The City University of New York’s Community Colleges Consortium (CUNYCCC)

The Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grant (referred to as Strengthening Community Colleges or SCC) awarded by the U.S Department of Labor (DOL) aims to build the capacity of community colleges to collaborate with employers and the public workforce development system to meet local and regional labor market demand for a skilled workforce. The grant also builds the capacity of community colleges to address challenges associated with the COVID-19 health crisis, such as expanding online and technology-enabled learning and migrating services to a virtual environment. 


To read Queensborough's news release on being awarded as the lead for this grant, please click here.

Overview of Strengthening Community College Grant:

Who We Are:

The City University of New York’s Community Colleges Consortium (CUNYCCC), consists of Queensborough Community College (QCC) as the lead applicant, representing a consortium of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), Bronx Community College (BCC), Hostos Community College (HCC), Kingsborough Community College (KBCC) and LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC), the Central Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Partnerships at the City University of New York as the IHE Coordinating Entity, the New York City Workforce Development Board (NYC WDB) and public and private sector partners and community-based organizations.

 

What We Do:

The CUNYCCC will create and implement systemic change throughout the collective CUNY Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) programs to create one, unified Workforce Development Ecosystem, designed to:

  • Increase the capacity and responsiveness of community colleges to address the skill development needs of employers and dislocated and unemployed workers, incumbent workers, and new entrants to the workforce.
  • Offer a spectrum of workers and other individuals accelerated career pathways that enable them to gain skills and transition from unemployment to (re)employment quickly.
  • Address the new challenges associated with the COVID-19 health crisis that necessitate social distancing practices to expand online and technology-enabled learning and migrate services to a virtual environment.

The CUNYCCC will focus on three in-demand Industry Sectors in NYC: Technology, Health Care and Education. The US DOL SCC Grant will build the capacity of CUNY community colleges to collaborate with employers and the public workforce development system to meet local and regional labor market demand for a skilled workforce.

 

Theory of Change:

For an overview of our proposed mechanisms for change, please have a look at the Logic Model Theory of Change.

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Grant Updates

Join Us for the AWS Skilled Talent Career Fair!

Date: October 16th
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

Calling all tech enthusiasts! Don't miss the chance to connect with top employers like AWS, Accenture, Bank of America, and more at the AWS Skilled Talent Job Fair hosted by CUNY.
Are you a CUNY undergraduate, graduate learner or a non-credit learner with cloud-ready skills? This event is exclusively for you! Explore exciting entry-level positions in Cloud Support, Cloud Engineering, Software Development, Data Analytics, and more.
Best of all, there are NO registration fees!   

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In May 2022, BMCC Highschool CTE Pathway for Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) participated in the 9th Annual FDNY Medical Special Operations Conference ) EMS Completion role-playing as victims in simulation plane and subway crashes receiving treatment from BMCC Paramedic Trainees.

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Contact Us:

Lori Conkling,

Continuing Education Director of Labor Market Research & Workforce Development, Co-Principal Investigator

lconkling@qcc.cuny.edu

 

Michael Manipakone,

Project Director, Strengthing Community Colleges, Continuing Education and Workforce Development

mmanipakone@qcc.cuny.edu

Get To Know Us

Grant Sponsored Programs and Partnerships

  • Youth: College and Career Readiness
  • Technology
  • Workforce Development
  • Healthcare/Medical related

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