The People's Money (2023-2024)
Decide how to spend part of the city budget!
Immigrant Community Resource Connection
- In which borough should your idea take place?
- Queens
- Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?
- Jackson Heights, Flushing and Jamaica
- Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.
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YouthParentsLimited English proficient individualsLow income individualsOlder adultsImmigrants and/or migrantsPublic housing residents
- Describe the challenge you want to address:
- Pollution (especially low disparate pollution) environmental services, lack of education, financial literacy, govt + voting and sustainable practices
- Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:
- "Class services specifically for immigrants teaching life skills (financial literacy, public transportation, healthcare, employment, food assistance, English literacy and civic information. Also connecting/helping immigrants apply for public housing and rent stabilized apartments. Jobs, education, community college/university, green cards, state ID's, credit cards, bank accounts, food assistance, healthcare benefits, etc. Supplementing the course with pamphlets and a webpage directing immigrants to resources "
- Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:
- N/A
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