Employment & Job Training
The Hope Program
Bronx
Provides job training, placement, advancement, and lifelong career support for adults 18+ through programs including HOPEworks, NYC CoolRoofs, Green and Clean HVAC, Sustainable South Bronx (construction), and Intervine, plus support services covering food, clothing, housing, financial resources, digital literacy, and mental health.
Employment & Job Training
The Horticultural Society of New York - HortNYC
Manhattan
Transitional employment program with paid work and workforce development in horticulture and open streets; partners with The Hope Program, Strive, GOSO, CEO, Youth Justice Network and Fortune Society.
Family & Reunification
United Activities Unlimited (UAU) - Fatherhood Matters
Staten Island
A program for fathers offering a 10-week fatherhood engagement workshop series, with case managers who help navigate child support or public benefits, find and sustain employment, arrange child visitation, and provide anger management and Abusive Partner Intervention Program support.
Mental Health & Counseling
Venture House
Citywide
Clubhouse-model mental health rehabilitation: job development and coaching, supported education, supportive housing, virtual programs and social events.
Housing & Shelter
Women's Prison Association (WPA)
Manhattan
Provides case management and personalized support for women impacted by the criminal legal system and their families, including help finding safe and affordable housing, developing workplace skills, reunifying families, accessing healthcare and mental health services, and reentry planning for those still incarcerated.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Youth Represent
Manhattan
Free legal services for system-impacted youth: job and license denials due to convictions, public housing denials, school suspensions, summonses and low-level misdemeanors, family court, and RAP sheet corrections.
Employment & Job Training
America Works
Manhattan
A for-profit organization that places candidates for entry-level positions, specializing in helping people who receive public assistance obtain employment through free job training, work readiness, skills building, job placement, and other support; also offers veterans services.
Substance Use Recovery
Argus Community
Bronx
Treatment and prevention programs: care management, intensive residential treatment, outpatient services, career training, money management, a reentry initiative and an HSE program.
Housing & Shelter
Black Veterans for Social Justice (BVSJ)
Brooklyn
Provides comprehensive services to veterans and their families throughout NYC, including housing assistance, employment support, benefits advocacy, and counseling. Its Incarcerated Veterans Transitional Program (IVTP) offers pre-release planning, case management, employment assistance, and coordination with the VA and community partners for housing, healthcare, and reintegration support.
Employment & Job Training
Black Veterans for Social Justice (BVSJ) - Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP)
Brooklyn
Helps veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness secure stable employment and housing through job readiness training, employment placement, case management, and connections to supportive resources.
Housing & Shelter
Breaking Ground
Manhattan
Provides supportive housing for the chronically homeless, low-income working adults, youth aging out of foster care, veterans, seniors, people with HIV/AIDS, and people living with mental illness, along with benefits assistance, medical and mental health care, substance use referrals, skills-building, and connections to employment.
Employment & Job Training
BronxWorks - Workforce Development
Bronx
Job training, placement, referrals, financial education and benefits assistance for adults, plus family, senior, immigration, eviction prevention and homeless services.
Employment & Job Training
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)
Brooklyn
Provides alternative-to-incarceration programming, mental health and substance use treatment, and youth education and employment services for court-involved New Yorkers.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Center for Community Alternatives (CCA)
Brooklyn
Statewide network for people affected by mass incarceration: substance treatment and recovery communities, sentence mitigation, court advocacy, workforce readiness, civic restoration, emergency/transitional housing, youth mentoring.
Employment & Job Training
Chinese-American Planning Council - Workforce Development Division
Citywide
Offers training programs in construction pre-apprenticeship, hospitality, and customer service for low-income New Yorkers, matching clients with an employment specialist for assessments, resume review, interview skills, job referrals, and post-hire support.
Education & GED
College & Community Fellowship (CCF)
Manhattan
Supports women with criminal legal system involvement in pursuing higher education or certification programs, offering a sisterhood community, resources, advocacy opportunities, financial assistance, and career guidance.
Employment & Job Training
Defy Ventures
Citywide
Free 17-week virtual entrepreneurship bootcamp (twice a year) with personal and professional development coaching.
Employment & Job Training
Exodus Transitional Community
Manhattan
Mentoring, civic engagement, leadership workshops, substance treatment, trauma counseling, employment training and job coaching for adults and youth affected by the criminal legal system.
