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Date Published:: 2016-02-01
Description:: DCA released a report on the first year of the Ventanilla de Asesoria Financiera (Financial Empowerment Window), outlining the program's origin, design, implementation, successes, challenges, and lessons learned.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2015-12-01
Description:: DCA conducted its first-ever study of the gender pricing of goods in New York City across multiple industries. The industries studied for this report include: toys and accessories, children's clothing, adult clothing, personal care products, and home health care products for seniors. This study reflects an average consumer lifecycle, from baby to senior products, providing a glimpse into the experiences of consumers of all ages.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Business and Consumers
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2015-11-01
Description:: The DCA Office of Financial Empowerment commissioned RTI International to conduct this study to analyze the needs, barriers, and opportunities to increase financial inclusion through mobile financial services use. Findings show that New York City is a unique marketplace for mobile banking and money management innovation.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2015-06-01
Description:: This report commemorates the anniversary of the implementation of New York City's Earned Sick Time Act (Paid Sick Leave Law) on April 1, 2014 and focuses on first year milestones.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Government Policy
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2014-09-01
Description:: This report details the work of DCA's Capacity Building Initiative, which funded five nonprofit organizations to provide financial counseling to their clients who included formerly incarcerated adults, foster care youth, young adult interns, young fathers, and workforce development clients. Initial findings indicate that individuals in workforce development programs who received financial counseling achieved better outcomes than comparison group clients who did not receive financial counseling.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Human Services
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2013-12-01
Description:: Covering the years 2010 through 2013, this progress report details DCA's work--both locally and nationally through replication efforts--developing, implementing, testing, and integrating programs and products in four critical areas: Financial counseling and education; Access to banking; Asset building; Consumer protection.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Business and Consumers
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2013-12-01
Description:: This report, the fifth and final report in the Supervitamin series, describes DCA's efforts to integrate asset building strategies, in particular short-term savings opportunities, in public programs to help households take a crucial step toward their long-term savings goals.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Finance and Budget
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2011-11-01
Description:: This report, which documents how New York City introduced professional financial counseling into key City services is the first in a series that build the case for fully integrating financial empowerment and asset building strategies into core social service delivery to achieve better outcomes, potentially with less investment.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Business and Consumers
Report Type:: Report

Date Published:: 2018-03-27
Description:: This report provides an analysis of what the City’s Paid Care Division has learned, model standards for paid care jobs, an overview of its accomplishments, and a roadmap for action it plans to take in the years to come as the Paid Care Division concludes its first year.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

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