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The Learning to Work/GED Program is a voluntary program offering a combination of GED instruction, regular GED Test date referrals, employment readiness workshops, paid internships, assistance with finding employment, and college application and financial aid application assistance.

  Eligibility

Learning to Work/GED serves young adults between the ages of 17 and 20, including court-involved young people.

  Contacts

Call: 917.692.6898
Email: ltw@cases.org


Walk-ins welcome Monday through Thursday after 3:30 PM
40 East 29th St.
New York, NY 10016

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The Civic Justice Corps is a voluntary program serving young people with recent involvement in the juvenile justice system. The eight-month program provides community service/service learning opportunities, education services, career development, job/job training placement and assistance with post-secondary enrollment.

  Eligibility

Civic Justice Corps participants are youth ages 18 and over who have been involved in the juvenile justice system within twelve months prior to program enrollment. Involvement in the juvenile justice system includes:

  • Youth under the supervision of the juvenile justice system either in out-of-home placements or on probation or parole; or
  • Youth placed in an alaternative sentence by the juvenile justice system; or
  • Youth placed in a diversion program as an alternative to juvenile prosecution by the juvenile justice system.

  Contacts

Call: 212.553.6637
Email: cjc@cases.org

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The Young Adult Justice Scholars is a voluntary program offering education and career development services, including school placement and liaison services, pre-GED and GED instruction and testing, and assistance with preparing for and applying to college.

  Eligibility

Young Adult Justice Scholars serves young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 that have been court-involved within a year prior to program enrollment. While young people meeting these criteria residing in any of New York City's five boroughs is eligible to enroll, the program specifically targets participants that reside in the following community districts (CDs): Brooklyn CDs 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, and 16; Manhattan CDs 9,10, and 11; Bronx CDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9; and Queens CDs 1, 12, and 14.