Employment & Job Training
Forging Ahead for Community Empowerment and Support (FACES) - STARS
Manhattan
Offers free vocational services, academic counseling and tutoring, and mentorship for anyone who has had involvement with the criminal legal system. Also provides anger management, substance use treatment and counseling, Narcan training, child support payment reduction assistance, HIV/HCV/STI testing, a food pantry, a clothes bank, and enrollment help for health insurance and SNAP.
Mental Health & Counseling
Goodwill Bronx ACE Program & PAL Program
Bronx
Supported employment for adults with mental health and co-occurring substance use diagnoses: vocational assessment, job development and placement, retention support, plus peer advocacy leadership program.
Employment & Job Training
Justice Through Code at Columbia University
Manhattan
Free coding and career skills program for formerly incarcerated people with two AI career paths (Builder and Implementer).
Education & GED
Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT)
Brooklyn
Employment training centers for adults and youth offering HSE preparation, adult literacy, ESOL, foundational industry courses, and advanced hands-on training in fields such as construction, healthcare, and technology, plus job placement.
Housing & Shelter
Project Renewal
Manhattan
Shelter, transitional and supportive housing, mental health and primary care, and job training; Parole Support and Treatment Program for people with a mental health diagnosis.
Substance Use Recovery
Start Care Inc.
Brooklyn
Culturally responsive mental health and substance use services for people ages 5 and up, including medication for addiction treatment (methadone and buprenorphine) for opioid use disorder, counseling, psychiatric and medical care, peer support, and harm reduction. Also offers job training and workforce development for adults.
Employment & Job Training
Streetwise Partners
Manhattan
Connects underemployed and unemployed New Yorkers with professional mentors, helping with resume writing, office and computer skills, interview prep, AI literacy, and personalized career roadmaps over a 13-week commitment.
Benefits & Financial Help
Urban Upbound
Queens
Serves public housing residents and other low-income New Yorkers with employment services, financial counseling, free tax preparation, a federal credit union, youth development, a college access program, a worker cooperative initiative, and free mental health counseling at locations across NYC.
Mental Health & Counseling
Baltic Street Wellness Solutions
Brooklyn
Job skills training, work-readiness and job retention help, housing placement, benefits advocacy, support groups and educational referrals for adults with lived mental health experience.
Employment & Job Training
Dress for Success New York
Manhattan
Professional attire plus workforce development: job readiness, digital fluency, resume prep, security guard, site safety, OSHA and HVAC trainings, and small business help.
Employment & Job Training
Drive Change
Brooklyn
Paid fellowship training formerly incarcerated young people in the food and hospitality industry.
Substance Use Recovery
Odyssey House
Manhattan
Provides residential and outpatient treatment for New Yorkers with substance use disorders. The drug-free residential program serves adults 18+, while outpatient services are available for both adolescents and adults, combining counseling and medication with housing, education, and job training support.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Liberty Fund NYC - The ROR Program
Citywide
Voluntary case management for people released on their own recognizance or on bail with a pending case: needs assessment, referrals for housing, entitlements, jobs, substance use and mental health, weekly check-ins and court reminders.
Housing & Shelter
Thrive for Life Prison Project
Citywide
A faith-based organization offering housing, continuity-of-care support, and education for formerly incarcerated individuals at Abraham House and Ignacio House. Residents can access scholarships to partnering colleges and job-readiness and career-development support, plus help finding permanent affordable housing; a food pantry operates Saturdays at its Bronx location (340 Willis Avenue).
Housing & Shelter
A Beautiful Heart Ministries
Queens
Supports formerly incarcerated women, girls, and gender-fluid individuals with trauma-informed care, safe housing, employment pathways, and entrepreneurship support. Programs include 'She Writes Her Trauma,' a writing-based healing workshop, and 'When She Comes Home,' which offers care packages and transitional support to women and girls returning from incarceration.
Housing & Shelter
Abraham House
Bronx
Provides transitional (three-quarter) housing by referral for formerly incarcerated individuals, along with on-site education and free OSHA training in English and Spanish.
Family & Reunification
Circles of Support
Manhattan
Leadership and storytelling workshops for people returning from incarceration and for their loved ones; speaking opportunities, alumni programs and youth programs.
Employment & Job Training
EPRA - Job Placement Services
Manhattan
Vocational rehabilitation for people in recovery: training, career counseling, job placement, readiness training and follow-up support.
Employment & Job Training
Network Support Services, Inc.
