Two ways child welfare workers can pay for college
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The NYC Employment and Training Coalition has added five new members to its board. Katie Beck Sutler is the vice president of workforce development at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. Francesca Fiore is the associate dean of workforce development and business services at LaGuardia Community College. Tom Ogletree is the senior director of social impact and external affairs at General Assembly. Diallo Shabazz is the chief administrator at the DC37 Education Fund. Christopher Watler is the New York state executive director at the Center for Employment Opportunities.
In addition to the new board members, David Garza, CEO and president of Henry Street Settlement, and Aaron Shiffman, executive director of Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, have been appointed to the executive committee of the coalition’s Board of Directors, according to a Feb. 21 press release.
The Girls Scouts of Greater New York have a new questionnaire out for New York City public advocate candidates. Eight of the 16 candidates vying in the Feb. 26 election provided answers to four questions driving at one overriding question: What will they do to promote gender equity if elected? See what they had to say here.
More than two dozen matronly coders took part in a Feb. 21 workshop in Brooklyn. The moms are involved in a nine-week course at two public libraries in northern Brooklyn. The course is sponsored by a partnership among Google, MotherCoders, and Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, according to a Feb. 21 press release.
“MotherCoders students are women with kids – women with college degrees and work experience, professional women who represent a diverse population spanning across races and ethnicities, socio-economic and educational backgrounds, sexual orientations, and physical abilities,”
Tina Lee, founder of MotherCoders said in the press release. “Moms are a powerful, yet untapped, source of human capital, a group that also happens to control most consumer and business purchasing decisions. When our moms succeed, we all benefit, and especially their kids who now find themselves with a tech superhero right inside their home.”
College scholarships are available for people employed at state-licensed child welfare agencies. The Child Welfare Worker Incentive Scholarship Program can help people pursue an associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree that apply to child welfare, according to the state Higher Education Services Corporation. The scholarships can pay for an entire course of study under certain conditions, but there is an April 4 deadline to apply. Find out more here.
There is also a state loan forgiveness program for direct care professionals. The state Child Welfare Worker Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program helps people who work at a state-licensed child welfare agency. They can receive as much as $10,000 per year for up to five years, according to the state Higher Education Services Corporation. The deadline to apply is April 4. Find out more here.