Harlem World Magazine: NYC Launches $2M Program To Boost Mental Health Workforce
- May 15, 2026
- •Announcements
- •Jobs
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, NYC Health + Hospitals and Project Renewal today announced Care Corps.
A new program that trains New Yorkers who have faced significant barriers to employment to serve in entry-level positions in behavioral health. The $2 million program was created to help fill vacant positions at NYC Health + Hospitals and create a strong behavioral health workforce pipeline. Since the program launched last year, 45 people have graduated, and 78% of them (35 people) have been hired at NYC Health + Hospitals or another hospital system in New York City. It is slated to train additional participants through 2026 and may expand based on ongoing workforce needs. Care Corps is a free program that offers three weeks of classroom training at Project Renewal followed by a three-week internship, where students practice scenarios with actors in a hospital setting at NYC Health + Hospitals’ Institute for Medical Simulation and Advanced Learning. As part of the program model, NYC Health + Hospitals pays Care Corps participants based on the number of training hours they complete in their internship to simulate a true work experience and foster accountability.
