Community Voices Heard

CVH had their on going six month meeting with Commissioner Robert Doar of Human Resources Administration (HRA) on June 11th. CVH was please that the Comissioner actually listened and agreed to do something to push the expansion of the Job Training Program (JTP). CVH members asked one questions 5 times through chants loudly and clearly, "The Work Experience Program (WEP) exploits welfare recipients as unpaid workers. We believe this is unacceptable. Commisioner Doar, will you eliminate the over 13,000 WEP positions and replace them with JTP positions?" We felt our voices were heard by Commissioner Doar with the help of the District Council 37 representatives.

Below we have attached the testimonies of Anita Walton, Janine Douglas, Ketny Jean-Francois, and Melvinia Mcgill who are all CVH members with personal experience in HRA programs. We have also attached the statement read by Lillian Roberts, the Executive Director of District Council 37.

The New York Metro wrote an article about Robert Doar's meeting with CVH. The article quotes CVH board member Ketny Jean-Francois on her experience with the Work Experience Program (WEP). The original article is located on the Metro's website here.