2025–26 · City-wide
Expand Immigrant Youth Advancement program to 10 months
Resident asks to expand the school-year Immigrant Youth Advancement program from 10 weeks to 10 months, since immigrant youth often need to support their families financially.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Expand the Immigrant Youth Advancement program during the school year to 10 months not 10 weeks.
Who it helps and why
It keeps in mind folks like immigrant youth that’ll most likely need to support parents and themselves financially
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 31, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Community
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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