If you move to the city of Topeka, located in the state of Kansas, you can receive up to $15,000 and get a job at a local company associated with the program.
A city in the United States gives economic incentives to Argentines who want to emigrate. This is the city of Topeka, located in the state of Kansaswhich wants to increase its population and that is why it has been offering economic incentives to attract new residents and workers, including Latino families and immigrants, which includes Argentines who want to leave the country due to economic problems.
Under the incentive program, known as Choose Topeka, People like Erick Bovell can receive up to $15,000 if they rent or buy homes in the city and are employees of local businesses that partner with the programwith a required minimum salary of $50,000 per year.
The program is funded equally by the city and participating businesses, many of which are recruiting Hispanic workers, said Sean Dixon, president of Visit Topeka. “I love the city. It is a quiet city, without traffic”Bovell told Noticas Telemundo in Spanish.
The Choose Topeka program was launched in 2019 to support employers and promote economic development. “We are a city that depends on immigrant, Hispanic or Latino labor,” he told Noticias Telemundo in Spanish by Topeka’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion, Ernesto de la Rosa.
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The program has helped bring nearly 100 people and families to Topeka, NBC affiliate KSNT reported in February. It recently expanded to support veterans, recent Washburn University graduates and “boomerang” residents looking to return to the city.
The city also has an incentive program for people looking to start and grow their small businesses, offering grants to owners and new businesses to improve their financial performance and business sustainability or enter new markets. In some cases, grants can cover up to 50% of the expenses to start a new business, said Israel Sánchez, director of capital and business development for GO Topeka.
The population of Shawnee County, where Topeka is located, increased by 2,265 residents from 2021 to 2022, the largest and fastest population growth Topeka has had in a decade. The county’s population has also become younger and more diverse, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The county’s nonwhite population grew nearly 7%, driven by increases in new Hispanic residents, and its median age decreased by nearly two years, to about 38.
Hispanics are the second largest ethnic group in Topeka, with about 20,000 Latino residents. The total population of Topeka is almost 127,000 according to the city.
Choose Topeka: what are the requirements to receive financial incentives
Applicants must move to Topeka and be permitted to work in the U.S., which means incentives are not available to undocumented immigrants. Bovell, a Venezuelan immigrant who moved to Topeka two years ago, said he received a $10,000 incentive after the city received proof that he had purchased a home.
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