Job Training and Economic Independence for the Blind
SALE OF PRODUCTS (MOPS, BROOMS, BRUSHES, MILITARY UNIFORMS, ETC) AND PROVISION OF SERVICES (WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION, PACKAGING AND ASSEMBLY, ETC) THAT CREATE ON-SITE JOBS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES LEADING TO ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE FOR LEGALLY BLIND MEN AND WOMEN
Geographies
Not indicated
Dates
Jul 1, 2013 – Apr 30, 2014
Source
990
No causes provided
No populations provided
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$4.8M
Blue Power Community Placement Program
'BLUE POWER' COMMUNITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM - UTILIZING THE EXPERIENCE THAT NYCIB HAS GAINED OVER 15 YEARS IN TRANSFORMING POORLY EDUCATED, INEXPERIENCED, LOW-ESTEEM MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE LEGALLY BLIND, INTO 'WORK READY' EMPLOYEES 'ON-SITE' WITHIN NYCIB, TO CREATE NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES 'OFF-SITE' FOR OTHER LEGALLY BLIND MEN AND WOMEN IN A BROAD RANGE OF 'BLUE AND WHITE COLLAR' JOBS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
