Councilmember Wilson questions Hudson Guild center-based cut and educational outcomes data

I also want to ask about the CBO selection.

So I want to acknowledge that Hudson Guild is here with us today, which is a crucial provider in Council District 3, centered in Chelsea, right next to two very important NYCHA developments and families that they serve.

So they were a recipient of one of the cuts, and this leaves a huge gap.

In the district for after school programming with the provider on the northern edge.

That's not really going to work for parents and for the families, especially those in NYCHA that really rely on this.

So how are we going to deal with that gap?

And how is Hudson Guild going to make sure that they have the continued resources they need to serve Manhattan and my council district?

Yeah, I would say that we're in the process of thinking about continuity of services and stability of the ecosystem for center-based awards.

And we are hopeful, as I mentioned earlier, to...

To share where we land after June 6th.

Okay.

The DYCD funds programs explicitly designed to improve educational outcomes for high-need students.

What are the challenges DYCD faces in understanding whether those programs are reaching the students who need them the most and whether they're working?

And how can the New Visions portal potentially help address those changes?

I want to understand more which programs you're talking about at DYCD.

Are you talking about, I mean, on the one hand, all of our programs are designed to help young people to reach their goals and to thrive.

I'm not sure which particular program you're talking about.

So let me, I have to.

But I can answer a portion of that.

And I think, Valerie, if you can chime in as well.

I think one of the things that New Visions offers the portal is access to data that community-based organizations would ordinarily not have to assess impact.

Right now, currently, all of our contracts are designed to check enrollment and participation.

But with the support of New Visions for Public Schools portals, we're able to look at how that correlates to academic gains.

Yeah, so I oversee our workforce program, so primarily young people between the ages of 14 and 24.

And we have been in really amazing conversations with the New Visions team about why we can leverage their tool, because we are always looking at ways to demonstrate the specific impacts, especially of the Summer Youth Employment Program and Work, Learn, Grow, which I talked about

a little earlier.

And so we've been looking at things, we already do this, but we've been looking at expanding for a school.

Can they see a young person's participation in summer youth employment programs so that they can take that into consideration as they're developing what a high school experience is going to look like for that young person?

And then in return, can we look at how that young person did throughout the program now that we have that data in that portal and can see comprehensively how their experience was in a public school?

And so I'm really proud over the last many years we've been building that partnership with public schools.

And we're now in conversation with New Visions about how we can leverage their tool.

And I just want to add that that's super critical in terms of allowing providers to use data to inform their practice.

And so we are hopeful to continue to be working with them and expand our work with New Visions in the coming years.