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- +["<xml><dl class=\"decidim_awesome-custom_fields\" data-generator=\"decidim_awesome\" data-version=\"0.12.0\">\n<dt name=\"textarea-1756922998878-0\">Idea Submission for The People's Money:</dt>\n<dd id=\"textarea-1756922998878-0\" name=\"textarea\"><div>Pura Vida Pathways is an 8-month, three-level workforce development and emotional wellness program designed to support justice-involved youth ages 14–24 across NYC. The program provides healing-centered reentry support, technical skill development, paid opportunities, and career pathways that uplift youth transitioning from detention, trauma, foster care, or unstable environments.\n\n\nThe program includes:\n\nLevel 1 – Foundations Cohort\n\nSoft skills, emotional regulation, communication, professionalism, and financial literacy.\n\n\nLevel 2 – Vocational Cohort\n\nHands-on training in:\n\t•\tConstruction\n\t•\tCulinary Arts\n\t•\tWarehouse Logistics + Forklift Certification\n\t•\tDigital Literacy & Media\n\n\nLevel 3 – Applied Experience Cohort\n\nPaid internships, apprenticeships, employer placements, and job coaching.\n\n\nEach young person receives weekly check-ins, transportation aid, mental-health services, and long-term follow-up to ensure stability and successful workforce integration.\n\nThis program builds confidence, provides income, heals trauma, and prepares youth for careers with living wages—interrupting cycles of incarceration and hardship.\nPura Vida Pathways is a transformational reentry and workforce initiative that gives justice-involved youth the tools, healing, and opportunities they need to succeed. By combining emotional readiness, paid career experiences, mentorship, certifications, and job placement, the program reduces recidivism and strengthens entire communities.\n\n\nFor many participants, this program is their first real chance to build independence, stability, and a career.\n</div></dd>\n<dt name=\"textarea-1758648114412-0\">What is the problem your idea aims to address?</dt>\n<dd id=\"textarea-1758648114412-0\" name=\"textarea\"><div>Thousands of NYC youth returning from detention face:\n\t•\tHomelessness\n\t•\tLack of employment\n\t•\tUnaddressed trauma\n\t•\tInstability and unsafe environments\n\t•\tNo consistent adult guidance\n\t•\tBarriers to certifications and career access\n\nThese conditions dramatically increase the risk of reoffending—not due to lack of ability, but due to lack of structured support.\n\n\nPura Vida Pathways addresses this by providing:\n\t•\tEmotional healing\n\t•\tPaid workforce opportunities\n\t•\tVocational certifications\n\t•\tMentorship\n\t•\tCareer placement\n\t•\tA long-term support system\n\nThis program creates a stable bridge from incarceration to independence.\n</div></dd>\n<dt name=\"checkbox-group-1756922140917-0\">Which groups does your idea focus on? Select all that apply</dt>\n<dd id=\"checkbox-group-1756922140917-0\" name=\"checkbox-group\"><div alt=\"youth\">Youth (under 24)</div></dd>\n</dl></xml>"]
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