Workshops & Trainings
Overview
City Living NY offers monthly workshops that help participants strengthen life skills, make connections, and expand their experiences. Financial literacy sessions cover topics such as budgeting and taxes. Job readiness workshops help participants prepare résumés, practice interviews, build LinkedIn profiles, and develop workplace communication skills. Other sessions focus on nutrition, cooking, grocery shopping, and self-care.
At the beginning of each year, participants create vision boards to set goals and make a visual reminder of what they hope to achieve. One of our most popular workshops brings participants and their partners together to explore healthy relationships and communication.
We also hold town halls when changes to public benefits or other government policies may affect participants. These sessions give people a chance to understand what has changed, ask questions, and learn what steps they may need to take.
Beyond the workshops, we organize excursions to New York City museums, sporting events, and performances. We offer sessions both in person and online, on different days and at different times to accommodate participants’ schedules.
Alumni Program
In FY25 CLNY formalized an Alumni Program to meet the needs of the older youth who graduate from our core programs. We launched an Alumni Advisory Board which spent the last year developing and implementing this program, including the launch of a peer mentoring program. While alumni have less of a need for our intensive services, CLNY prides ourselves on not abandoning our youth at a specific age as many programs do – there is no “second aging out” of CLNY. With the development of a formal alumni program, CLNY is growing our capacity to target specific events and training workshops to these youth while still acknowledging and encouraging their independence.
