CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INC

PRETRIAL SERVICES: PRETRIAL SERVICES CONNECTS NEW YORKERS WITH RESOURCES THAT ENABLE THEM TO MEET LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND REMAIN ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE AWAITING THEIR DAY IN COURT. THE MANHATTAN SUPERVISED RELEASE PROGRAM (MSRP) ADMITS PARTICIPANTS FROM THE MANHATTAN CRIMINAL AND SUPREME COURTS. BY OFFERING COMMUNITY-BASED SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT, MSRP PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO JAIL FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE DETAINED. THE PROGRAM HELPS PARTICIPANTS MAINTAIN HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND CONTINUITY OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES, WHILE ALSO STAYING CONNECTED TO THEIR FAMILIES DURING THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR CRIMINAL CASES. IN FY25, MSRP ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES WITH 6,660 NEW INTAKES, REPRESENTING A 21% INCREASE OVER FY24. A TOTAL OF 7,637 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED ACROSS COMMUNITY OFFICES IN MANHATTAN, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, JAMAICA (QUEENS), AND THE SOUTH BRONX. PRETRIAL SERVICES' KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS DEMONSTRATE STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE OUTCOMES. THERE WERE 4,289 PARTICIPANTS THAT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED PRETRIAL SERVICES SUPERVISION, 84% OF PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED ALL SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCES, AND 95% HAD NO NEW REARREST FOR A VIOLENT FELONY CHARGE. THESE RESULTS UNDERSCORE HOW PRETRIAL SERVICES PROTECTS PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE OFFERING PARTICIPANTS MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY.

MOBILE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: CASES PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND SERIOUS SUBSTANCE USE NEEDS, SUPPORTING THEIR HEALING AND RECOVERY. THIS EXPERTISE IS REFLECTED IN THE WORK OF NINE ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (ACT) TEAMS AND SEVEN INTENSIVE MOBILE TREATMENT (IMT) TEAMS, WHICH DELIVER MOBILE TREATMENT TO CLIENTS WHOSE NEEDS HAVE NOT BEEN MET BY MORE TRADITIONAL SERVICES. THESE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS - COMPRISING PROFESSIONALS IN PSYCHIATRY, NURSING, SOCIAL WORK, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, PEER SUPPORT, AND CASE MANAGEMENT - COLLABORATE TO PROVIDE CARE DIRECTLY IN THE COMMUNITY. BY MEETING CLIENTS WHERE THEY ARE, THE TEAMS HELP ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE. IN FY25, THE ACT AND IMT TEAMS SERVED 835 CLIENTS, DELIVERING 47,771 COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT SERVICES AND 6,391 TELEHEALTH VISITS TO CLIENTS AND THEIR COLLATERAL CONTACTS.THE ACT TEAMS HAVE A DEMONSTRATED IMPACT IN REDUCING HOMELESSNESS. MANY CLIENTS ENTER ACT EXPERIENCING HIGH RATES OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT THROUGH SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT, THE TEAMS CONNECT CLIENTS TO STABLE HOUSING. AS A RESULT, HOMELESSNESS DECLINES SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE TIME OF ADMISSION AND CONTINUES TO DECREASE WITH EACH YEAR THAT CLIENTS REMAIN IN TREATMENT. ONE KEY EXAMPLE IS THE MANHATTAN FORENSIC ACT 1 TEAM, WHERE NEARLY HALF OF CLIENTS WERE HOMELESS AT ADMISSION. THROUGH TARGETED INTERVENTIONS, THE TEAM REDUCED THE HOMELESSNESS RATE TO 32% BY YEAR 2 AND FURTHER TO 28% BY YEAR 3, SHOWING SUSTAINED PROGRESS IN PROMOTING HOUSING STABILITY.