$1.4 Million Distributed Across Five Workforce Development Organizations to Expand Job Training, Support Local Workforce in Neighborhoods Surrounding Broadway Junction
Each of the five awardees has had a significant impact within their community, with a demonstrated commitment to investing in and empowering the local East Brooklyn workforce. These awards will allow for the continuation and expansion of their important work and, more broadly, lay the groundwork for NYCEDC’s investment in Broadway Junction and the East New York IBZ. The awardees include:
- Brighter Opportunity through Trade, a workforce training organization, for the expansion of a welding training and certification program, in partnership with Lambo Mechanical and Imagine That.
- Brownsville Think Tank Matters, a workforce development and community empowerment organization, for the launch of a construction upskilling program, in partnership with Monadnock Construction.
- IMPACCT Brooklyn, a workforce development and affordable housing advocacy organization, for the launch of workforce development programs in entrepreneurship and real estate/property development, in partnership with BMS Family Health and Wellness Centers, Community Mediation Services, and Urbane Development.
- Local Development Corporation of East New York, a workforce and economic development organization, for operational investments in programs that connect East Brooklyn residents to career pathways linked to major development initiatives at Broadway Junction and the Innovative Urban Village Construction Academy.
- Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a workforce development organization, for the launch of an East Brooklyn iteration of their Renewable Energy & Sustainable Construction pre-apprenticeship program.