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Date Published:: 2015-02-12
Description:: In October 2014, the city’s Human Resources Administration announced a new employment plan for public assistance recipients. The plan, which was already being phased in before the formal announcement, makes the agency’s employment programs less punitive and puts more emphasis on education & training
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare
Report Type:: Adjudications / Decisions

Date Published:: 2018-11-13
Description:: In April 2017 the city’s Human Resources Administration implemented new employment services contracts for cash assistance recipients who are able to work.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare
Report Type:: Newsletters / Other Serial Publications

Date Published:: 2019-11-26
Description:: In 2017, the city changed its primary program for helping to get cash assistance recipients into jobs. After an initial decline, are more cash assistance recipients now finding jobs?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 2020-07-09
Description:: NYC BY THE NUMBERS: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a surge in unemployment and an increase in government assistance, including cash assistance grants. How much have New York city’s cash assistance rolls grown in recent months?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare, Poverty, and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 2021-01-28
Description:: NYC BY THE NUMBERS: The pandemic led to staggering job losses in the city. How much were efforts to find jobs for the city’s public-assistance recipients affected?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 2021-06-07
Description:: For years, nonprofit social & human service providers have contended that city contracts did not fully cover indirect costs such as rent & utilities. The de Blasio Admin promised more funding, then reduced the allocation. Now the initiative to support indirect costs is fully funded—but for how long?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare
Report Type:: Reports - Other (Consultant/Staff)

Date Published:: 2021-07-21
Description:: When a low-income household loses their income or faces an extraordinary bill, they can face a utilities cutoff--or eviction. Did the pandemic lead to a surge in one-time emergency housing grants by the city?
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare and Housing
Report Type:: Other

Date Published:: 2023-05-08
Description:: An Independent Budget Office analysis says that costs of assisting asylum seekers will be between $600 million and 1.7 billion less than the Executive Budget projection for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
Agency:: Independent Budget Office, NYC (IBO)
Subject(s):: Public Welfare and Budget and Finance
Report Type:: Other

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