2nd Chances Need Roots

In which borough should your idea take place? Staten Island

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

St. George; Port Richmond; Tysens Park; Castleton; particularly low income neighborhoods.

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

Youth

Parents

Justice impacted individuals

Low income individuals

Older adults

Unemployed individuals

People with disabilities

Describe the challenge you want to address:

incarcerated people can struggle to find gainful employment which makes crime as a means to an end. my solutioncan mitigate this problem while helping those suffering from hunger and poverty

Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:

create a garden which employs encarcerated people at $25 per hour for 10 hours per week. the food they produce will be given to a food truck which will also be purchased using these funds (50k per) the food truck will travel to various places once a week to feed people hot/healthy food which uses organic food which is produced by our sponsored encarcerated staff.

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

10310