CDO Workforce coordinates and focuses employment, training and education development resources across three counties, providing service to employed people, unemployed people and employers alike. Our goal is to improve the long-term growth and development of the work force.
Connect ALL a division of Empire State Development, is gathering information to ensure that every New York business and household has broadband connectivity and the resources needed to close the state’s remaining digital divide:
Affordable Housing Connectivity Program
Building Owners of Affordable Housing: Could receive no-cost new or upgraded fiber-to-the-unit broadband equipment installation. ConnectALL’s Affordable Housing Connectivity Program, will fund infrastructure upgrades to create open-access building wiring and attract Internet Service Providers to often-overlooked affordable housing properties.
As a first step in this process, ConnectALL encourages building owners to take a 5 minute survey to collect basic information on the internet equipment and services currently available at their properties.
Click here to learn more about ConnectALL’s Affordable Housing Connectivity Program.
New York State Internet Access Survey
As New York State makes unprecedented investments in broadband infrastructure, ConnectALL needs input from residents in every corner of the state to design a Digital Equity Plan that serves their needs.
Please take 10 minutes to complete the New York State Internet Access Survey. ConnectALL will use results of this survey, in addition to other key community consultations, to develop a comprehensive Digital Equity Plan for New York State.
About the author
Our goal is to help job seekers not just find a job, but develop and manage a career. That means helping them when they have a job and when they are looking. We also strive to help employers find the workers they need quickly and the resources to improve training, workforce retention and workforce restructuring.
A DRC is a Disability Resource Coordinator, someone who helps individuals with disabilities find employment.
High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) A high school equivalency or GED/HSE is a recognized alternative to a high school diploma.
Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students and job seekers with real-life work experience that compliments their academic studies. Typically they include job shadowing, mentoring, internships, and apprenticeships.
A Team Helper is anyone who is the lead support person to the job seeker with disabilities along their career journey. It can be a family member, friend, employment counselor, Disability Resource Coordinator (DRC), or case manager.
A stop-gap job is temporary employment until something better or more permanent can be obtained.
Basic needs refers to the goods and services necessary for a minimum standard of living. This includes access to food, safe shelter, clothing, and sanitation. Reliable transportation and education can also be considered a basic need.
A safe space is intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is work performed by a person with an impairment or health-related disability (health impairment) within an integrated setting. Wages are at least minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.
For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education.