VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: CENTERS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDES THE WORK OF VERA'S CENTERS: IMMIGRATION AND JUSTICE, SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS, VICTIMIZATION AND SAFETY, AND YOUTH JUSTICE. THE WORK FOCUS OF EACH AREA IS AS FOLLOWS:IMMIGRATION AND JUSTICE INCREASING IMMIGRANTS' ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES AND IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. MAJOR INITIATIVE INCLUDES SAFE CITIES NETWORK, WHICH SEEKS TO BRING DIRECT LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO IMMIGRATION COMMUNITIES IN JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING BALANCED, FAIR AND HUMANE SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS POLICIES TO REDUCE USE OF INCARCERATION; TRANSFORM INCARCERATION TO BE REHABILITATIVE, RATHER THAN PUNITIVE; AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PRISONS. MAJOR INITIATIVES INCLUDE IN OUR BACKYARDS (REDUCING USE OF JAILS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES) AND UNLOCKING POTENTIAL (EXPANDING ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO THOSE IN PRISON). IN ADDITION, VERA IS HELPING CITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THE COUNTRY END THEIR OVERRELIANCE ON JAILS AND CREATE NEW PATHWAYS TO COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HEALTH THAT PRIORITIZE RACIAL EQUITY AND REPAIRING HARM CAUSED BY MASS INCARCERATION. VERA WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO STUDY JAIL USE AND JAIL POPULATION TRENDS AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFELY DECARCERATING WHILE CREATING FAIRER AND MORE EFFECTIVE LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. VICTIMIZATION AND SAFETY WORKS WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, PARTICULARLY IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.YOUTH JUSTICE WORKS WITH POLICYMAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO PRIORITIZE JUVENILE JUSTICE IN COMMUNITIES. MAJOR INITIATIVES INCLUDE RESTORING PROMISE (TRANSFORMING CONDITIONS OF JAILS AND PRISONS FOR YOUNG ADULTS); AND ENDING GIRLS' INCARCERATION (END GIRLS' INCARCERATION IN U.S. WITHIN 10 YEARS).EMBEDDED IN AND WORKING IN ALL THESE AREAS INCLUDES VERA'S RESEARCH FUNCTION, WHICH ENTAILS USING DATA TO INFORM POLICY AND DRIVE CHANGE IN EACH OF THESE AREAS.OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE GREATER JUSTICE NEW YORK (VERA'S EFFORTS TO REFORM USE OF CASH BAIL), IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF JUSTICE IN NEW ORLEANS, SHRINKING THE FOOTPRINT OF AMERICA'S POLICING AND ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY, AND CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY IN PROSECUTION.

DEMONSTRATION PROJECT INCLUDES VERA'S PROJECT GUARDIANSHIP, WHICH SERVES AS COURT-APPOINTED AGENCY GUARDIANS TO ELDERLY OR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WHO LACK FAMILY OR OTHER SUPPORT NETWORKS.ON NOVEMBER 1, 2020, PROJECT GUARDIANSHIP, A VERA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, WAS SPUN OFF AS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY.

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