Destiny Blackwell is a New York native who spent most of her adolescence in awe of the film industry. She knew what she wanted to do with her life and dreamed of making movies and TV shows, but she was at a loss as to what she could do to…

▶️ Click here to watch the Plain Language 101 Training Video! This is a 25 minute video where Jack Ding from the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity gives an overview of plain language writing techniques. What is the Civic Design Forum? The Civic Design Forum (CDF) is an activation space that brings together a community…

Source: Urban X Studio, Oficina Design | Photographer: Gina LeVay The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) has recently launched evaluations of two City programs, Environments Promoting Wellness and Resilience, an initiative to improve the work of domestic violence shelters through better design, and NYC Men Teach, an initiative…

The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) has launched a new partnership with 11 evaluation firms. The firms were selected in 2022 through a competitive Request for Proposals process issued by the NYC Human Resources Administration in collaboration with our office. …

What is the Civic Design Forum? The Civic Design Forum (CDF) is an activation space that brings together a community of practice comprising NYC public servants to exchange resources and best practices, and learn about and provide feedback on innovative projects and processes across that City. …

👋 This post is a resource for NYC Agency staff applying to the Community Compensation Fund (CCF), read more about the CCF here. 🤝Eligibility Criteria 1: Your project uses protocols/methods to center community choice, agency, reciprocity, and respect. Considerations How will participants know what they are agreeing to before they participate in your work?* How are you being transparent with participants about the ways their feedback…

The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) is pleased to introduce the newest Fellows working on our Programs and Evaluation and Service Design teams. In the following Q & A’s, they tell us a little bit about themselves and what drew them to this work.

A fund for NYC Agencies to partner with integrity by compensating people for the input and time given to improve public services. The Community Compensation Fund (CCF) pilot invests in compensation for community members/residents who inform City Agency work and build evidence about the impact investments of this kind can…

NYC Opportunity has released its annual poverty report, which contains a measure of poverty in New York City for 2020, the latest year for which data is available. This year’s report is different from past reports: the Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the collection of poverty data in 2020. Because of…