Allocate $1 million from budget surplus for immigrant legal services and rights education
In Plain English
Richmond has unspent money from this year's budget. If approved, the city uses $1 million of surplus funds to help immigrants get legal representation and learn their constitutional rights. The city hires a nonprofit organization to distribute grants to legal aid groups serving Richmond immigrants.
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To direct staff to allocate up to $1,000,000 from Fiscal Year 2023-24 unspent funds for immigrant legal services and a public awareness campaign for immigrants in Richmond to know their constitutional rights and issue a Request for Proposal to select a fiscal sponsor to distribute the allocated funds to nonprofit organizations that will provide such services. In addition, to direct staff to return to council on April 15, 2025, with the awarded recommendation and also allocate $10,000 of the $1,000,000 to provide free municipal IDs to residents
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- Sonia DeckerEmail
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