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Essential

How to Deal With it

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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

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