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The Work Progress Program (WPP) was launched in 2012 as a partnership between the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity). These organizations recognized an opportunity to supplement the work of community-based organizations (CBOs) with young people ages 16 to 24 by funding an add-on subsidized job component to their existing youth programming. Our report describes both the broader picture of the benefits and challenges of WPP for participating CBOs, as well as the outcomes for program participants from a sample of sites during 2012-2019. For more insights, read the full report here.
McClanahan Associates, Inc. (MAI) is a certified woman-owned research and evaluation firm that helps organizations maximize their impact and improve practice to fuel systemic change. At MAI, we partner with organizations striving to ameliorate inequities and use rigorous, yet flexible, evaluation practices to strengthen programs and initiatives. Working in partnership with our clients, our services respond to their unique needs, are tailored to their developmental stage, and produce information and recommendations that are understandable, practical, and useful.
