Success Stories_Adult  Special Popolation Training Program (ASP)

 

HELP WANTED: MAINSTREAMING IMMIGRANTS INTO THE WORKPLACE

Since 1983, the Adult Special Population Training Program (ASP) has offered comprehensive employment training and job placements to lowincome individuals who face language or cultural barriers to participation in the workforce. We currently offer classroom training in the following areas: computer operations/office skills and computerized accounting.

Over the years, the Adult Special Population Training Program has helped thousands of low-income, limited English proficient immigrants and refugees obtain the educational and vocational skills they need to secure permanent employment and achieve financial independence and prosperity. Additionally, we provide referrals for a wide range of support services, such as childcare, family or marital counseling, or substance abuse treatment while clients are receiving training in the program.

Special features of ASP

¡E A strong combination of job training and ESL instruction to help low-income immigrants develop the tools they need to enter the workforce
¡E A successful job placement rate of 86% the past two years
¡E Dedicated and committed staff, many of who are immigrants themselves and understand the challenges new immigrants face
¡E The program consistently receives an ¡§Excellent¡¨ rating from the NYC Department of Small Business Services

For more information, please contact
Ms. Yvonne Yang at (212) 571-1690
or yvonneyang@cmpny.org

Yanna Liu immigrated to the United States from Canton, China in 1991, when she was 18 years old. Faced with language barriers, Yanna took on her first part-time job as a seamstress at a Chinatown garment factory while attending high school full-time. She made under $100 a week without any benefits in order to help her parents financially. She also studied English as a Second Language on weekends to improve her English skills. She always wanted to go to college and to get a degree, but financial necessity required her to work full-time immediately after high school. Yanna found her first job as a File Clerk and she worked for about 5 years before being laid-off. With no other options, she went back to work in a garment factory.

Tired of working in such exhausting conditions, Yanna decided to enroll in the ASP Program - Computerized Accounting Training Class at the Chinatown Manpower Project in December of 2002. After three months of study, she got a good job as a General Office Clerk with an annual salary of 20,800 plus benefits at the Import/Export Trading Company through the help of her skill instructors and counselor. After working for only a short time, she was promoted to Office Manager with a salary of $30,000 a year, which is a compliment to her ability, patience, and tenacity.

Yanna Liu is a perfect example of what our raduates can be and what the Chinatown Manpower Project is all about.
 
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