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Local Youth Assistance

Statewide Team

Youth & Young Adults Team is committed to working with youth, educators, businesses, and workforce professionals to unlock the career potential of young New Yorkers.

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Local Youth & Young Adult Program Contacts

Find a local contact in your community to get help with youth resume writing, locating job training and education opportunities and finding a job. Search for your county below to connect with your local contact.

Albany

Raphael Tucker
[email protected]
(518) 434-5207
City of Albany Department of Youth and Workforce Services
175 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206

Broome

Carry Thomas 
[email protected] 
607-778-6463 
Broome-Tioga Workforce NY
501 Reynolds Road (at the Oakdale Mall) 
Johnson City, 13790 

Cattaraugus/Allegany

Jason Miller
[email protected]
(716) 806-0060 X 5641
Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Investment Board
One Blue Bird Square, Lower Level
Olean, NY 14760

Cayuga

Jim Alberici, Youth Employment Specialist
jalberici@cayugacounty.us
(315) 253-1535
WIOA YOUTH
199 Franklin Street; Suite 204
Auburn, NY 13021

Chautauqua

Clara Swanson, Program Manager
[email protected]
(716) 487-5110
Career Systems Development Corp.
4 East Third Street, Suite 102
Jamestown, NY 14701

Chemung-Schuyler-Steuben

Kelly McGowan, Emerging Workforce Program Manager
[email protected]
(607) 346-2831
Emerging Workforce
23 W. Market Street
Corning, New York 14830

Chenango

Barbara Hollings
[email protected]
(607) 334-2201 X 125
CDO Workforce WIOA
1 O'Hara Dr.
Norwich, NY 13815

Clinton

Katrina Guynup
[email protected]
(518) 561-0430 X 3044
OneWorkSource Center
194 U.S. Oval
Plattsburgh, NY 12903-3900

Columbia-Greene

Rebecca Preusser
[email protected]
(518) 828-4181 X 3108
Columbia Greene Workforce New York
4400 Rte 23
Hudson, NY 12534

Cortland

Katrina Harvey, Youth Employment Specialist
[email protected]
(607) 756-7585 X 14
WIOA Youth
99 Main Street
Cortland, NY 13045

Delaware

Shivaun Gano

[email protected]
(607) 832-5777 or (607) 832-5776
CDO Workforce WIOA
1 Courthouse Square, Suite 3
Delhi, NY 13753

Dutchess

Katrina Gobins
[email protected]
(845) 454-7629 ext. 1024
The Chamber Foundation, Inc.
One Civic Center Plaza
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Erie

Anthony Scello, Senior Planner
[email protected]
(716) 504-1480 x 1280
Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
726 Exchange Street, Suite 630
Buffalo, NY 14210

Essex

Robin Allen-Mussen
[email protected]
(518) 873-3207 x 249
OneWorkSource Center
PO Box 607, 7572 Court Street, Suite 2
Elizabethtown, NY 12932

Finger Lakes (Ontario-Seneca-Wayne-Yates)

Drea Badger
[email protected]
(315) 789-3131 X 3
Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board
41 Lewis Street, Suite 103
Geneva, NY 14456

Franklin

Joe Campbel
[email protected]
(518) 481-5755
Malone One Work Source Center
158 Finney Boulevard
Malone, NY 12953

Fulton-Montgomery-Schoharie

Jennifer Swart, Senior Youth Coordinator
[email protected]
(518) 842-3676 x 3022
FMS Workforce Solution Centers
2620 Riverfront Center
Amsterdam, NY 12010

Genesee

Teresa Van Son, Director
[email protected]
(585) 344-2042 ext. 4223
Genesee County Job Development Bureau
587 East Main Street, Suite 100
Batavia, NY 14020

Hamilton

Roberta Bly
[email protected]
(518) 648-6131
P.O. Box 725
Indian Lake, NY 12842

Hempstead-Long Beach

Myesha Arvon
[email protected]
(516) 485-5000, x 1130
Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources
50 Clinton Street, Suite 400
Hempstead, NY 11550

Herkimer

Karen Piseck
[email protected]
(315) 867-1400
Herkimer County Employment and Training
320 North Prospect Street
Herkimer, NY 13350

Jefferson

Amelia Erdem, Youth & Young Adult Employment Program Coordinator
[email protected]
(315) 786-3671
The WorkPlace
1000 Coffeen Street
Watertown, NY 13601

Lewis

Thomas Fulmer
[email protected]
(315) 376-5834
The Lewis County WorkPlace
5274 Outer Stowe Street
Lowville, NY 13367

Livingston

Ryan Snyder, Director
[email protected]
(585) 243-7047
Livingston County Office of Workforce Development
6 Court St # 105
Geneseo, NY 14454

