Chair Gutiérrez asks about apprenticeship pipeline and CUNY investment

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And then I just wanted to...

Expand a little bit more on the pipeline.

I think there's been a lot of exciting investments from significantly from the administration and more recently a smaller investment from the council.

Can you explain a little bit more kind of what the expectation is?

On the additional dollars for CUNY's apprenticeship, for example.

Like, kind of, it's a two, three-year program, I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, but kind of what are we looking like in four years?

What do we think that the investment to this apprenticeship will provide online?

So the expansion of the apprenticeship program will provide more educators, and we can get those exact figures for you.

That alone will not build the workforce out.

to what we know we need in order to expand child care.

So it's one of multiple levers we know we need to pull.

This is an area we are focused on and excited to brief you and the subcommittee in coming weeks about some of the initiatives and plans we have for the future that we hope to continue to invest in.

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And how soon...

And obviously some of that money was allocated in the June passing of the budget.

How soon are those dollars going to work for this program?

The apprenticeship program, those dollars are getting to work right away in expanding the number of apprentices.

The New York City Talent, formerly known as the Office of Talent and Workforce Development, is partnering with CUNY PDI to expand the number of apprentices that are at CUNY and working within CUNY programs.

And then they also work closely with the Kennedy Children's Center, which is a program that supports primarily children with developmental delays and disabilities.

And they have been the host of early childhood apprenticeships.

That program is growing as well.

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