NYC Sustainable, Strong and Proud

In which borough should your idea take place? Manhattan

Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?

Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.

Youth

Parents

Justice impacted individuals

Limited English proficient individuals

Veterans

Low income individuals

Black, Indigenous, and POC

Older adults

Unemployed individuals

LGBTQ+ community

Immigrants and/or migrants

Public housing residents

People with disabilities

Describe the challenge you want to address:

Enabling as many New Yorkers to be progressive, self sufficient and independent.

Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:

Established desperately needed
1] 'Clean City Streets' initiative utilize workers from petty crime offenders, this new program idea suggested below, and other circumstances.

2] 'Mandated Work 'Certification Center(s) program'

Suggested allotted training time frame 6 to 12 weeks or 3 to 6 months

whichever is cost effective and provides sufficient training time to acquire a ged, learn to speak 1st language English, vocational, computer, etc. hands on job training.

Each applicant must be vetted by the police dpt prior to pursuing certification center(s) program to ensure not on a wanted list associated with crime or committed punishable offenses: any other form of unlawful activities.

Certification program attendees must be enroll or collaborate with the unemployment workforce centers to be tracked as well as monitored on record in the system via their ss, assigned work permit, along with drivers/non drivers licenses number(s).

(Make alert options available to track and or monitor anyone that commits DUI and or other criminal offenses)

Eligible graduate seeking any job including holding construction street sign, street sweepers for desperately needed suggested 'Clean City Streets' initiative.

Upon completion 'mandated certification program' perhaps supply up to 6 month 'temporary aide' allowing time to be situated as a productive independent NYC/NYS resident.

(There should be no recertification for this tmp aide unless approved extenuating circumstances. )

MANDATED Attendees should include anyone seeking any form of nyc/nys hra assistance: all
unemployed youth who are high school graduate and or drop out or never attended; all ages adults; any unemployed individual including drugs or alcohol users abusers
(after rehab -- methadone is not the answer or cure );

Unskilled migrants sent from outer state accepted or rescued; others that cannot provide 5 to 10 yrs verified nyc/nys income tax returns seeking any nyc/nys hra assistance as well as individuals recertifying for any free government assisted benefits that are 'able' but never worked, including those without documented disabled or impaired child, children.

Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:

11435