NYC Seeks Input for Youth Financial Empowerment Program Funding

The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is releasing a concept paper to obtain feedback that will assist with the development of an upcoming request for proposals (RFP) to operate City Tax Levy funded Youth Financial Empowerment Programs.

Through this RFP, DCWP aims to fund a dynamic and innovative program model for the Youth Financial Empowerment Initiative (Initiative) that will develop financially healthy adults by connecting teenagers, young adults, and their parents and caregivers to resources to build their knowledge of money management and consumer protection issues and their confidence in having personal finance conversations, navigating financial decisions and avoiding predatory scams.

All feedback or questions to the concept paper must be submitted via the City s digital procurement system through the discussion forum, PASSPort (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mocs/systems/about-go-to-passport.page), responding to the Questions Tab, and/or uploading questions in the Document Submission Tab. If you do not already have a PASSPort account, select the tab Click to Create a PASSPort Account on that page.

All comments and feedback regarding this Concept Paper are due no later than 2:00 pm on January 12th, 2026 . DCWP welcomes your feedback and suggestions and looks forward to public comments. To respond to this forthcoming RFP and all other Human/Client Services RFPs, organizations must have an account and an approved HHS Prequalification application in PASSPort.

Proposals and Prequalification applications will ONLY be accepted through PASSPort. If you do not have a PASSPort account or an approved PASSPort HHS Prequalification Application, please visit www.nyc.gov/passport to get started.

Questions regarding issues in PASSPort can be submitted through MOCS support service desk at https://mocssupport.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/8 The key dates indicated outline the release of this concept paper to the public as well as the response period for the Concept Paper.

The Concept Paper response period is represented by the Release Date and Response Due Date.' Agency: Consumer and Worker Protection Status: Intent to Award