New York City and Erie County have had
a transitional jobs program for over ten years, but in 2009 the state for the first time spread funding to almost every county for the program thanks to stimulus funding.
Cuomo has opposed the proposal (A7119 - Wright / S5120 - Savino) by welfare advocates such as Community Voices Heard to eliminate WEP, replacing it with
a transitional jobs program to provide a paying job with training and education.
Cuomo has slashed funding for
transitional jobs programs to nearly zero, despite receiving an annual billion - dollar surplus as part of the fixed federal welfare (TANF) block grant.
This includes Angela House's Whole and Healthy
Program (transitional housing and support for women immediately following incarceration), Project Row Houses Young Mothers Residency Program (a residency for low - income single mothers in the historically black neighborhood of Houston's Third Ward), and Project Row Houses Young Mothers Employment Placement Program (a job training program for low - income single mo
Program (
transitional housing and support for women immediately following incarceration), Project Row Houses Young Mothers Residency
Program (a residency for low - income single mothers in the historically black neighborhood of Houston's Third Ward), and Project Row Houses Young Mothers Employment Placement Program (a job training program for low - income single mo
Program (a residency for low - income single mothers in the historically black neighborhood of Houston's Third Ward), and Project Row Houses Young Mothers Employment Placement
Program (a job training program for low - income single mo
Program (a
job training
program for low - income single mo
program for low - income single mothers).