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August CBO Convening Notes & Resources

 

Agenda 

Date: 08/02/23  

Time: 11AM-1PM 

Run of Show/Speakers: 

  1. 30 mins: Situational updates 

  2. Overall Situational Update:    

  • Camille Joseph Varlack  

  • DMHHS Williams Isom   

  • DMSI Ana Almanzar 

  1. Agency Updates:  

  • Manuel Castro, Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs   

  • Karen Ford, Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Nonprofits   

  • Betsy MacLean, Chief Engagement Officer, Mayor’s Office of Engagement   

  • Laura Rog, Chief Service Officer, NYC Service   

  • Zach Iscol, Commissioner, NYC Emergency Management   

  1. 50 mins: Breakout groups by issue area and facilitator: 

            A) Language access – MOIA, Kenneth Lo  

            B) Food access – MO Food Policy, Rachel Atcheson  

            C) Healthcare – DOHMH, Max Hadler 

            D) Childcare/education – MO Childcare and Early Childhood Education, Tovah Gottesman  

            E) Volunteering – NYC Service, Laura Rog  

            F) Workforce – MO Talent & Workforce Development, Tim Currier  

            G) Housing/ Shelter – DHS, Claudette Jordan  

  1. 10 mins: Returned to main room, wrap up and next steps  

 

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Resources 

MOIA: A Bridge Between City Government and Immigrant Communities 

Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network 

  • Lutheran Social Services of New York  

  • New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)  

  • Central American Legal Assistance (CALA) 

  • UnLocal  

  • Catholic Migration Services (CMS) 

  • African Communities Together (ACT) 

  • African Services Committee 

  • CUNY Citizenship Now 

  • CUNY Law School 

  • Catholic Charities of New York 

Asylum Seeker Community Navigation Centers 

  • Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services in Brooklyn 

  • Mixteca Organization in Brooklyn 

  • Aid for Aids based (Manhattan, Citywide) 

  • Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services in Queens 

  • Catholic Charities in Staten Island 

  • Coalicion Mexicana (Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn) 

  • International Child Program, Citywide 

  • La Colmena in Staten 

  • Mercy Center in the Bronx 

DYCD-funded services: https://discoverdycd.dycdconnect.nyc/home 

 

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