Honor Hope Program Event

15, 2018; and WHEREAS, The Hope Program empowers New Yorkers to build sustainable futures through comprehensive training, jobs, advancement and lifelong career support; and WHEREAS, This members of this vital program work together to solve problems and provide the highest quality services to their students and graduates; in their classrooms, they create a learning environment to teach the skills needed in the modern workforce; and WHEREAS, In addition, they use the evidence-based practice of Motivational Interviewing, proven in clinical and criminal justice settings to drive positive behavior change through exploring ambivalence, goal-setting, and empowering students and graduates to transform their own lives; and WHEREAS, They also help their students build more sustainable lives and communities by training them for stable jobs with room for advancement, and increase the health and sustainability of NYC through green jobs training and environmental initiatives; and WHEREAS, The Annual Taste of HOPE event helps to raise critical funding to support The Hope Program's award winning workforce development programming; this significant program helps 450 New Yorkers each year develop the skills and confidence needed to secure employment; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that those programs and individuals who enhance the well-being and vitality of their community and have shown a long and sustained commitment to excellence certainly have earned the recognition and applause of all the citizens of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commend The Hope Program upon the occasion of hosting its 7th Annual Taste of Hope on May 15, 2018; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to The Hope Program.