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A job training program of Coalition for the Homeless
First Step Links
About First Step
Founded in 1991 and a program of Coalition for the Homeless, First Step’s innovative 14-week curriculum includes over 75 hours of computer instruction, along with literacy workshops, communication and interpersonal skills development, and other hands-on activities that give students a thorough and practical understanding of the job market and workplace. First Step also places students in internships with major corporations, law firms or nonprofit organizations, and offers mentoring by experienced professional women. We also provide a lifetime of post-graduate services, including job placement assistance, ongoing mentoring from staff and volunteers, additional training seminars and workshops, and numerous networking opportunities with alumni and business professionals. Free metrocards and a continental breakfast provided to current students and graduates doing job search activities. Each year First Step helps hundreds of women achieve a newfound sense of self-esteem and direction. The program has proven to be highly effective, with over 75 percent of last year’s graduates securing full-time employment. At present, approximately 85 percent of those who were placed in jobs in the last year remain employed.
Contact Us
Prospective Partners
If you work at a company, law firm or nonprofit and are interested in partnering with us, opportunities include hiring our graduates, hosting interns, providing corporate days, mentoring and teaching workforce development workshops. Please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org.
Graduates
If you are looking for a job, need to update your resume, have some social service issues you need assistance with, want to give back (by hiring a graduate, hosting an intern, providing a corporate day, speaking to a class and/or getting involved with the Graduate Committee) or just want to say hello, please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org. You know our motto - "Once a First Stepper, always a First Stepper!"
Prospective Students
Are you a woman 18 years or older living in New York City who would like to learn the skills necessary to obtain a better job in today's job market? Would you like to learn more about First Step? If so, come learn about First Step at an information session. To sign up for an information session, please call (212) 776-2074 or email firststepadmin@cfthomeless.org.
Donations
As we are a nonprofit organization, we rely on donations to continue and expand the crucial services we provide to our vulnerable clients. To make a monetary donation, please click here. We also welcome in-kind donations of clothing, books and other items. Please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org to make an in-kind donation.
If you work at a company, law firm or nonprofit and are interested in partnering with us, opportunities include hiring our graduates, hosting interns, providing corporate days, mentoring and teaching workforce development workshops. Please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org.
Graduates
If you are looking for a job, need to update your resume, have some social service issues you need assistance with, want to give back (by hiring a graduate, hosting an intern, providing a corporate day, speaking to a class and/or getting involved with the Graduate Committee) or just want to say hello, please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org. You know our motto - "Once a First Stepper, always a First Stepper!"
Prospective Students
Are you a woman 18 years or older living in New York City who would like to learn the skills necessary to obtain a better job in today's job market? Would you like to learn more about First Step? If so, come learn about First Step at an information session. To sign up for an information session, please call (212) 776-2074 or email firststepadmin@cfthomeless.org.
Donations
As we are a nonprofit organization, we rely on donations to continue and expand the crucial services we provide to our vulnerable clients. To make a monetary donation, please click here. We also welcome in-kind donations of clothing, books and other items. Please contact the Director of First Step - Rich Lombino at (212) 776-2075 or rlombino@cfthomeless.org to make an in-kind donation.
Our Partners
- Albert G. Oliver Program
- Barrier Free Living
- Bottomless Closet
- Bumble & bumble
- Career Gear
- CNN
- Columbia University School of Law
- Columbia University School of Social Work
- Community Service Society
- Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)
- Credit Suisse
- CT Corsearch
- Draftfcb
- Dress for Success
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Euro RSCG Adrenaline
- First Step Advisory Board
- First Step Graduate Committee
- Food Bank for New York City
- Fordham Graduate School of Social Service
- GE
- Gersten Savage
- GMHC
- God's Love We Deliver
- Goodwin Proctor
- HBO
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed
- Integral Yoga
- InterAsian
- JPMorgan Chase
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Kramer Levin
- Lottaluv
- Macy's Merchandising Group
- Mad Dog Films
- Microsoft
- Mintz Levin
- NAPO
- NBC Universal
- Neuman's Catering
- New York Business Group on Health
- Newsweek
- NYU School of Social Work
- OVID Technologies
- Schulte Roth & Zabel
- Strand Book Stores
- The Albert G. Oliver Program
- The Estee Lauder Companies
- The Legal Aid Society
- Time Warner Cable
- Touro-Harlem Medical Library
- United Way of NYC
- Urban Justice Center
- Visiting Nurse Service
- Wilmer Hale
Volunteer Opportunities
First Step Videos
Blog Archive
Posts
Tags
Resources
- Fortune Society (assists women with criminal histories)
- Grace Outreach (free GED classes)
- Idealist.org (job search/career resources)
- Legal Aid Self-Help Site (legal assistance)
- Legal Aid Society (legal assistance)
- Monster.com (job search/career resources)
- NY Times Jobs (job search/career resources)
- Probono.net (legal assistance)
- SafeLink Wireless (free cell phone & minutes)
- Social Service.com (job search/career resources)
- Urban Justice Center (legal assistance)
- Women's Prison Association (assists women with criminal histories)
"Once a First Stepper, always a First Stepper!"
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