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Essential

Deaf, homeless with HOPE

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In which borough should your idea take place? Manhattan

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

Central Harlem and East Harlem

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

Youth

Parents

Justice impacted individuals

Low income individuals

Older adults

LGBTQ+ community

Public housing residents

Describe the challenge you want to address:

"Haruto- 16 yr old, LGBTQ black male, deaf in youth group home will soon age out.

Finding housing, job resources and lack of educational resources for deaf"

Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:

"Create a program in an existing community center sign language classes for deaf and non deaf students for communication purposes

Everyone should be respectful to each other and not spread hate. "

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

10035

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