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Availability of immigration service provider information
3:45:01
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Council Member Rita C. Joseph inquires about the availability and distribution of information on immigration service providers. Commissioner Manuel Castro explains that MOIA maintains and distributes lists of providers to various agencies and the public.
- MOIA has a list of existing providers that is available to city agencies
- An extensive directory of organizations is available on MOIA's website
- The list includes both contracted and non-contracted organizations
Rita C. Joseph
3:45:01
Is those providers listed somewhere that families know where to go to?
3:45:06
Are they also provided to New York City Public School Students or families, immigrant centers?
3:45:12
Because I know this is one of our very case, but from this case we can learn how to better support New York City Public School Students who will face ICE.
Manuel Castro
3:45:19
Yes.
3:45:20
We have a list of our existing providers which again, you know, that will grow and we're working to roll out a new version of that list as more Moya centers are added, But yes, all of our agencies have this list available to them.
3:45:36
We also have an extensive directory on our website that people can can use.
3:45:42
It's a mix of organizations that we contract with and and don't, but that's available to them as well.