Bronx
Therapeutic reentry support with case management: anger management, education, family counseling, housing referrals, job placement and training; runs programs in four NYS prisons and ATI programs.
Employment & Job Training
70 Million Jobs
Citywide
Online job platform for people with criminal records.
Employment & Job Training
Accion Opportunity Fund
Citywide
Small business loans and coaching for entrepreneurs with limited access to credit.
Employment & Job Training
Ascendus
Citywide
Microloans and business coaching for small business owners, including first-time entrepreneurs.
Employment & Job Training
Bottomless Closet
Manhattan
Free interview clothing and career coaching for women.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Bronxconnect
Bronx
A faith-based community organization offering alternatives-todetention and -incarceration to court-involved youth in the Bronx and Manhattan.
Employment & Job Training
Brooklyn DA - ComALERT
Brooklyn
Brooklyn DA reentry program offering counseling, substance use treatment, job help and transitional work for people on parole.
Benefits & Financial Help
Brooklyn DA - Community Resources & Re-Entry Program (ComALERT)
Brooklyn
Runs the Kings County Re-entry Task Force, ComALERT and GRASP: Medicaid/SNAP enrollment, clothing, HSE classes, resumes, treatment, counseling; pays for lost birth certificates and NYS ID.
Employment & Job Training
Brooklyn Navy Yard - Employment Center
Brooklyn
Connects NYC residents to jobs at Navy Yard businesses, with fair-chance hiring partners.
Employment & Job Training
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) - Services for Older Adults
Brooklyn
Offers a range of programs, services, resources, and events for adults ages 50 and over and their caregivers including lectures, health and wellness series, musical performances, art classes, classes on computer basics, and more. Also provides retirement literacy, estate planning workshops, and job-readiness programs.
Employment & Job Training
Business Outreach Center Network (BOC)
Brooklyn
Provides business development resources to underserved entrepreneurs who are trying to start or expand their small business. Offers comprehensive small business counseling and services ranging from business plan development to licensing and permit information.
Employment & Job Training
Career Gear
Manhattan
Free interview suits and job-readiness coaching for men.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) - Youth Services NYC
Brooklyn
Provides services to youth, both court-involved and non-court-involved, including case management, financial literacy and life skills workshops, civic engagement opportunities, community benefits projects, internships, unsubsidized job placements, and mentoring. Visit the website for more information and requirements.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Center for Justice Innovation - Brownsville Community Justice Center
Brooklyn
Youth-focused justice center in Brownsville offering alternatives to detention, job training and community programs.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Center for Justice Innovation - Midtown Community Court
Manhattan
Community court offering social services, job readiness and alternatives to jail for people with low-level cases in Midtown Manhattan.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Center for Justice Innovation (CJI) - The Staten Island Justice Center
Staten Island
Provides a range of programs for both young people and adults impacted by the criminal legal system. Services include individual counseling, psychoeducational group programming, youth leadership, mentorship programming, and workforce development training.
Employment & Job Training
Commonpoint Queens - Workforce Development
Queens
Job readiness, skills training and placement for Queens residents.
Employment & Job Training
Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)
Citywide
Union-affiliated workforce training and job placement across many industries.
Employment & Job Training
Construction Skills
Citywide
Pre-apprenticeship that prepares New Yorkers for union construction apprenticeships.
Education & GED
Cornell Academic Reentry Services (CARS)
Citywide
Reentry support for CPEP alumni: housing and job help, benefits navigation, computers, and limited coming-home funds.
Employment & Job Training
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation - Workforce
Brooklyn
Job readiness, training and placement in Cypress Hills and East New York.
Housing & Shelter
Destination Tomorrow
Bronx
Bronx LGBTQ+ center with housing support, job training and HSE classes.
Housing & Shelter
Education Justice Project (EJP) - Mapping Your Future: National Edition
Citywide
A free national reentry guide including information on housing, employment, healthcare, substance use, and more. The guide is broken into four sections including: (1) Before You Leave, (2) Once You’re Out, (3) Healing and Moving Forward, and (4) The Reentry Directory.
Housing & Shelter
Elite Learners - Reentry Services
Brooklyn
Offers support services to youth where mentees receive one-toone case management, general issue advocacy training, as well as wrap-around family support.
Housing & Shelter
Emma's Torch
Brooklyn
An 11-week paid apprenticeship program in culinary training for refugees, asylees, or survivors of human trafficking ages 18 and over, who are authorized to work in the US. Offered throughout the program are weekly English classes focused on culinary vocabulary and interview preparation, job-readiness workshops,...
