Report analyzing the social, economic and environmental health of the city, including any disparities among populations including gender, racial groups, income groups and, sexual orientation, where relevant data is available, and proposing strategies for addressing the issues raised in such analysis.
NYC Opportunity has released its annual poverty report, which contains a measure of poverty in New York City for 2020, the latest year for which data is available. This year’s report is different from past reports: the Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the collection of poverty data in 2020.
Report analyzing the social, economic and environmental health of the city, including any disparities among populations including gender, racial groups, income groups and, sexual orientation, where relevant data is available, and proposing strategies for addressing the issues raised in such analysis.
Local Law 75 of 2018 (“LL75”), instructs the Mayor’s Office to produce a study on client information management systems used by City health and human services (HHS) agencies and assess the present landscape of information sharing and interoperability among those systems.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
Local Law 75 of 2018 (“LL75”), instructs the Mayor’s Office to produce a study on client information management systems used by City health and human services (HHS) agencies and assess the present landscape of information sharing and interoperability among those systems.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
The Social Indicators and Equity Report (SIER) provides a statistical portrait of the city – one that shows the economic, social, environmental, and physical health of New Yorkers, disaggregated by factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, location, and income.
This Brief marks NYC's second release of research on the economic well-being of immigrants in the city. These data are important in evaluating the needs of some of the city’s most vulnerable communities, and for developing programs and strategies to address poverty issues specific to immigration.
Local Law 75 of 2018 (“LL75”), instructs the Mayor’s Office to produce a study on client information management systems used by City health and human services (HHS) agencies and assess the present landscape of information sharing and interoperability among those systems.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
This report fulfills the requirements of Local Law 60 of 2018 which mandates that the Mayor’s Office of Operations to study the feasibility of using administrative data to identify New Yorkers who may be eligible for particular benefits and inform those New Yorkers of their potential eligibility.
This report presents the findings of an implementation and outcome evaluation of the Advocate, Intervene, Mentor (AIM) program, a court-mandated juvenile alternative-to-placement program serving probation clients ages 13 to 18 years with high criminogenic risk.
This Brief describes NYC Opportunity’s method for estimating the immigration status of noncitizens and presents key economic indicators by immigration status. These results will be presented followed by policy implications and future research.
This Brief describes NYC Opportunity’s method for estimating the immigration status of noncitizens and presents key economic indicators by immigration status. The results are presented followed by policy implications and future research.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
This evaluation report reflects the findings of a qualitative and impact evaluation of Arches, a group mentoring program serving young adult probation clients ages 16 to 24.
This is the first annual report issued under the name of the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, created in May 2017 with the merger of two previously distinct units, the Center for Economic Opportunity and HHS-Connect.
This is a review of the Jobs-Plus program, which serves residents of public housing and has three core components: 1) employment services in the community, 2) financial incentives that help "make work pay," and 3) community support for work that organizes neighbors to promote be benefits of working.
Each year the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
This report captures CEO’s work in the beginning of the de Blasio Administration, describing CEO’s continuity through its first mayoral
transition and the expanded scope of our efforts from 2014 to 2015.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
In May 2015, CEO and Abt Associates released a report, examining how the socioeconomic makeup of neighborhoods surrounding New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments, and recent changes in that makeup, affect public housing residents' quality of life.
The NYC Center for Economic Opportunity's annual report on poverty, The CEO Poverty Measure, 2005 - 2013 is now available. As the economy continued to emerge from recession in 2013, citywide poverty remained statistically unchanged from the previous year.
This report describes the results of a qualitative evaluation of Teen ACTION's effectiveness in meeting its goals. The research team interviewed teens, program administrators, and staff at seven sites (see box), and conducted focus groups with participants, as well as one-on-one interviews with four teens at each site.
Family Rewards 2.0 was launched in July 2011 in the Bronx, New York and Memphis, Tennessee. While still offering rewards in the areas of children's education, family health, and parents' work, Family Rewards 2.0 has fewer rewards in each domain, offers the education rewards only to high school students, makes the rewards more timely by paying them each month, and includes family guidance.
The purpose of the evaluation
was to examine the youth experience in the mentoring program and assess ways in which the
program helps participating youth develop skills that will enhance their social-emotional wellbeing
and educational and career outcomes.
SaveUSA offers eligible participants a 50 percent match if they deposit a portion of their tax refund into a savings account and maintain the initial deposit for approximately one year.
The study seeks to recruit a sample that reflects the diversity of low-wage workers,
specifically targeting groups that face the most challenges, including noncustodial
parents, formerly incarcerated people, and individuals with little or no earnings.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
This report presents very promising early findings from a random assignment study of ASAP that is taking place at three CUNY community colleges: Borough of Manhattan Com-munity College (BMCC), Kingsborough Community College (KCC), and LaGuardia Commu-nity College (LGCC).
The Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) focuses on young adults as a key target population, and offers a number of programs intended to either reinforce their educational goals and/or provide them with some work experience in order to increase their chances of obtaining permanent employment.
The CEO programs studied for this report were part of the first wave of programs funded by CEO beginning in FY07. With the exception of the CCTC, which as a tax-credit is not part of the City's expense budget, the programs continued to be funded by CEO through FY10.
This brief describes the ASAP program and the students in the study, presents the two-year effects of the program, offers some conclusions, and shares next steps for ASAP and the random assignment evaluation.
