NYC Justice Corps
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- What We Do
Internship
- Recruitment and Enrollment
- Orientation and Training
- Community Benefit Project Service
- Internship
- Post-Corps Placement
Iris Gonzales case managerWorking with NYC Justice Corps members allows me to share my experience in assisting Corps members meet their goals and lead positive lives while benefiting their communities.
Internships develop and expand Corps members’ job skills in an identified area of professional interest.
Internship placement is a six-to-eight week period that immediately follows the completion of community benefit project service. Corps members intern at a mix of private, public, and non-profit sector organizations throughout New York City. Throughout Corps service, Corps members may also divide their time between vocational or academic placements with the goal of expanding their long-term labor market prospects. Click here to view a one pager for interested Employer Partners.
In partnership with the Pratt Center for Community Development, Corps members engaged in graffiti removal at seven locations, community garden renovation, and the weatherization of 25 homes whose owners will benefit from reduced energy costs and improved home energy efficiency. Corps members also completed a mural on a wall of the garden, depicting scenes from the community.
The Black Veterans for Social Justice Project engaged Corps members in renovating apartments at four housing facilities in Bedford-Stuyvesant. This work included ensuring that various heating and electrical systems were functional. Through training from project partners, Corps members were provided with the opportunity to become certified in areas of carpentry, boiler and sprinkler functioning, along with other areas of building maintenance.
The William Hodson Senior Center is the oldest senior center in the United States. Corps members undertook an intensive clean-up campaign, restored the stage in the main dining room, and repainted the walls of the auditorium to create a vibrant atmosphere for the seniors.
Crotona Park is the largest park in the South Bronx and has partnered with the Justice Corps on a variety of outdoor and indoor projects. Corps members have repainted basketball courts and playground areas, as well as the walls of the pool house. Most recently, they helped design and plant a new garden landscape by building a fence around newly installed flowerbeds to prevent erosion.