Employment & Job Training
Empire State Development - Division of Minority and Women's Business Development
Citywide
Provides information and resources to support minorityand women-owned businesses in the NYC procurement process.
Education & GED
Exalt Youth
Brooklyn · Manhattan
Education and paid internships for court-involved youth.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Exodus Transitional Community - Women & Girls Project
Manhattan
A trauma-informed reentry program for women and girls ages 15–24 who have experienced incarceration, court involvement, or systemic trauma. Provide case management and workshops that focus on emotional wellness, leadership development, civic engagement, and career readiness.
Employment & Job Training
Fedcap
Citywide
Job training, placement and vocational rehabilitation, including programs for people with disabilities and justice involvement.
Employment & Job Training
Fedcap Rehabilitation Services
Manhattan
Offers comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services for people with disabilities who are ages 18 and over and referred by ACCES-VR, the Commission for the Blind, or the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides business solutions and educational services.
Education & GED
Friends of Island Academy
Manhattan
Youth development, mentoring, education and job readiness for young people released from Rikers and other facilities.
Employment & Job Training
Grace Institute
Manhattan
Tuition-free administrative and professional job training for women.
Employment & Job Training
Green City Force
Citywide
Service corps training young NYCHA residents for green economy careers.
Housing & Shelter
HELP USA
Citywide
Shelters, permanent housing, job training and services for people experiencing homelessness.
Employment & Job Training
Henry Street Settlement
Manhattan
Lower East Side settlement house: workforce center, mental health clinic, shelters and senior services.
Employment & Job Training
Henry Street Settlement - Workforce Development Center
Manhattan
Career counseling, job training and placement on the Lower East Side.
Housing & Shelter
Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI)
Manhattan
Provides free year-round programs and services for LGBTQIA+ youth ages 13–24 and their families.
Employment & Job Training
Honest Jobs
Citywide
Online job board listing fair-chance employers who hire people with records.
Education & GED
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
Citywide
College degree programs in NYS prisons plus alumni support for graduates after release.
Employment & Job Training
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) - Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC)
Citywide
An incarcerated person-led worker union, fighting for fair working conditions for incarcerated people. IWW membership is free for incarcerated individuals.
Education & GED
Institute for Justice and Opportunity (John Jay College)
Manhattan
Runs college-in-prison, Prison-to-College Pipeline, and reentry education and employment programs.
Employment & Job Training
Job PATH
Manhattan
Assists in finding employment for developmentally disabled people. Must have Medicaid and Office for People with Developmental Disabilities eligibility.
Education & GED
John Jay College - Institute for Justice and Opportunity
Manhattan
College Initiative (college enrollment counseling and peer mentors), Career Pathways into human services, Tech 101 and Navigator Certificate.
Employment & Job Training
JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA)
Manhattan
Leadership training and advocacy organization run by people directly impacted by incarceration.
Education & GED
LaGuardia Community College - Adult & Continuing Education
Queens
HSE prep, English classes and job training programs through CUNY.
Employment & Job Training
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center (the Center)
Manhattan
Serves as a meeting place for over 400 organizations supporting the social, health, political, cultural, and business concerns of the LGBTQI+ community. Offers many free and low-cost cultural and social activities.
Employment & Job Training
Lighthouse Guild Vision Plus Health
Manhattan
Provides a range of services for people who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities or chronic medical conditions.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Make the Road New York
Brooklyn
Legal services, adult education, job help and organizing for immigrant and working-class communities.
Employment & Job Training
Man Up! Inc.
Brooklyn
Violence interruption, mentoring and youth employment in East New York.
Employment & Job Training
NADAP
Manhattan
Offers employment services for individuals throughout NYC, with a focus on people who face barriers to employment primarily due histories of substance use and/or mental health disorders, chronic medical issues, and/or long histories of unemployment. The Comprehensive Employment Services (CES) has three program options.
Employment & Job Training
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN)
Citywide
A healing justice organization committed to transforming mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC).
Employment & Job Training
New Pride Agenda (NPA)
Manhattan
An advocacy organization for LGBTQIA+ people.
