When you first come home, you will most likely be required to attend parole-mandated anger management and/or substance abuse programs. These programs usually last for 12 to 16 weeks. After that, you should seriously consider going back to school. According to the New York City Human Resources Administration, going to school is a work activity. Attending high school or completing a G.E.D. is an approved work activity. You must bring in proof of your attendance from your school. If you are going to a four-year college you will be referred to HRA’s Training Assessment Group (TAG) to approve your attendance at the school. In addition, HRA will count homework hours toward your 35-hour workweek requirement. If HRA decides to give you additional work activities, they must make a reasonable effort to give you an assignment at your school or close to your school, and the assignment should not interfere with your classroom hours. A Work-Study job could meet this requirement.
One such educational opportunity to consider is the CUNY Adult Literacy ( HSE / ESL ) Program. The CUNY Adult Literacy Program has been a cornerstone of CUNY’s Division of Adult and Continuing Education for more than thirty years. Through the Program, which operates on 14 campuses of the University in all five boroughs, tens of thousands of New York City adults and out-of-school youth have learned to speak English, to read, write and do math with greater facility, and to prepare for high school credentialing through the High School Equivalency exam. For more information on the CUNY Adult Literacy Program go here:
I will post more educational opportunities here as they become available.