Jobs-Plus
Jobs-Plus is a proven, place-based employment program designed to increase the earnings and employment of working-age residents in designated public housing developments or a cluster of developments. A recent evaluation of the program by the Urban Institute showed participants in the Jobs-Plus program for one year are 72 percent more likely to be employed and earned 32 percent more than those who had not yet joined the program.
Jobs-Plus Approach
The Jobs-Plus program uses a three-pronged approach, which includes:
- Employment-Related Services
- Client enrollment, assessment, orientation
- Job readiness, job search assistance and training
- Job development, placement and retention/advancement support
- Referrals for social supports, including mental health services
- Financial Incentives that “Make Work Pay”
- Receipt of income supports
- Increasing child support services
- Provision of one-on-one financial counseling services
- Community Support for Work
- The strengthening of social ties among residents and community
Jobs-Plus Expansion
Since 2013, The City of New York has made a significant investment to expand the Jobs-Plus program. In 2021 through a $17 million city-investment, including funding and support provided by the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, the NYC Young Men’s Initiative, the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health, and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, three (3) new Jobs-Plus sites opened and 7 existing sites expanded. The most recent city expansion of Jobs-Plus provides employment services to secure job placement for NYCHA residents, as well as expands and enhances the services offered, including mental health support through ThriveNYC. In addition, in July 2024, NYCHA’s Office of Resident Economic Empowerment and Sustainability (REES) was awarded a $3.7 million grant front the US Department of HUD to expand Jobs-Plus services to Coney Island, Brooklyn to serve the residents of Surfside Gardens, Coney Island Houses and Coney Island Houses 1 (Site 4&5). This grant is NYCHA’s second federally funded Jobs Plus grant. The first, awarded in 2016, served the residents of Pennsylvania-Wortman Houses through 2022. With the addition of the new federally funded Coney Island site, there are now 11 Jobs-Plus sites serving 46 developments citywide.
Below is a list of the Jobs-Plus service providers and the NYCHA developments where they operate:
| Jobs Plus Zone Sites as of 2/4/2025 |
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| Zone | Service Provider | Address & Phone | Developments Served |
| Zone 1 – South Bronx | East Side House | 201 St. Ann’s Avenue, Basement Level Bronx, New York 10454 718-304-0155 |
Mill Brook, Mill Brook Extension, Mitchel, and Mott Haven Houses |
| Zone 1 and Zone 4-
South Bronx and Southeast Bronx |
BronxWorks | 550 E 142nd St Bronx, NY 10454 (718) 993-8880 |
Betances, Moore, East 152nd Street/Courtlandt Ave, and Melrose Houses; Sack Wern, Clason Point Gardens, Monroe, and Soundview Houses |
| Zone 5 – BedStuy/Bushwick/Williamsburg | Bed Stuy Restoration Corporation | 630 Flushing Ave, 2nd Floor Brooklyn NY 11206 917-267-5575 |
Armstrong I, Armstrong II, Lafayette, Marcy, and Tompkins Houses |
| Zone 7 – Brownsville & East New York | AMERICA WORKS OF NEW YORK, INC – | 519 Rockaway Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11212 (718) 576-1889 |
Howard, Low, Glenmore Plaza, Garvey (Group A), and Hughes Apartments Houses |
| Zone 7 – Brownsville & East New York | FEDCAP | 330 Powell Street Brooklyn NY 11212 212-727-4229 |
Brownsville, Van Dyke I, and Tilden Houses |
| Zone 8- East New York, Coney Island | NYCHA REES | 3026 Surf Avenue | Coney Island Houses Site 1, Surfside Gardens and Coney Island Houses ( Site 4&5) |
| Zone 10 – Lower East Side | Henry Street Settlement | 24 Avenue D New York, New York 10009 212-254-4333 |
Riis II, Wald, and, Riis Houses |
| Zone 14 – Western Queens | AMERICA WORKS OF NEW YORK, INC | 33-20 55th Street, Suite 202, Woodside, NY 11377 718-865-8556 |
Woodside Houses |
| Zone 14 – Western Queens | Urban Upbound (East River Development Alliance, Inc) | 4-25 Astoria Blvd Astoria, NY 11102 718-204-2430 x221 |
Astoria Houses |
| Zone 14 – Western Queens | Urban Upbound (East River Development Aliance, Inc) | 10-38 41st Avenue Queens, NY 11101 718 571-9664 |
Queensbridge North, Queensbridge South, and Ravenswood Houses |
| Zone 15 – Staten Island | Equus Workforce Solutions ( Arbor E&T) | 1 Edgewater Street, Suite 305A Staten Island, NY 10305 718-285-8394 |
South Beach, Todt Hill, Mariner’s Harbor, Stapleton, West Brighton I, Richmond Terrace, and Berry Houses |
The Jobs-Plus expansion marks another key milestone in NYCHA’s approach to better support NYCHA residents to increase their income and assets by working with public and private partners to provide high quality services in NYCHA neighborhoods, identify gaps in service offerings, and develop strategies that attract proven models, like Jobs-Plus into public housing neighborhoods.
Jobs-Plus represents a significant collaborative effort among several New York City agencies, with the NYC Department of Social Service/ Human Resource Administration (HRA) serving as the lead partner administering the program. Partners include the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity), NYC Office of Workforce Development, the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs/Office of Financial Empowerment (NYC DCA/OFE), Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).
