The Mount Sinai Health System received the first Outstanding Employer Award from STRIVE (Support Training Results In Valuable Employees) on Tuesday, January 20, at the New York Yale Club, for its exceptional commitment to training and hiring graduates from the STRIVE program. The organization presents the award to employers who help individuals with high barriers to employment—such as recovering addicts, public assistance recipients, and the working poor—develop marketable skills and gain employment in living-wage jobs.
Says Philip Weinberg, STRIVE’s President and Chief Executive Officer, “Mount Sinai is an incredible partner to STRIVE, allowing us to custom-build training to meet its hiring needs, providing meaningful internship opportunities to our young adults, and hiring our graduates into quality careers with good wages.”