CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INC
151 LAWRENCE STREET NO 3RD FL, BROOKLYN, NY 11201 www.cases.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CASES' MISSION IS TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH INNOVATIVE SERVICES THAT REDUCE CRIME AND INCARCERATION, IMPROVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PROMOTE RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMMUNITY.

COURT PROGRAMS: CASES SERVED MORE THAN 4,500 INDIVIDUALS IN FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THE COURT PROGRAMS MADE 2,100 SERVICE REFERRALS ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS TO ACCESS EMPLOYMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION SERVICES. THE CASES NEWSTART PROGRAM PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION/ALTERNATIVE SANCTION PRIMARILY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A HISTORY OF FREQUENT LOW-LEVEL/MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT, MANY OF WHOM ARE HOMELESS AND HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING MENTAL ILLNESS. NEWSTART PROVIDES ASSESSMENTS AND INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAMMING INCLUDING COUNSELING, COMMUNITY SERVICE, DISCHARGE PLANNING, AND LINKAGES TO SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE MANHATTAN COURT-BASED INTERVENTION AND RESOURCE TEAM (CIRT) WAS LAUNCHED IN 2014 TO PROVIDE DIVERSION FROM THE CITY'S JAIL (RIKERS ISLAND) FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DETENTION (ATD) OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION (ATI). ON JUNE 30, 2020, CIRT COMPLETED ITS OPERATIONS AND TRANSITIONED TO A NEW PROGRAM THE NATHANIEL COMMUNITY SUCCESS (NCS). NCS IS BASED ON A TEAM-BASED MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX NEEDS OF CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM INVOLVED PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. 611 PARTICIPANTS WERE ADMITTED AND SERVED IN THE CIRT PROGRAM DURING 2014-2020. THE PROGRAM PERFORMED WITH 54 PERCENT OF CIRT PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE COURT-ORDERED MANDATES. OVERALL, THE AGE GROUPS 46 TO 59 AND THOSE AGED 60 AND OLDER WERE MORE LIKELY TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM WITH SUCCESSFUL EXIT RATES OF 68 PERCENT AND 69 PERCENT, RESPECTIVELY. THE SUPERVISED RELEASE PROGRAM (SRP) PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO MONETARY BAIL AND PRETRIAL DETENTION FOR INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED FOR MISDEMEANOR AND NON-VIOLENT FELONY CRIMES. SRP INCLUDES COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, COURT REPORTING, AND REFERRALS TO ONGOING SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. IN FY20, SRP SERVICES WERE EXPANDED AND THE PROGRAM ADMITTED 2417 PARTICIPANTS. THE MANHATTAN MENTAL HEALTH COURT PROGRAM PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS INVOLVED IN THE MANHATTAN MENTAL HEALTH COURT. IN FY20, AN AVERAGE 60% OF PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED COURT SUPERVISION AND HAD THEIR LEGAL CASES SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (BHS): THE CASES BHS SERVED NEARLY 500 PARTICIPANTS IN FY20 IN NINE PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE NATHANIEL ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (NACT) TEAM, AN ALTERNATIVE-TO-INCARCERATION PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE FACE JAIL OR PRISON AS THE RESULT OF FELONY CONVICTIONS. THE BHS ALSO INCLUDED THE MANHATTAN ACT, BROOKLYN ACT, THREE FORENSIC ACT TEAMS (FACT) AND INTENSIVE MOBILE TREATMENT (IMT) TEAMS. THE CASES FACT TEAMS ARE STATE-LICENSED PROGRAMS THAT WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, PROVIDING INTENSIVE, MOBILE SERVICES TO CLIENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITY SETTINGS INCLUDING COUNSELING, NURSING, PSYCHIATRY, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND AS NEEDED PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION AND PEER SUPPORTS AND CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM NAVIGATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH OPEN LEGAL CASES AND THOSE SUBJECT TO PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPERVISION. OUR INTENSIVE MOBILE TREATMENT (IMT) TEAMS ALSO PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT, PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION, AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SERIOUS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS AND A HISTORY OF SIGNIFICANT DYSFUNCTION IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CASES HEALTH HOME PLUS CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPLETED ITS SECOND YEAR OF SERVICES DELIVERING CARE COORDINATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES PRIMARILY SERVING INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. IN FY20, SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES WERE SERVED IN F/ACT AND IMT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR AN AVERAGE OF 2.1 YEARS. THE BHS TREATMENT STAFF MADE MORE THAN 16,500 COMMUNITY TREATMENT VISITS AND OVER 7,300 TELEHEALTH VISITS WITH OUR CLIENTS AND/OR COLLATERAL CONTACTS. OVER THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, 95% OF NACT GRADUATES HAD NO NEW FELONY CONVICTION IN THE TWO YEARS AFTER EXITING NACTA SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION GIVEN THAT ALL NACT CLIENTS ENTER THE PROGRAM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FELONY INCARCERATION.

EDUCATION, CAREER & ENRICHMENT SVS: CASES SERVED MORE THAN 900 INDIVIDUALS IN FY20 IN NINE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING 1) THE COURT EMPLOYMENT PROJECT, AN ALTERNATIVE-TO-INCARCERATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGE 15-24 OTHERWISE FACING JAIL OR PRISON AS THE RESULT OF CHARGES IN THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, OR QUEENS, 2) CHOICES, AN ALTERNATIVE-TO-DETENTION PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGE 12-16 WITH CASES PENDING IN FAMILY COURT; 3) PEAK, A PROGRAM FOR FAMILY COURT-INVOLVED YOUTH AGE 17 AND UNDER ON PROBATIONBOTH CHOICES AND PEAK PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING, EMPLOYMENT-READINESS, PROSOCIAL, AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES; 4) CONEY ISLAND TRAINING AND EDUCATION; 5) HARLEM PLUS; AND 6) JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES NEW YORK (JAG NY)THESE LATTER FIVE ARE VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY (HSE) PREPARATORY INSTRUCTION AND TESTING, CASE MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT-READINESS SERVICES, INTERNSHIPS, JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, AND/OR COLLEGE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CURRENT OR RECENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE ALSO PROVIDE A NEXT STEPS MENTORING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN, A SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, AND ADOLESCENT PORTABLE THERAPY (APT), THE LATTER PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY SERVICES IN A CLIENT'S HOME OR IN THE COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLES' FAMILIES IN TREATMENT TO PROMOTE BEHAVIORAL GOALS INCLUDING ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS, AVOIDING SUBSTANCE USE, IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE, STRENGTHENING FAMILY FUNCTIONING, AND REDUCING RECIDIVISM. DURING FY20, ON AVERAGE MORE THAN 62% OF YOUTH PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR CASES PROGRAM, WITH NEARLY 300 YOUTH PLACED IN SUBSIDIZED SUMMER JOBS, 28 PLACED IN UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT, AND 12 EARNING THEIR HSE DIPLOMA AT CASES.

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