Association Of Community Employment Programs For The Homeless Inc
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- EIN 13-3846431
- (212) 274-0550
- 3030 Northern Blvdb100 Long Island City NY 11101-0000 USA
- www.acenewyork.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Environment, Environmental Beautification, Homeless & Housing, Job Training
Mission: Ace's mission is to empower homeless new yorkers with the education and skills they need to achieve their goals of self-sufficiency and economic independence. We offer hard skills training and certification opportunities, supported employment experience, adult education classes and life skills workshops through three main programs: project comeback, our vocational rehabilitation program, project stay, our lifetime support and aftercare/retention program, and project home, our affordable housing initiative.
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vocational rehabilitation: project comeback, our initial job-readiness program, offers adult education classes in english, math, and computers as well as life skills workshops, personal mentoring, job readiness coaching, and supported employment opportunities. Ace also offers sobriety program referrals, debt counseling and legal assistance to participants. To increase our participants' employability and empower them with tangible skills to secure and maintain employment, project comeback provides industry-recognized licensing and certification opportunities in the high- demand fields of osha (general industry and construction/scaffolding), food protection, and custodial maintenance. Lifetime support services: project stay, ace's employment retention and aftercare program, offers a lifelong support network for retaining employment, exploring career growth opportunities, and continuing to develop life skills, particularly in the areas of financial literacy and money management. Through regular group meetings, individual case management, financial incentives and opportunities for educational advancement, participants hone their communication, time management, and conflict resolution skills while learning how to achieve a work/life balance. Access to affordable housing: project home assists eligible project comeback graduates by providing a declining three-year rent subsidy to help meet the financial demands of independent living. In return, participants must continue to strengthen their earning power by setting and achieving additional educational and/or hard skills training goals.