QUESTION
How is the NYC Department of Correction addressing service gaps and promoting program participation?
3:07:59
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The NYC Department of Correction is implementing strategies to promote program participation, including advertising and assigning executive directors to lead program teams for improved operations and communication.
- Advertising efforts are being made to encourage program participation.
- Staff members are actively involved on the ground.
- Executive directors have been assigned to facility programs, improving leadership and communication.
- These measures aim at better program operation within the facilities and stronger advertisement of new programming.
- The department now provides programs across all facilities, enhancing accessibility to the provided programs.
Sandy Nurse
3:07:59
I'm just curious about the the service gaps there.
3:08:03
You know, you're saying you're doing the insourcing, but the but the only report of the city is showing that your the programming participation has declined.
3:08:11
You're not engaging at the level they were.
3:08:13
I understand the reasons you identified very clearly, but now an additional 10 months is gonna, you know, go and there are people still there idle with nothing to do, act looking for things.
3:08:25
I understand you have some programming.
3:08:27
But I'm I'm very concerned about that service gap.
3:08:30
What kind of outreach is being done by the department to encourage patient in this program, in the programs that you have right now, in sourced.
Francis Torres
3:08:39
What we do right now,
Sandy Nurse
3:08:41
just how you're getting how are you working to get more people in your program.
Francis Torres
3:08:48
Oh, how do you participate?
3:08:49
Participation.
3:08:50
Well, we actually advertise.
3:08:53
We have staff members on the ground.
3:08:56
Something that we did last year was that we were defined how programs operate within the facilities We actually assign executive directors of facility programs who work directly where our uniform members assigned So these executive directors are now leading the teams assigned to programs within each of their facilities.
3:09:24
Allowing for better communication as well as stronger advertisement every time new programming is brought into their facilities.
Sandy Nurse
3:09:32
Okay.
3:09:33
Thank you.
3:09:36
One of the sorry.
3:09:39
At the time that the contracts were canceled, the providers were offering programs in 6 facilities on Rykers.
3:09:47
And how many facilities are programs currently being provided by DOC program staff?
Francis Torres
3:09:53
In all facilities.
Sandy Nurse
3:09:54
Okay.
3:10:00
Okay.
3:10:00
Thank you.
3:10:01
Oh, sorry.
3:10:03
If possible, it would be great to have a list.
3:10:05
I don't know if you'll be able to do that now of what specific programs are being done by DoC.
3:10:12
Staff and what are the ones that are specifically being done by contracted providers?
Francis Torres
3:10:17
Not to take much of your time.
Sandy Nurse
3:10:19
I know.
Juanita Holmes
3:10:20
You can
Sandy Nurse
3:10:20
just send us a list.
Francis Torres
3:10:21
I will tell you that we will prepare a chart and share it with you.
Sandy Nurse
3:10:24
Thank you.
3:10:27
Okay.