Special Projects
NEDAP has launched a new initiative to help NYC veterans, active service members and their family members who are struggling with student loan debt and legal problems associated with sham trade and for-profit schools they attended. Working in partnership with South Brooklyn Legal Services (SBLS), NEDAP is providing free training and Know-Your-Rights workshops to veterans organizations and their members on student loan issues. Through its new Veterans Justice Student Loan Hotline, SBLS is providing free legal advice to veterans, active service members and their family members.
Many for-profit schools aggressively target veterans for their GI Bill benefits, promising them quality education and vocational training, as well as job placement and career opportunities. The education, however, is frequently sub-par and veterans are often left saddled with insurmountable debt.
NYC Veterans and their families are encouraged to contact SBLS' Veterans Justice Student Loan Hotline at 718-237-5564. Please contact NEDAP at 212-680-5100 for more information or to request a Know-Your-Rights workshop on student loan issues for veterans and their families. For an outreach flyer in English and Spanish, click here.
In Fall 2008, NEDAP launched the NYC Foreclosure Prevention Gap Loan Program. The program makes low interest loans up to $25,000 to low income NYC homeowners facing foreclosure, and is designed to complement other foreclosure prevention initiatives in NYC. To apply, a homeowner must be working with a foreclosure prevention counselor, attorney or other advocate. Click here for more information about the program and how to apply.
NEDAP works closely with key ally organizations from across the country -- California Reinvestment Coalition, Community Reinvestment Alliance of NC, and Woodstock Institute -- to carry out its financial justice campaigns.
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| NEDAP staff members with allies from CRC, CRA-NC and Woodstock Institute, in 2009 |
In June 2005, NEDAP was the lead organizer of a national conference on microenterprise as a tool for youth violence prevention. The event brought together
groups from around the country for a two-day gathering on youth microenterprise as a tool for social justice, including: Homeboy Industries, Youth Biz, People's Grocery, Homeboyz Interactive, Added Value, and From Streets to Skills. The groups met for two days of working sessions, followed by a public panel highlighting youth microenterprise organizations.
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Participants at Microenterprise as a Tool for Youth Violence Prevention Conference |
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