Mayor Adams unveils vocational training program for NYC foster care kids: 'We just ignored this

population’

Mayor Adams pledged to make vocational training for foster care children a “hallmark” of his administration as he rolled out a new program on Tuesday aimed at giving the vulnerable kids a better shot at entering the city’s workforce.

The new program, operated by the city Administration for Children’s Services and the City University of New York with funding assistance from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will offer free vocational training in five different fields of work for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who grew up in foster care, Adams said.

“We’ve failed foster care children for far too long,” Adams said during a press conference at Kingsborough Community College in southern Brooklyn, where the vocational classes will be offered.

“They are more likely to be unemployed, more likely to be a victim of a crime, or dealing with criminal behavior, more likely to deal with mental health issues, so we just ignored this population. It fed the problems we have in this city.”

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