How to Deal With it

In which borough should your idea take place? Bronx

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

Focus on high populations of youth lacking housing and / or youth with experience in the justice system

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

Youth

Justice impacted individuals

Low income individuals

Public housing residents

People with disabilities

Describe the challenge you want to address:

Lack of sense of safety in their housing situation
Feeling like they have no one to help them feel safer
Lack of knowledge on how to deescalate dangerous situations

Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:

Host in person workshops at/near youth shelters with counselors so youth can ask difficult questions and role play how to deal with situations they encounter often. Youth can submit questions and situation they want to deal with anonymously before during the workshop. Possibly offer virtually

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

Virtual