Chair Salaam questions OFCP on programs and partnerships
Chair Salaam asks for examples of OFCP's policies and programs. Atif describes working with congregations and nonprofits across all five boroughs, including distributing 30,000 Know Your Rights flyers with MOIA, hosting an interfaith breakfast for 400 faith leaders, and coordinating cooling center partnerships with NYCEM.
OFCP generally works to support policies and programs related to social welfare, public safety, and community engagement.
Could you give us some examples of such policies and programs and the groups OFCP has worked to support?
Thank you for that question.
We work very closely with local congregations, nonprofits across the five boroughs.
We have the capacity to liaise with all communities across ideological spectrums.
It's really important to us that everyone has access to government and that there's proper follow-up.
So we are big tent and welcome anyone who might want to work with us or who needs services.
So we have a policy of come as you are and we will meet our communities where they're at.
Specifically, in terms of programs and partnerships, we want to integrate faith partnerships in every aspect of OMI, as well as this administration.
So to that end, we've worked closely with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs to give out more than 30,000 Know Your Rights flyers on how to protect yourself during interactions with federal agents.
At our first event, which was our interfaith breakfast attended by more than 400 faith leaders, we hosted an information session with faith leaders from 2K child care districts.
the Office of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, to seek their partnership in helping connect families to free, highly
quality early childhood education opportunities in their communities, in collaboration with the Interfaith Center of New York and Union Theological Seminary.
We coordinated a preliminary briefing on the city's racial equity plan with the Mayor's Office of Equity and Racial Justice for faith leaders to give their input on that plan.
We shared New York City Emergency Management's request.
To hundreds of houses of worship to consider serving as cooling centers in moments of heating emergencies.
We have hosted roundtables and meetings with faith partners as part of a listening tour to better understand their issues as well.