Employment & Job Training
New Women New Yorkers (NWNY)
Citywide
Provides free workforce development programs to immigrant women in NYC. LEAD, We Speak We LEAD, and Bridge to LEAD begin with an interactive job-readiness workshop series providing critical knowledge and skills for the US job search process, complemented by company sessions (mock interviews, field visits, career...
Employment & Job Training
NPower New York
Citywide
Free tech training (IT support, cloud, cybersecurity) and job placement for young adults and veterans.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC Commission on Human Rights - Fair Chance Act
Citywide
Enforces NYC laws barring discrimination based on criminal record in hiring and housing; take complaints.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC DCWP - Workers' Rights
Citywide
Enforces NYC paid sick leave, fair workweek and other worker protections; takes complaints.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)
Manhattan
Provides assistance to consumers, workers, and business owners in NYC. Information on workers’ rights, job searching, free oneon-one financial counseling, tax prep, and a guide to business licenses is available.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) - Workers' Bill of Rights
Citywide
People who work in NYC have rights regardless of immigration status. Visit the website for an overview of important information about people’s rights at work.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC Department of Probation
Citywide
City agency supervising people on probation and running neighborhood programs (NeON) for jobs, arts and education.
Benefits & Financial Help
NYC Department of Small Business Services - PRIORITY1
Citywide
Offers intensive career services and job-placement opportunities to veterans and their spouses at all Workforce1 Career Centers in NYC. At certain locations, clients can meet with a Veteran Specialist for one-on-one advisement sessions. Call or visit the website for locations and more information.
Housing & Shelter
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)
Manhattan
Offers a wide range of programs for NYC youth including afterschool, community development, family support, literary services, youth services, youth workshop development, internships, and job placement. Services include vocational training, HSE preparation, and assistance with finding jobs and shelter.
Family & Reunification
NYC DYCD - Youth Connect
Citywide
Hotline connecting young people and families to city youth programs, jobs and services.
Housing & Shelter
NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
Manhattan
Offers information and referrals in the areas of housing, transportation, discrimination, education, employment, health, Social Security, and services to the homebound. Multiple languages spoken.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)
Manhattan
Supports a wide range of programs for New Yorkers impacted by the criminal legal system including alternatives to incarceration, housing, employment, and legal services, health care, neighborhood engagement, and more.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYC Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) - Reentry
Citywide
City office that funds and coordinates reentry programs, including jail-based reentry services and community referrals.
Employment & Job Training
NYC Parks Opportunity Program (POP)
Citywide
Paid transitional jobs with NYC Parks plus job training and career help for people on cash assistance.
Employment & Job Training
NYC Small Business Services
Citywide
Offers a range of services to help one start, operate, and expand a business in NYC. Provides support and help with developing a business plan, accessing business courses, finding financing, hiring workers, training employees, navigating government regulations, accessing government incentive programs, and obtaining...
Employment & Job Training
NYS ACCES-VR (Vocational Rehabilitation)
Citywide
State vocational rehab: job training, education funding and placement for people with disabilities.
Employment & Job Training
NYS Department of Education - ACCES-VR (vocational Rehabilitation)
Citywide
Provides vocational training and job placement services. Also offers individual counseling and can help sponsor a client through college.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYS Department of Labor - Division of Labor Standards
Citywide
Protects all workers, including those that are undocumented or paid off the books, and ensures employers are following State Labor Laws including minimum wage, hours of work, employment of minors, payment of wages, farm labor, nursing mothers in the workplace, and more.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYS Division of Human Rights
Citywide
State agency taking discrimination complaints, including employment discrimination based on a conviction record (Article 23-A).
Legal Aid & Record Relief
NYS Office for New Americans (ONA)
Citywide
Provides information on ESOL classes, naturalization and DACA assistance, federal immigration law and policy information and referrals, and business development training in centers throughout NYS. Call the hotline for general questions about immigration and naturalization, referrals, and locations.
Employment & Job Training
NYS Office of Children and Family Services - Adult Protective Services (APS)
Citywide
A mandated service, provided by local social services districts, involving intake investigation and assessment of referrals of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Benefits & Financial Help
NYU Langone Medical Center - Military Family Center
Citywide
Provides free therapy for service members and their families who are experiencing the lasting effects of all phases of military service and other life stressors, including post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, depression, anxiety, alcohol and substance use disorder, grief and loss, relationship and family...
Benefits & Financial Help
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
Citywide
An advocacy and support organization for veterans who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction.
