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ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUTH
The goal of the Alternatives for Youth program is to provide immediate, short term crisis intervention and family support services to families seeking PINS (Person in Need of Supervision) services due to adolescent behavior problems in the home.
ANGER
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The purpose of the Anger Management Program is
to promote responsible behavior in individuals arrested for
crimes precipitated by anger. Used as a sentencing alternative
by the Courts, the Anger Management Program offers intervention
with individuals who have responded with excessive aggression
resulting in conflict-related offenses. The program serves
the courts in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.
BABY
ANGELICA CHILDREN'S CENTER Nassau
County District Court
The Baby Angelica Children's Center serves as a child care
facility for up to 10 children at a time who must be in court
for matters involving them or their caregivers. The Center
was named the Baby Angelica Children's Center in memory of
a deceased infant found abandoned at the Court.
BRONX HOMELESS INITIATIVE
The goal of the Bronx Homeless Initiative is to secure housing for mentally ill substance-abusing offenders participating in the Bronx Mental Health Court. Court participants face a myriad of challenges—poverty, mental illness, limited education, poor vocational skills and criminal records.
BRONX JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM
The goal of the Bronx Jail Diversion Program is to provide an alternative to jail for up to 50 misdemeanor defendants annually through the Bronx Mental Health Court. Program participants are diagnosed as seriously and persistently mentally ill and have co-occurring substance abuse histories.
BRONX TASC MENTAL HEALTH COURT PROGRAM
The court supervises treatment alternatives to incarceration for certain defendants with serious mental illnesses.
BROOKLYN
ADOLESCENT LINK PROGRAM
The Brooklyn Adolescent Link Program
was funded for operation in July, 2000 and is intended to
link seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents returning
to the Brooklyn community from the NYC Juvenile/ Criminal
Justice System into services to insure that they achieve their
optimum level of function and avoid hospitalization and/or
re-incarceration.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE TASC
The Brooklyn Bridge TASC Program is an alternative-to-incarceration
operating in Kings County Criminal Court for jail bound non-violent
misdemeanant offenders and MICA-classified offenders whose
substance abuse is related to their criminal activity. Brooklyn
Bridge TASC also works with offenders charged in Criminal
Court with domestic violence. TASC diverts these offenders
out of the criminal justice system and into the drug treatment
and mental health systems in cases where the defendant is
facing local incarceration as a result of the commission of
a crime.
BROOKLYN FORENSIC
LINK PROGRAM
The Brooklyn Forensic Link Program
has been operational since 1999 and is funded to link seriously
mentally ill offenders returning to the Brooklyn community
from the NYC Correctional system into services to insure that
they achieve their optimum level of function and avoid hospitalization
and/or re-incarceration.
CITIZENSHIP
INITIATIVE PROJECT
The EAC Citizenship Initiative Project assists legal resident
non-citizens in obtaining citizenship status. Program services
include help with completing and filing the necessary documents
for naturalization, assistance in locating English Language
classes and referrals for legal support as needed. The EAC
Citizenship Initiative Project began in February of 1998.
CHANCE
TO ADVANCE PROGRAM
The Chance To Advance Program targets adolescent foster children ages 6 to 21 and provides enrichment programs that develop the children’s educational, artistic, athletic and cultural talents. In addition, the program offers support to college bound youth. Chance To Advance provides mentors to act as a friend and a liaison to many of these children. They meet with a child on a regular basis to discuss their interests and future goals, and through these meetings recommendations are made for appropriate extracurricular activities, as well as college and vocational coaching.
COMMUNITY
MEDIATION CENTER
The Community Mediation Center (CMC) provides alternative
dispute resolution services to residents of Suffolk County.
CMC has been in operation since 1977. Starting as a center
to resolve community complaints, the program has expanded
to assist over 3,000 clients annually.
COURT
APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAMS
The Long Island Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs
provide the court with trained volunteers who investigate,
monitor and report to the court on the status of individual
children in foster care. Assigned by a Family Court Judge,
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers represent
"the best interests of a child" and work to ensure
that children receive the services they need with a goal of
achieving a permanent home for the children to whom they are
assigned. EAC's CASA programs have been in operation since
1987.
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