Good Monday friends! Today in La Voz con Mariel Fiori is a day of business and well-being. I spoke with Kevin O'Connor, CEO of RUPCO, a housing organization that received the Leadership Award from the Green Building Council, USCBG. O'Connor spoke about the organization's ongoing projects to achieve affordable and sustainable housing for all. Applications are open for apartment rentals in Newburgh, Kingston, and other Hudson Valley cities. Interested, please visit their website. There is also help paying rent, call (845) 331-2140 for more information.
Verónica Bazán, Director of Programs in Spanish with WEDC, the Development Center for Women Entrepreneurs, told us about the organization's news and invited us to the next programs: the virtual workshop Path to Entrepreneurship, on Thursday, August 19, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, or Wednesday, September 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm; and the Business Training Program, an intensive course by Zoom that begins September 15 from 6pm to 9pm, Wednesdays through January 2022. For more information about the workshops, please contact Brianna Castro at (845) 363-6432 or by email at bcastro @ wedcbiz.org.
In addition, Irma Treviño, a spokeswoman for the tax office, IRS, spoke of the monthly payments of the child tax credit that began on July 15. Has the $300 already been deposited?