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Serious and Violent Offender Reentry
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Serious and Violent Offender Reentry
Initiative Grantees
New York Department of Correctional Services (Amount: $999,183*)
The New York State Department of Correctional Services will work
with the Division of Criminal Justice Services, the State Division
of Parole, the State Office of Mental Health, the New York City
Mayor’s Office, and the Center for Court Innovation to establish
the Harlem Accountability and Reentry Project (HARP). HARP will
provide reintegration services and enhance supervision to high-risk
parolees ages 17–35 released from Department of Correctional Services’ facilities
who were either convicted of a violent felony offense or are repeat
felons. The HARP project will serve 100–150 parolees annually who
reside within the 23rd, 25th, 28th, and 32nd precincts of Manhattan.
Approximately 60 days prior to release, eligible male inmates will
be transferred to Sing Sing Correctional Facility, while female
inmates will be transferred to a comparable downstate location
convenient to Harlem. Prior to release from custody, HARP case
managers, in partnership with the assigned parole team, will assess
program participants and develop individualized reentry plans.
On the day of release, HARP participants will appear before the
Harlem Reentry Court to formally adopt the reentry plans. Participants
will be required to remain in the program for at least 1 year,
during which time they will receive comprehensive services and
be closely monitored for compliance with their court orders. An
array of sanctions and incentives will be used to respond to participants’ infractions
and achievements.
Local contact: David Aziz, 518–485–5307.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services (Amount:
$1,000,189*)
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services will
target annually 60 male juvenile offenders who are released to
the New York City Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Through
the Back to Your Future Project, the office will partner with various
service agencies to address the challenges of recidivism, substance
abuse, and physical and mental health issues and to support workforce
participation, housing, family reunification, faith-based issues,
and mentoring.
Local contact: Sylvia Rowlands, 518–474–7886.
[Asterisks indicate award amounts that are subject to final
review.]
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Local Organizations & Resources
Alternatives to Violence Project
P.O.
Box 152
Blauvelt, NY 10913
661–886–1076
avp@avpusa.org
avpusa.org
The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is dedicated to reducing
the level of violence in our society by introducing people to conflict
resolution, which lessens their need to resort to violence. AVP
is designed to create successful personal interactions and transform
violent situations. AVP workshops target prisons, communities,
and schools.
Center for Court Innovation
520
Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
212–397–3050
212–397–0985 (fax)
info@courtinnovation.org
www.courtinnovation.org
Located in New York City, the Center for Court Innovation is a
unique, public-private partnership that promotes new thinking about
how courts can solve difficult problems such as addiction, quality-of-life
crime, domestic violence, and child neglect.
Correctional Education
Company
P.O. Box 956
Buffalo, NY 14207
716–871–1900
716–871–1919 (fax)
prisonedu@aol.com
www.prisonedu.com
The Correctional Education Company, established by Errol Craig
Sull in 1990, offers reality-based books, videos, newsletters,
training, and consulting in workforce development; prerelease,
postrelease, and transition phases; and communicative skills for
adult and youthful offenders. This interdisciplinary approach is
dedicated to reducing recidivism by building an awareness of the
relationships between correctional education and chemical dependency
treatment; prisons, families, culture, and communities; and prisons,
news media, politicians, and the legal system.
Developing
Justice in South Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue Committee
Developing Justice Program
141 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718–857–2990
718–857–4322 (fax)
fac@fifthave.org
www.fifthave.org/CriminalJustice/CrimJusticeProgramOverview.htm
The Fifth Avenue Committee’s Developing Justice Program, "Developing
Justice in South Brooklyn," is designed to address criminal
justice issues in the community through a combination of workforce
development, housing opportunities, and leadership training and
organizing. The program provides walk-in support to ex-offenders
who have spent at least 1 year in the criminal justice system.
Through individual case management the program helps individuals
reintegrate into the community by assisting with some of their
most basic needs: affordable housing, meaningful and permanent
employment, and education and skills development.
The Fortune Society
53
West 23rd Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10010
212–691–7554
212–255–4948 (fax)
www.fortunesociety.org
The Fortune Society is a place where individuals who have learned
the skills of surviving in an unsafe environment can feel safe
in a less violent world. The Fortune Society offers volunteer tutors
and employment skills training for former offenders.
Safety-Net
Dawn Snedden, Network
and Operations Manager
Justice Distance Learning Consortium
888–974–6328, ext. 101
dsnedden@safety-net.org
www.safety-net.org
Safety-Net is a distance learning network established by the Justice
Distance Learning Consortium, composed of the Texas Youth Commission,
the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, and
the Florida Department of Corrections. Safety-Net offers its members
a wide variety of services including satellite-delivered, high-quality
video educational programs, professional development for teachers
and administrators, opportunities to communicate and collaborate
with teachers in similar settings across the country, and access
to discussion forums and a range of lesson plans. Through a supplemental
grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the satellite education
technology is available to corrections departments nationwide.
This program is also currently active in Florida and Texas.
If you know of a local organization or resource that should
be added here, please e-mail us at askreentry@ncjrs.org. Be sure to write "Local Organizations & Resources" in
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the organization or resource and include any appropriate contact
information (name of organization or resource, name of contact
person, mailing address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address,
and URL).
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