Agenda
Date: 09/21/23
Time: 4:00-5:30PM
Run of Show/Speakers:
Molly Schaeffer, Interim Director, Office of Asylum Seeker Operations
Manuel Castro, Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Zach Iscol, Commissioner, NYC Emergency Management
Miguel Bonilla, Deputy Director of Capacity Building, Mayor’s Office of Nonprofits
Laura Rog, Chief Service, Officer NYC Service
Charles Blackstone, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy
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Resources
Stay up to date:
Tune into the weekly briefings by City Hall: https://www.youtube.com/@NYCMayorsOffice/streams
For people seeking asylum
Arrival center and Navigation Center information: https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/help/asylum-seekers/asylum-seeker-resources.page
Info about available health and social services—including COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and care, emergency Medicaid, food assistance, tenant protection, and free legal help—available to all New Yorkers regardless of immigration status, ability to pay, or employment status.
Mental health resource: NYC Well https://nycwell.cityofnewyork.us/en/
Legal Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network:
Migrants and asylum seekers who have arrived in the U.S. on or after January 1, 2022 may contact the organizations in the link below for immigration legal screenings, consultations, change of address and change of venue assistance, and assistance with immigration applications including but not limited to asylum.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS):
For Venezuelan TPS Applicants USCIS: As of 10/03/2023 extension and redesignation for Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Venezuela for 18 months is now open. The designation provides temporary protection from deportation as well as work authorization for individuals who arrived in the United States before July 31, 2023.
Updated information on TPS, including for Venezuelan and other countries can be found here: https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/help/legal-services/temporary-protected-status.page
For people and organizations supporting asylum seekers
Donate supplies: https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/help/asylum-seekers/support-asylum-seekers.page
Mental Health First Aid Training:
Free youth or adult mental health first aid training for staff. Trainings are available in English and other languages. Register for a training: https://ocet.timetap.com/
Adult Mental Health First Aid - English
A free 8-hour training to all New Yorkers. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a groundbreaking public education program that teaches the skills needed to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance abuse challenges and crises. This 8-hour course uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to offer initial help in a mental health crisis and connect persons to the appropriate professional, peer, social and self-help care. Like CPR, MHFA prepares participants to interact with a person in crisis and connect the person with help. First Aiders do not take on the role of the professionals.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is an 8-hour public education program that introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds an understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches individuals how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, select interventions to provide initial help and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care.
Psychological First Aid Training:
Psychological First Aid Training course open community organization staff offered by the Academy for Community Behavioral Health. Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed approach to help in the aftermath of stressful and potentially traumatic events. PFA is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by these events and help people strengthen short-term and long-term coping strategies during challenging times. Training is free and deadline to sign up is Oct 13th: https://www.academy4cbh.org/courses/3473505/
Volunteer and in-kind donation support:
NYC Service can help direct volunteers to your organization's volunteer opportunities to support people seeking asylum. Register as an organization or log into your organization’s account to post volunteer opportunities and request In-Kind Donations for your programs supported by volunteers at nyc.gov/service
Catering Vendor contract RFP links:
In order to meet the significant and continued resource needs of this population, NYC Health + Hospitals is seeking to contract with catering vendors. This includes, but is not limited to, crafting and delivering 3 culturally competent meals and snacks daily, within the NYC Department of Health’s guidelines (“City’s food guidelines”) on nutrition and food safety; providing storage for food within specifications on a site-by-site basis; providing delicious, low cost food; attending all-hands vendor shift changeover meetings to relay food quantities; conducting food safety checks and ensuring food served is safe to consume during and after meal periods, such as for late-night diners; and providing catering staff during all meal services and, at a smaller staffing model, having catering staff on site 24/7.
Learn more online: https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20230905101
Accessing Childcare and Early Childhood Services:
The Office of Childcare and Early Childhood Education has a user guide for accessing and applying for childcare services, that can be used by city agencies, community-based organizations (CBOs) including shelter operators, prevention agencies, after-school programs, and more.
See attached user guide.
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