{"id":235,"date":"2023-06-20T18:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=235"},"modified":"2023-07-06T18:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:51:15","slug":"programs-that-help-nyc-migrants-achieve-financial-independence-are-in-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/06\/20\/programs-that-help-nyc-migrants-achieve-financial-independence-are-in-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs that help NYC migrants achieve financial independence are in jeopardy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/education\/ny-key-education-child-care-programs-for-nyc-migrants-could-expire-20230620-3hyekr3orzf23c5bmylofktwya-story.html\">Daily News <\/a>&#8211; \u201cThis program is an economic driver that will make asylum seekers more self-sufficient and less reliant on costly city-funded shelter beds,\u201d said Hanif, who chairs the Council\u2019s immigration committee as well as its progressive caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the families who\u2019ve recently arrived in New York have struggled to access the city services and legal help \u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-most-migrants-in-nyc-struggling-to-access-legal-help-other-services-20230606-vk7p75xw75gshialsuvgemx2ky-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0such as applying for asylum and work permits<\/a>\u00a0\u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-most-migrants-in-nyc-struggling-to-access-legal-help-other-services-20230606-vk7p75xw75gshialsuvgemx2ky-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a>that could help get them out of city care. Close to 18,000 new students in temporary housing arrangements have enrolled in local public schools this school year \u2014 estimated to be mostly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-mayor-adams-unveils-migrant-crisis-blueprint-job-training-resettlement-20230307-jjcvbtur4rg63jflp4uhogwjjq-story.html\">Latin American migrants<\/a>. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/education\/ny-key-education-child-care-programs-for-nyc-migrants-could-expire-20230620-3hyekr3orzf23c5bmylofktwya-story.html\">Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/education\/ny-key-education-child-care-programs-for-nyc-migrants-could-expire-20230620-3hyekr3orzf23c5bmylofktwya-story.html\">Daily News <\/a>&#8211; \u201cThis program is an economic driver that will make asylum seekers more self-sufficient and less reliant on costly city-funded shelter beds,\u201d said Hanif, who chairs the Council\u2019s immigration committee as well as its progressive caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the families who\u2019ve recently arrived in New York have struggled to access the city services and legal help \u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-most-migrants-in-nyc-struggling-to-access-legal-help-other-services-20230606-vk7p75xw75gshialsuvgemx2ky-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0such as applying for asylum and work permits<\/a>\u00a0\u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-most-migrants-in-nyc-struggling-to-access-legal-help-other-services-20230606-vk7p75xw75gshialsuvgemx2ky-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a>that could help get them out of city care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/06\/20\/programs-that-help-nyc-migrants-achieve-financial-independence-are-in-jeopardy\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}