Your Coming Home virtual bid ~ supports re-entry -~ and our supportive living spaces that provide a sense of community for families, help people practice regaining their independence and gives so much support for that journey!

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The seven-story building will have space for up to 140 residents

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Don't miss photographer Sara Bennett's opening of her INSIDE AND OUT: Women With Life Sentences, with some of the women she photographed, opening exhibition on May 4th at The Capa Space in Yorktown Heights!

Mental Health courts get $12 million funding boost, to build 200 new beds at state-operated psychiatric facilities, forensic beds for providing assessments and treatments for individuals involved in the criminal legal system. Read more Queens Daily Eagle Mental Health Awareness Month

A6058B sponsor Michaelle C. Solages this legislative session ~
Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration

Congratulations, Osborne Association on your ribbon cutting and opening of your Fulton Community Reentry Center!

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services Unveils New Mural by Dindga Mccannon at Reentry Center on Rikers Island bit.ly/3xFh1Jj NYC Health + Hospitals

ICYMI ~ Eddie Gibbs sponsors bill A9115 thecity.nyc/2024/03/05/gat… to stem the prison-to-shelter tide.

80% of the women and gender-expansive people on Rikers Island have mental health concerns. Tell Mayor Adams that we need more treatment beds--not jail beds! #BEYONDrosies #carenotcriminalization #MentalHealthProject #WhataboutHER #HealthcareIsahumanright #WomensHistoryMonth

Today, Vital City is proud to release a special online issue on New York's jail population and how good public policy can bring it down while keeping the city safe. Please give it a look! vitalcitynyc.org/issues/how-man…

I’m excited to co-sponsor an upcoming roundtable with the Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus members to discuss the Marsha and Sylvia Plan. The event will be on Monday, March 18 from 6-8 p.m. at the Queens Center for Gay Seniors.

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S3103C Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with mental health issues related to the trauma of incarceration upon reentry and reintegration into society upon release. Sponsor Jabari Brisport

As a member of the NYS Assembly Correction Committee, I support responsible parole reform legislation. I joined with Westchester and Rockland colleagues at a rally yesterday in support of two commonsense bills that I am cosponsoring. Full post: tinyurl.com/4ux5kpyh

Let's support financial stability for those returning from incarceration! Join us in advocating for reform to gate money in New York at gatemoney.org. Together, we can improve the prosperity and safety of our communities! #RaiseTheGate