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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $850,000 FOR NEW BRIDGES FOR HAITIAN

SUCCESS

     

     Introduced By: Representative David P. Morales

     Date Introduced: May 16, 2025

     Referred To: House Finance

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     WHEREAS, New Bridges for Haitian Success, located in Providence, Rhode Island is a

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nonprofit 501(c)(3), founded by Bernard Georges in 2013, with the primary focus of supporting

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Haitians navigating their way through a new life in Rhode Island; and

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     WHEREAS, New Bridges for Haitian Success works tirelessly to give voice to the

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concerns, fears, hopes, needs and frustrations of the Haitian community and to build bridges with

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our elected leaders and the wider community to better serve the needs of the Haitian community;

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and

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     WHEREAS, New Bridges for Haitian Success focuses on providing core services to the

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Haitian community in Rhode Island, to include assisting in navigating the complexities and

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challenges of the American immigration system, and providing guidance in how to answer

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questions regarding one’s immigration status, assisting clients in their quest for basic human

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needs which include access to health care, housing, employment, and food assistance, and by

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providing adult education programs to help Haitians transition from their native French, Haitian-

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Creole language to English; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2025-2026, the sum of eight hundred fifty thousand

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dollars ($850,000) for New Bridges for Haitian Success for the purpose of residential property

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acquisition for transitional housing to support immigrants with temporary protected status (TPS)

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and asylum status; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw their orders

 

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upon the general treasurer for payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to

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time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $850,000 FOR NEW BRIDGES FOR HAITIAN

SUCCESS

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     This resolution authorizes the appropriation of $850,000 for New Bridges for Haitian

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Success for the purpose of residential property acquisition for transitional housing to support

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immigrants with temporary protected status (TPS) and asylum status.

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