Federal Work-Study (Off-Campus Community Service)
Federal Work Study (FWS) employment opportunities are available both on and off campus. All off campus FWS positions must be community service oriented. As defined by federal regulations, community service is designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their needs, including such fields as health care, child care, literacy training, education, welfare, social services, transportation, housing and neighborhood improvement, public safety, crime prevention, recreation, rural development, and community improvement.
The New School participates in the America Reads and America Counts programs. Through these programs, work-study students are able to make a contribution to the community by working as reading and math tutors at several local public schools. Although on-campus FWS positions are limited, students can almost always be placed at an off-campus community service organization through the New York City Public Service Corps. Be sure to include this option when searching for positions on www.collegecentral.com.
| The following is a list of organizations The New School has partnered with: |
New York City Public Service Corps
1 Centre Street, 24th floor
New York, NY 10007
212.669.3655
Contact: Terry Denson
www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/employment/psc.shtml |
Young Athletes, Inc. - OST Program
360 East 145 Street Bronx, NY 10454
718.401.2412
Contact: Cassandra Dixon-Bowen |
Community Voices Heard
115 East 106th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10029
212.860.6001
Contact: Diego Gerena-Quinones |
Energy Vision
138 East 13th Street, New York, NY 10003
212.228.0225
Contact: Joanna Underwood |
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, NY 10118
212.216.1854
Contact: Brittany Mitchell |
I Have a Dream Program (Chelsea Elliot)
322 Eighth Avenue, Suite 200 New York, NY 10001
212.627.3086
Contact: Natalie Corujo |
I Have a Dream Program (DeHostos - Wise)
201 West 93rd Street, New York, NY 10025
212.222.2408
Contact: Samuel Rotenberg |
Landmark West!
45 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023
212.496.8110
Contact: Christiana Pena |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
501 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018
212.455.9357
Contact: Mona Mangat |
Make the Road NY
917.612.5567
Contact: Emilia Wiles |
Sustainable South Bronx
841 Barretto Street, #8, Bronx, NY 10474
617.513.3133
Contact: Jon Santiago |
Cobble Hill Health Center
380 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Contact:Tony Lewis
www.cobblehill.org/
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Russian American Cultural Heritage Center
4768 Broadway, Unit 402, New York, NY 10040
212.567.5834
Contact: Olga Zatsepina
www.rach-c.org/ |
Women Make Movies
462 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, New York 10013
212.925.0606
Contact: Maya Jakubowicz
www.wmm.com
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New York and Lower Hudson Valley Clean Communities, Inc.
55 Water Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10009
212.839.7728
Contact: Christina Ficicchia, director@nyclhvcc.org
www.nyclhvcc.org |
Legal Outreach
36-14 35th Street
Long Island City, NY 11106 Contact: David W. Harrington, dharrington@legaloutreach.org, www.legaloutreach.org
(718) 752-0222 x101
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Positions that are currently available are posted on www.collegecentral.com/newschool. Be sure to check the Work Study box in the search. If you do not see a position posted on College Central you may contact the organization directly to express your interest. If you would like to work for a specific nonprofit agency not shown above, send an email with the contact information to seo@newschool.edu. Please note that setting up a contract with a new organization can take six to eight weeks. The following paperwork must be submitted by the deadline to setup a new organization:
- Federal Work Study Off-Campus Agreement
- Federal Work Study Off-Campus Contract
- Job Description Form
- Copy of the organization's 501©3 Certificate
Once the above paperwork have been received, the Federal Work Study Coordinator will schedule a site visit. You will be contacted once the organization has been approved or denied for Federal Work Study. If the work study position is approved, you must complete the hiring paperwork either with the organization or the Student Financial Services Office depending on who will be paying you and who will be invoicing. If you have any questions during this process, you can email seo@newschool.edu.
