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Ventanilla de Asesoria Financiera: Program Insights for the Field

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

From Cradle to Cane: The Cost of Being a Female Consumer

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

New York City Mobile Services Study Research Brief

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

NYC's Paid Sick Leave Law: First Year Milestones

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

Building Financial Counseling into Social Service Delivery: Research and Implementation Findings for Social Service Programs

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

NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment: Progress Report, 2010-2013

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

Supervitamin report series: Strategy #5: Integrating Asset Building

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

Municipal Financial Empowerment: A Supervitamin for Public Programs

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

Inspection Checklist: Garages and Parking Lots

Date Published:: 2014-01-01
Description:: Consumer Services
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Business and Consumers
Report Type:: Guide - Manual

Lifting Up Paid Care Work: Year One of New York City's Paid Care Division

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

Elevar Los Estándares Del Trabajo Remunerado de Cuidado y Servicio

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

Making Paid Care Work Visible

Date Published:: 2018-03-27
Description:: This report, using focus group and survey results, documents the experiences of New York City’s home-based paid care workers in their own words, offering a bottom-up perspective that is often lacking in public policy debates.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Human Rights, Discrimination, and Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Other

Hacer visible el trabajo remunerado de cuidado y servicio

Date Published:: 2018-03-27
Description:: This report, using focus group and survey results, details the concerns of New York City’s home-based paid care workers whose voices are too often unheard or disregarded by policymakers or by the wider public.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Human Rights, Discrimination, and Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Other

The State of Workers’ Rights in New York City

Date Published:: 2017-09-20
Description:: This report details emerging gaps in labor protections and offers policy solutions to these growing concerns. It summarizes the testimony of 110 workers given during a public hearing in April 2017.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Human Rights and Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Other

Working in NYC

Date Published:: 2017-09-20
Description:: The poll results provide useful insight for a range of issues related to inequality, working conditions, and the role of city and local government in protecting immigrants and defending worker rights.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Immigration, Labor and Employment, and Discrimination
Report Type:: Data / Statistics

Annual Report on Business Education Events Fiscal Year 2019

Date Published:: 2019-06-28
Description:: Annual Report on Business Education Events Fiscal Year 2019 Covering 6/30/2018 – 6/29/2019 This report is submitted pursuant to N.Y.C. Ad. Code § 20-706.2 as added by Local Law 68 of 2015.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Business
Report Type:: Reports - Annual

El estado de los derechos de los trabajadores en la ciudad de Nueva York

Date Published:: 2017-09-20
Description:: This report details emerging gaps in labor protections and offers policy solutions to these growing concerns. It summarizes the testimony of 110 workers given during a public hearing in April 2017.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment and Human Rights
Report Type:: Other

Paid Care Division Brochure

Date Published:: 2018-08-01
Description:: Paid care workers are workers who care for people in their homes and include home health aides, personal care aides, home attendants, nannies, caregivers, and house cleaners.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment, Discrimination, and Human Rights
Report Type:: Brochures

Paid Care Division Brochure Spanish

Date Published:: 2018-08-01
Description:: Paid care workers are workers who care for people in their homes and include home health aides, personal care aides, home attendants, nannies, caregivers, and house cleaners. DCA created this overview to help paid care workers know about important rights and resources.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Labor and Employment, Discrimination, and Human Rights
Report Type:: Brochures

Paid Care Division Brochure Bengali

Date Published:: 2017-04-01
Description:: DCA created this overview to help paid care workers know about important rights and resources. The brochure in this language has not yet been updated and is intended to be used with the Important Updates for Workers palmcard for updates to NYC’s Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law and Minimum Wage.
Agency:: Consumer Affairs, Department of (DCA)
Subject(s):: Human Rights, Discrimination, and Labor and Employment
Report Type:: Brochures

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Ventanilla de Asesoria Financiera: Program Insights for the Field

From Cradle to Cane: The Cost of Being a Female Consumer

New York City Mobile Services Study Research Brief

NYC's Paid Sick Leave Law: First Year Milestones

Building Financial Counseling into Social Service Delivery: Research and Implementation Findings for Social Service Programs

NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment: Progress Report, 2010-2013

Supervitamin report series: Strategy #5: Integrating Asset Building

Municipal Financial Empowerment: A Supervitamin for Public Programs

Inspection Checklist: Garages and Parking Lots

Lifting Up Paid Care Work: Year One of New York City's Paid Care Division

Elevar Los Estándares Del Trabajo Remunerado de Cuidado y Servicio

Making Paid Care Work Visible

Hacer visible el trabajo remunerado de cuidado y servicio

The State of Workers’ Rights in New York City

Working in NYC

Annual Report on Business Education Events Fiscal Year 2019

El estado de los derechos de los trabajadores en la ciudad de Nueva York

Paid Care Division Brochure

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