New NYC Center for Economic Opportunity Report Shows Sector Strategy Making
an Impact for Low-Wage Workers
The New York City Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) is pleased to
announce the release of an evaluation report from Westat on NYC Sector
Focused Career Centers. This report shows that Sector Centers produced
higher employment rates, greater job stability, and substantially higher wages compared with traditional career center participants
. When compared with similar clients at Workforce1 Career Centers, SFCC participants
increased their earnings by an average of $5,800 over the course of a year.
CEO launched its first sector center in 2009 with the NYC Department of Small Business Services. An earlier report (in PDF) from Westat (2010) found positive impacts on employment and wages. The follow-up report (which covers a longer timeframe and includes new Sector Centers) continues the trend of positive findings.
Learn more about the positive impacts of Sector Centers in the full report (in PDF)