Employment & Job Training
Pathways2Apprenticeship (P2A)
Brooklyn
Construction pre-apprenticeship that prepares justice-impacted and low-income New Yorkers for union apprenticeships.
Employment & Job Training
Pursuit
Queens
Software engineering and AI training program with job placement.
Employment & Job Training
Queens Community House
Queens
Multi-service settlement house with adult education, food pantry, youth and older adult programs.
Employment & Job Training
Reserve - Silver Stars Program
Manhattan
Matches continuing professionals ages 50 and over with nonprofit organizations, public institutions, and government agencies that need their expertise. Participants are placed in capacity-building and direct service part-time positions, which draw on the professional skills they acquired during their primary careers.
Employment & Job Training
RiseBoro Community Partnership
Brooklyn
Bushwick-based multi-service agency with workforce, housing, senior and youth programs.
Employment & Job Training
SCORE New York City
Citywide
Provides free business counseling and advice to all types of businesses in all stages of development, from idea to start-up to success, from a national network of retired and working volunteers. Offers low-cost online workshops.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Start Small Think Big
Citywide
Provides free legal, financial, and marketing services for entrepreneurs and small business owners in NYC. Also offers classes and workshops on a range of business-related topics. Programs and services are all remote.
Employment & Job Training
Street Corner Resources
Manhattan
Harlem-based violence interruption, mentoring and youth job programs.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Team TLC NYC
Manhattan
The Kindness Center provides resources and services for Asylum Seekers who have been in NYC five years or less, including legal assistance, enrollment in English classes, stress management, job readiness, Know Your Rights, reduced fare OMNY cards, health insurance information, school assistance, and free...
Employment & Job Training
The Animation Project (TAP)
Citywide
A therapeutic workforce development program that teaches animation and career readiness skill development to New Yorkers ages 18–24.
Food & Basic Needs
The Campaign Against Hunger
Brooklyn
Food pantry, urban farms and workforce programs in Brooklyn.
Employment & Job Training
The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee
Citywide
A volunteer-run network of hundreds of workers, organizers, and supporters. Provides support, education, and training to any non-union worker in any industry interested in organizing their workplace.
Education & GED
The Focus Forward Project
Citywide
12-week course with book discussion, resume writing, interviewing, budgeting and reentry planning; referrals to virtual mental health care and jobs.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Transgender Law Center (TLC)
Citywide
A national trans-led advocacy organization. The Legal Information Helpdesk provides basic information about laws and policies that affect transgender people in the areas of employment, healthcare, housing, civil rights, immigration, incarcerated people’s rights, and identity document changes.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Unlocal
Manhattan
A community-centered non-profit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation and community education to NYC’s undocumented immigrant communities.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
US Department of Labor - Migrant Worker Rights
Citywide
Visit the website for information on rights and resources including information on recruitment, wages and hours, workplace safety and health, organizing rights, discrimination and harassment, retaliation, trafficking, support for home countries, filing a claim, and more.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
US Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division
Citywide
Responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. Provides information on the right to fair pay, the right to take unpaid leave, young workers’ rights and child labor laws, farm workers’ rights, H-2B workers’ rights, and restaurant workers’ rights.
Employment & Job Training
Visions
Manhattan
Provides rehabilitation and social services to blind and visually impaired people of all ages to adjust to blindness and vision loss, lead independent lives, and obtain work.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Wildcat - The Women's Project (TWP)
Citywide
An alternative to pre-trial detention and prison for women-identifying individuals with pending criminal cases in NYC. Provides holistic, trauma-informed care through continued coordinated support, court advocacy, assistance obtaining benefits, and help with medical care and employment.
Employment & Job Training
Wildcat Service Corporation
Citywide
Transitional work and job training for people facing barriers, including people with justice involvement (part of Fedcap).
Employment & Job Training
Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge (WORK) Center
Citywide
A website with information and resources on unions and collective bargaining for workers, employers, unions, government agencies, students, and anyone interested in unions and collective bargaining.
Legal Aid & Record Relief
Workers Defense League (WDL)
Manhattan
A nonprofit workers’ rights organization that specializes in helping people who have been denied unemployment insurance. Also conducts trainings for unions and other organizations about unemployment insurance rules, including recent important changes in law, and the hearing process.
Employment & Job Training
Year Up Greater New York
Manhattan
Tuition-free tech and business job training with paid internships for young adults.
Employment & Job Training
Year Up New York
Manhattan
Paid job training and corporate internships in tech and business.