Social Justice

New York City to invest $127 million in young minority men

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new initiative in efforts to fight against the negative influences and trends afflicting young minority males in the city.

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14 years ago

August 7, 2011

UVM Staff

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new initiative called Young Minority Men Initiative.

Bloomberg will launch soon the initiative in efforts to fight against the negative influences and trends afflicting young minority males in the city.

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Young Minority Men Initiative

The program is looking to launch “boldest and most comprehensive effort” to tackle the rising numbers of unemployment, poverty and incarceration among this group.

“A job is the best anti-poverty and anti-crime program ever devised anywhere in the world,” Bloomberg said.

It will include job placement, fatherhood classes and training for probation officers and school staff on how to help the young men get ahead. More than a dozen city agencies will be involved.

The program will target about 315,000 black and Latino men between the ages of 16 and 24.

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