Changes at "“Veterans’ Upstate Cannabis and Hemp Farms Educational Tour.”"
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- +<xml><dl class="decidim_awesome-custom_fields" data-generator="decidim_awesome" data-version="0.14.5"><dt name="textarea-1791493409299-0">What is your idea?</dt><dd id="textarea-1791493409299-0" name="textarea"><div>Create a one-year, $200,000 educational program connecting Bronx veterans and underserved neighbors with guided visits to upstate cannabis and hemp farms, workshops, and opportunities to learn together. Participants would explore cultivation, processing, and potential training and business pathways while building connections across generations and backgrounds.
- +The program would combine preparation sessions in the Bronx, transportation to participating farms, guided learning with host educators, and follow-up workshops. Qualified educators would help participants distinguish evidence from marketing and find reliable information about cannabis and hemp.
- +Planning would prioritize older veterans and people with disabilities, including accessible transportation, restrooms, rest breaks, and communication support. Farm hosts, permissions, trip capacity, and costs would be confirmed before visits are scheduled.
- +The proposed budget would support planning, transportation, educational sessions, outreach, staffing, and evaluation. Attendance, participant learning, accessibility feedback, and useful connections would measure progress. The goal is to expand access to practical education and community connection. Eligibility for off-site travel and related expenses would need confirmation from CEC.</div></dd><dt name="textarea-1791493410531-0">What problem is your idea trying to solve?</dt><dd id="textarea-1791493410531-0" name="textarea"><div>Bronx veterans and underserved neighbors have limited access to trusted cannabis and hemp education, and few structured opportunities to learn directly from farms or ask informed questions. Federal and VA policies add confusion, while New York has a legal cannabis framework and veterans still report gaps in clear guidance and connections to training or livelihood options. Older veterans, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ veterans, public housing residents, justice-impacted veterans, and those experiencing homelessness face added accessibility and transportation barriers. This limits practical education, informed questions, and community connection.</div></dd><dt name="cycle-5-group">Which group(s) does your idea focus on?</dt><dd id="cycle-5-group" name="checkbox-group"><div alt="older-adults">Older Adults (65 +)</div><div alt="public-housing">Public Housing Residents</div><div alt="justice-impacted">Justice Impacted People</div><div alt="disabilities">People with Disabilities</div><div alt="veterans">Veterans</div><div alt="lgbtq-plus">LGBTQIA+ People</div><div alt="parents">Parents</div><div alt="unhoused">Unhoused People</div></dd></dl></xml>
Idea Title: (English)
- +“Veterans’ Upstate Cannabis and Hemp Farms Educational Tour.”