CEO's sixth Annual Report details the Center's institutional role in City government as an incubator of solutions to difficult social challenges; assesses CEO's groundbreaking research in developing a more accurate measure of poverty; offers perspectives from City agency partners, providers and participants on CEO's leadership in core issue areas; and provides data for CEO antipoverty interventions since 2006.
Employment Works was launched in 2008 as a pilot initiative to help probationers secure employment, with the goal or promoting their self-sufficiency and reducing their rates of recidivism. The program promotes collaboration between two City agencies by coordinating workforce services between NYC's Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and the Department of Probation (DOP).
This study evaluates CUNY's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) from a
benefit-cost perspective. ASAP is designed to accelerate degree completion within three years at
community colleges.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
The SaveUSA evaluation is measuring the program's effects, or "impacts," through a randomized control trial (RCT) that MDRC is conducting in New York City and Tulsa.
In 2007 the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) and the Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) began an ambitious program with two high-impact goals: train low-income New Yorkers for positions starting at $40,000 and $65,000 per year, respectively, and fill the labor market need for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Registered Nurses (RN) in New York City.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
The SaveUSA program combines the tax refund "windfall" - often the largest lump sum payment
received by LMI families - and a valuable incentive to precipitate short-term savings and hopefully
move individuals on a pathway toward longer-term savings and greater financial stability
CEO's fifth annual report highlights recent accomplishments including CEO's receipt of the Harvard University's Innovations in American Government Award, the expansion of programs through the Young Men's Initiative and the federal Social Innovation Fund, and CEO's work to help inform the Census Bureau's new Supplemental Poverty Measure.
This qualitative report focuses on Family Rewards'
educational incentives and the variety of ways that parents and children interacted
with each other in relation to these incentives.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
The $aveNYC Account program offers New Yorkers with lower incomes a
50 percent match if they direct deposit part of their tax refund into a branded "$aveNYC
Account" and maintain the initial deposit for at least one year.
Aimed at low-income families in six of New York City's highest-poverty communities,
Family Rewards ties cash rewards to a pre-specified set of activities and outcomes in the areas
of children's education, family preventive health care, and parents' employment.
This overview of the Office of the Food Policy Coordinator (OFPC) is based on an internal program review conducted
by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO).
This overview of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene's (DOHMH) Healthy Bodega is
based on an internal program review conducted by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO).
CEO's annual report, titled Evidence and Impact, provides an overview of activities and accomplishments in 2009, highlighting program impacts and CEO's ongoing evaluation agenda. The report also identifies CEO programs that have been scaled-up with public and private investments in New York City and beyond
CEO's annual report, titled Evidence and Impact, provides an overview of activities and accomplishments in 2009, highlighting program impacts and CEO's ongoing evaluation agenda. The report also identifies CEO programs that have been scaled-up with public and private investments in New York City and beyond
This overview of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene's (DOHMH) Healthy Bodega is
based on an internal program review conducted by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
This research note provides an update to the funders of the Opportunity NYC demonstration of preliminary results from the evaluation of the Family Rewards program.
This overview of the City University of NewYork Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (CUNY ASAP) initiative
is based on a program review conducted byWestat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the CUNY Preparatory Transitional High School Program (CUNY Prep) is based on a program
review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO)
initiatives.
The evaluation of the NYC Justice Corps conducted by Westat and Metis has been designed to
assess the implementation and effect of the program on participants and on the target
communities.
The CEO-sponsored LPN program at the Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility
located on Roosevelt Island, New York, is a collaboration between the Health and Hospitals
Corporation (HHC) and the New York City (NYC) Department of Education (DOE).
This overview of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs'Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) is
based on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
Mayor Bloomberg released CEO's second annual report in April 2009 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC. At this event, Mayor Bloomberg announced major progress for New York City's innovative anti-poverty strategies
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
Each year the Center for Economic Opportunity publishes its annual Poverty Measure report. Unlike the U.S. measure, the NYCgov measure takes into account benefit programs and higher housing costs to get a better portrait of poverty in New York City.
This overview of the ACCESS NYC Outreach and Marketing initiative is based on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Business Solutions Training Funds (TF)1 is based on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Career Advancement Program (CAP) is based
on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Community-Based Organization (CBO)
Outreach programis based on a program review conducted byWestat/Metis staff for the evaluation of Center
for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Correction's CUNY Catch program is based on a program review conducted
by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the NewYork City Department of Correction's (DOC's) Supportive Basic Skills Program is based
on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Correction's (DOC's) Getting Out and Staying Out (GO/SO) program is based
on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Nursing Career Ladder: Accelerated Licensed Practical Nurse Training Program (LPN) is
based on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
The goal of the LTP is to improve educational preparedness for youth involved with the
juvenile justice system by improving their life skills, attitudes, and beliefs about the
value of education and school attendance, and their awareness of careers and goalsetting
skills.
This overview of the Departments of Education (DOE) and Correction (DOC) Educational Expansion Program
on Rikers Island is based on a program review conducted byWestat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center
for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
In December 2007, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the Center for Economic Opportunity successfully implemented 31 new anti-poverty programs since being created in 2006. In addition, CEO released its first Strategy and Implementation Report, which provides an overview of strategy and details each new program.