Dream Big Nevada

Deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) scholarship program issued a total of $15,560, in various types of scholarships, to cover the $555.00 application fee to renew daca applications and advanced parole applications. We initiated the hispanic federation fund scholarships for application to keep families together parole in place program. If families were eligible for the program through the requirements, we were able to help them apply, we also hosted four information sessions to inform the community about the launch of the program.

Live nation worldwide and live wire, is a mexican singer alejandro fernandezs donations to the nonprofit mission to help support scholarships for daca renewals and general programming. He donated a large portion of his annual fiesta patrias ticket sales proceeds to the nonprofit organization.

DACA Education Campaign: In 2019 the Supreme Court heard the oral arguments for the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). We were told that the decision for the case would come in 2020. As part of our DACA Education Campaign, we were able to purchase equipment to film videos of our DACA recipients expressing how DACA had changed their lives. We were also able to begin a Facebook Live weekly video, in which we kept our DACA recipients and their families informed about the progression of the Court. On March 3rd, we began to wait for the decision that ultimately came on June 18th, 2020. Once the decision was announced and was in favor of DACA recipients, we were able to quickly inform those who had signed up of what was happening and for a brief period of time some were able to apply for the program. As the decision was contested, in Dec,2020 we were made aware that the decision had been upheld; Again we were able to reach out to to reach out to eligibles.

FAFSA Campaign with UNIDOSUS is where we helped families with US Citizen children obtain information and learn how to apply for FAFSA, WORKSHOPS WERE HOSTED WITH FOLLOW UP FOR INDIVIDUALS, WHO WERE ELIGIBLE. Educators participating in helping students fill out their FAFSA (If eligible). CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FWD.US TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.