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In which borough should your idea take place? Staten Island

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

Neighborhoods with a lot of low income students/poor areas; neighborhoods with people who have disabilities.

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

Youth

Low income individuals

Black, Indigenous, and POC

Older adults

Unemployed individuals

LGBTQ+ community

Immigrants and/or migrants

People with disabilities

Describe the challenge you want to address:

one person is in a wheelchair with a back injury and is very old; a girl who's 33 year old mother was incarcerated and her daughter broke up;

Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:

for the old man, insurance can pay for anything he needs or just provide resources like a back brace; for the woman, her daughter should go to workshops or events in school like peer mediation or therapy in school. This can be free service teacher or other students participate in to help.

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

10314

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