Madison

Ellen Bowe
[email protected]
(315) 363-2400
Madison County WIOA
133 North Court Street
Wampsville, NY 13163 

Monroe/Rochester

Antwan Williams
[email protected]
(585) 258-3500 X 3540
RochesterWorks Youth System Services
57 St Paul St,
Rochester, NY 14604

New York City

Engagement Specialist 
Inside NYC: 800-246-4646 
Outside NYC: 646-343-6800 
Department of Youth Community and Development  Community Connect (formerly Youth Connect) is a resource and referral service for communities and families of New York City
2 Lafayette Street, 19th Floor 
New York, NY 10007

Niagara

Donald Jablonski, Director
[email protected]
(716) 278-8148
Niagara County Employment and Training Youth Program
1001 Eleventh Street, Floor 1
Niagara Falls, NY 14301-1201

Oneida

Art Rapp
[email protected]
(315) 798-3679
Working Solutions
209 Elizabeth Street
Utica, NY 13501

Onondaga

Erin McDonald
[email protected]
(315) 473-8250 (Office) ext 6947
(315) 671-2685 (Fax)
CNY Works
960 James Street
Syracuse, NY 13203

Orange

Karina Fabiano

[email protected]
(845) 360-0325
Orange County Employment & Training Administration
18 Seward Avenue, First Floor
Middletown, NY 10940

Orleans

Kelly Kiebala, Director
[email protected]
(585) 589-2740
Orleans County Job Development Agency
14016 Route 31 West
Albion, NY 14411

Oswego

Elizabeth Kapuscinski
[email protected]
(315) 591-9010
Oswego County Workforce New York
200 North Second Street
Fulton, NY 13069

Otsego

Penny Seeger
[email protected]
(607) 432-4800 X 111
CDO Workforce WIOA
12 Dietz Dt.
Oneonta, NY 13820

Oyster Bay-North Hempstead-Glen Cove

John Sarcone
[email protected]
(516) 797-4569
Workforce Partnership
977 Hicksville Rd.
Massapequa, NY 11758

Rensselaer

Andre Leppanen
[email protected]
(518) 270-2860
Rensselaer County One Stop Employment Center
1600 Seventh Avenue
Troy, New York 12180

Rockland

Rebecca Moshier
[email protected]
(845) 770-2900 ext. 3550
Youth Connections
131 N Midland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960

Saratoga

Kassandra Purcell
[email protected]
(518) 884-4904
Saratoga County Department of Employment & Training Youth Employment Counselor
Saratoga County - Dept. of Employment & Training
152 West High Street – Suite B 204
Ballston Spa, NY 12020

Schenectady

Bailey Gardiner, LMSW
[email protected]
(518) 344-2749
Schenectady Job Training Agency
797 Broadway
Schenectady, NY 12305

St. Lawrence

Lawrence Fetcie
[email protected]
(315)-229-3343
St. Lawrence County
80 State Highway 310, Suite 8
Canton, NY 13617

Suffolk

Stacey Lesko
[email protected]
(631) 853-6932
Suffolk County Department of Labor
725 Veterans Memorial Highway
Hauppauge, NY 11788

Sullivan

Krista Berger
[email protected]
(845) 794-3340
Sullivan County Center for Workforce Development
50 North Street
Monticello, NY 12701

Tioga

Holly Tracy-Bronson
[email protected]
(607) 760-2568
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
840 Upper-Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905

Tompkins

Melissa Caci
[email protected]
(607) 272-7570 x 171
Tompkins Workforce New York
171 East State Street, Suite 241
Ithaca, NY 14850

Ulster

Danica Pierre-Louis
[email protected]
(845) 334-5722
Young Adult Employment Program
521 Boices Lane Suite 535
Kingston, NY 12401

Warren

Andrea Kinderman
[email protected]
(518) 824-8870
Warren County Employment & Training
333 Glen Street, Suite 300
Glens Falls, NY 12801

Washington

Nancy Warnock
[email protected]
(518) 746-2391 X 2359
Career and Family Services
383 Broadway Suite B 003A
Fort Edward, NY 12828

Westchester

Liz Oliveto
[email protected]
(914) 995-7580
Westchester Putnam Workforce Investment Board
120 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605

Wyoming

Beth Caton
beth,[email protected]
(585) 237-2600
Wyoming County Community Action
6470 Route 20A, Suite 1
Perry, NY 14530

Yonkers

Linda Patterson
[email protected]
(914) 461-9056
Yonkers Office of Workforce Development
28 Wells Avenue, Building 3
Yonkers, NY 10701