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NYC: ATWORK Program Recognition
- Zero Project - On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, NYC: ATWORK Employment Program Receives the Zero Project Award. NYC: ATWORK, one of 66 international awardees in the employment category, received for Innovative Policies in Employment.
- Employment Trends for People with Disabilities in New York City by the Office of the New York State Comptroller. Annual report released by Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli in October 2019 at MOPD's National Disability Employment and Awareness Month (NDEAM) Celebration. Highlighting NYC: ATWORK as Best Practice in employment for people with disabilities in New York State.
- Kessler Foundation Impact Report highlighting the success of NYC: ATWORK building community partnerships resulting in greater employment outcomes. This report showcases former NYC: ATWORK participant who landed the right job based on his skills, education, and career goals.
- First Out, Last Back: The Economic Impact of the COVID Crisis on New Yorkers with Disabilities - A report by the Center for Urban Future (CUF) in collaboration with NYC: ATWORK and service providers partners on the impact COVID-19 has had on New Yorkers with Disabilities and the institutions that serve them.
- 'I Really Loved My Job': Why the Pandemic Has Hit These Workers Harder - People with disabilities are disproportionately employed in industries that have suffered in the pandemic - New York Times Article featuring NYC: ATWORK participants.
- New Job Site Reaches out to Underserved Job Seekers - NYC: ATWORK was highlighted as a local initiative helping level the playing field for New Yorkers with Disabilities in the New York Post's At Work section.
NYC: ATWORK was made possible through the generous support of Understood.org, Kessler Foundation, Craig H. Neilson Foundation, Institute for Career Development (ICD), NYSED ACCES-VR.
With additional support for NYC: ATWORK/MOPD Projects from Citi, UJA, Ford Foundation, J.E. & Z.B. Butler Foundation, The Taft Foundation, and The Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC.