The People's Money (2024-2025)
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Freedom from addiction
- Do you have specific Neighborhood(s) in mind?
- Morrisanisa, Melrose, Hunts Point
- Which group(s) does your idea focus on? Select as many as apply.
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YouthOlder AdultsPublic Housing ResidentsJustice Impacted PeoplePeople with DisabilitiesLimited English SpeakersImmigrants/ MigrantsVeteransUnhoused PeopleLow Income PeopleLGBTQ+, "Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color"
- Describe the challenge you want to address:
- Addiction and abuse support for young people. Programs like alxoholic anonymous, overeater anonymous, blank, blank anonymous are seen as archaic by many young people. We need programs that are much more relevant to youth.
- What is the solution to the challenge?
- Our idea is to provide access to support in our schools, churches, and community centers. In order fro this to happwn, we need to conduct workshops to teach the community on how to deal with this problem, so then the community could pass on the information to those seeking help.
- Please provide your Zip Code
- 10456
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