Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC) is a community-based, nonprofit organization founded in 1979 that serves Washington Heights and Inwood, in upper Manhattan. NMIC has worked hard to empower the community's poorest residents through education, training, organizing, and support.  All services are free and bilingual English-Spanish. 

Employment and Training 

NMIC offers a spectrum of services to the unemployed and underemployed residents of the upper Manhattan to help them improve their skills and secure employment.  Job seekers receive assistance in developing and upgrading their resumes, practicing and improving their interviewing skills, learning various job search techniques, and linkage to employers according to their occupational interest.  Additionally, NMIC's work support services help the newly employed residents supplement their income by accessing public and private benefits and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).  Career counseling and career upgrade services are integrated in all NMIC Workforce Development services as well.

Vocational Training

The Building Maintenance and Weatherization Training Program at NMIC is a sector based training opportunity for residents who are interested in occupations in construction, building maintenance and repair, weatherization and green construction fields.  The course combines classroom instruction and hands-on training at NMIC's construction lab in a 12-week training program with modules related to the basics of plumbing, electrical, sheetrocking, tiling, door and window installation and insulation, and energy efficiency and building retrofit.

Workforce development programs at NMIC include:

• YouthBuild Training 
• Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP)  
• Youth Empowered to Succeed Program (Y.E.S.) for Out-of -School-Youth (OSY)

To Apply 

• Call Sophie Mabiala at 212-822-8324 or Alfonso Bravo at 212-822-8301
• Email sophiemabiala@nmic.org or alfonsobravo@nmic.org
• In person at 176th Street and Wadsworth Avenue to apply (45 Wadsworth Ave., New York, NY 10033 2nd Floor)