The Business & Industry Workforce Training Center (BIWTC) is a part of New York City College of Technology’s Continuing Education Center. They are located at 25 Chapel Street, a couple of blocks down from City Tech. BIWTC currently has 6 staff members and 2 Instructors.
BIWTC has 4 programs: building maintenance, construction, direct care training to work with developmentally disabled adults and children and family development training. Their main mission is to provide vocational and educational training to unemployed, underemployed and low income residents of New York City. They also provide counseling, referrals, workshops and workforce preparation.
I couldn’t find any news articles about BIWTC, however, I did find success stories about their programs. They were interested to read because they provided real stories on how people were helped by attending their programs. One story was about a Brooklyn resident of a NYCHA in seek of work. He was referred to BIWTC where he finished their building maintenance program and became a painter’s apprentice with NYCHA. It was enlightening to read that NYCHA hires trained residents to maintain their buildings.
