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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Nikita Boyce, Budget Policy Coordinator at Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
5:30:42
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Nikita Boyce, representing the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), presented testimony advocating for increased funding for various initiatives supporting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in New York City. She emphasized the need for expanded budgets for key programs to address inequities and provide essential services to AAPI children and families.
- Requested $7.5 million each for the AAPI Community Support Initiative (CSI) and Communities of Color Non-Profit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF), and $4.5 million for the Access Health Initiative
- Highlighted the importance of youth development programs, mental health support, and culturally responsive services for AAPI New Yorkers
- Advocated for improved seating for future hearings
Nikita Boyce
5:30:42
Good afternoon.
5:30:43
My name is Nikita Boyce and I'm the budget policy coordinator at CACF, the coalition for Asian American children and families.
5:30:50
Thank you to the Finance Committee and Chair Stevens for your time.
5:30:54
CACF leads the 18% and growing campaign, a critical and diverse citywide campaign uniting over 90 AAPI led and serving organizations to fight for a fair and equitable budget that protects the needs of our most vulnerable AAPI community members.
5:31:10
The 18% and growing campaign is advocating for expanding the AAPI community support initiative to 7,500,000.0, the communities of color non profit stabilization fund to 7,500,000.0, and the Access Health Initiative to 4,500,000.0 among other key citywide initiatives and investments.
5:31:28
AAPI children and families are in need of vital services to help them navigate life in the city and build futures for themselves.
5:31:35
Citywide initiatives such as AAPI CSI provide community informed social services and programming to address widespread historic inequities that have separated our most vulnerable from social welfare and opportunity.
5:31:48
The organizations under this initiative provide programs that center youth development and leadership building tailored to inspire the next generation of community leaders.
5:31:57
And, it's not the only initiative doing this.
5:31:59
The young women's leadership development initiative, youth peer support pilot, and the children under five initiatives all contribute to making raising a family in this city easier.
5:32:08
For FY '20 '6, CACF and the eighteen percent and growing coalition is advocating for an enhancement of 7,500,000.0 to support critical programming including mental health support, youth programs, racial literacy, hate crimes prevention, gender based violence intervention and prevention, and other culturally responsive services needed to build long term care and healing for AAPI New Yorkers.
5:32:29
We urge you to uplift our priorities and expand them to 7,500,000.0 for AAPI CSI, CCNSF, and Access Health.
5:32:38
And in my last few seconds, I'd also like to advocate for all of the advocates in here for you all to put some money into some new chairs please and thank you.
5:32:48
Thank