QUESTION
Why was the Impact program canceled, and what services are affected?
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3 min
The Impact program was canceled because it was never utilized, lacked awareness among deputy commissioners, had no clients, yet incurred $300,000 in administrative fees for staffing without getting off the ground.
- The program was intended to target youth but had no actual clients and never became operational.
- Despite staffing efforts, the program's implementation was halted, leading to a financial loss in administrative costs.
- There is ambiguity regarding who was responsible for the program's delay, with indications pointing towards the provider rather than the NYC Department of Probation.
- Comparatively, the program was to serve 175 youth, significantly more than the 36 youth served by the Mobile Adolescent Portable Therapy (MAT) program, raising concerns about service capacity.
- The NYC Department of Probation expresses openness to revisiting the program, with further clarity needed on the specific reasons for its delay or cancellation.
Sandy Nurse
0:38:43
Regarding the impact program cancellation, can you break down a little bit of the reasoning behind canceling the program and which specific service types will be affected?
Juanita Holmes
0:38:54
Right.
0:38:54
So coming in, that the program that was canceled when we tabled it it was never used.
0:39:00
As a matter of fact, deputy commissioner of adult operations wasn't aware of it.
0:39:04
The deputy commissioner of juvenile operations wasn't aware of it.
0:39:08
That was supposed to be design of built out, I think, to touch the youth part.
0:39:12
They didn't have any clients.
0:39:13
They did have staffing that they put in place, but they were it never got off the ground up and running.
0:39:19
So therefore, that particular vendor.
0:39:24
We I think we're in the process of paying them for administrative fees $300,000 because they did kind of put some staffing in place.
0:39:33
But however, they didn't have clients for the program, so it never got up and running.
0:39:37
So that's what was brought to my attention.
0:39:38
But in addition, We, the same vendor, has an impact program currently that we use both for young people and adult and Matt Grannoff, you wanna speak to that?
Sandy Nurse
0:39:51
So you're saying that the program the program had staffing, but who who was can you just kind of name who was delaying it?
0:39:59
Was the administration delaying it, or was it the provider?
Juanita Holmes
0:40:02
I think I I really don't know because when I came in, it wasn't up and running.
0:40:07
Was it was it DOP?
0:40:11
The provider?
0:40:12
The provider.
0:40:13
Oh, the provider.
0:40:14
The provider.
Sandy Nurse
0:40:15
So the you're saying the provider was delaying the
Juanita Holmes
0:40:17
That's what the yeah.
0:40:18
That's what we've talked about.
0:40:19
But they they're still part of us because we have the mobile what is it called?
0:40:24
Adolescent therapy.
0:40:25
That addresses Juvenile's an adult.
0:40:27
This was some sort of expansion of what they proposed expansion of what was in place.
0:40:33
And we can revisit it.
Lincoln Restler
0:40:34
Okay?
0:40:35
Because
Juanita Holmes
0:40:35
I I don't have a problem revisiting it, but at the time, they said that the provider was delayed the provider was delaying it.
0:40:41
So I didn't understand why it was that it was just
Sandy Nurse
0:40:44
we've we've earned the opposite, but so how many people does Matt serve versus what the impact program was scheduled to serve?
Juanita Holmes
0:40:52
Does what serve?
Sandy Nurse
0:40:53
The m a MAT.
UNKNOWN
0:40:55
The mobile
Althea Stevens
0:40:55
mobile adolescents
Sandy Nurse
0:40:56
are still learning all the acronyms mobile adolescent portable therapy program.
0:41:03
How many individuals does that program serve versus what impact was scheduled to serve?
Matthew Granoff
0:41:10
I I don't know about the impact number.
Juanita Holmes
0:41:12
So there was I don't think I don't know if that program had a number scheduled to serve the impact.
0:41:18
I didn't see what.
Sandy Nurse
0:41:20
So I believe in prior testimony, impact was scheduled to serve a 175 youth, and the MAT program is scheduling 30 is is serving 36 youth.
0:41:31
This is what was testified before.
Juanita Holmes
0:41:33
Alright.
0:41:33
So a 175, but I know that the mobile analytics serve several adult population and young people.
0:41:40
So who are the calls is provided with the service.
0:41:43
But that particular program that I was briefed on when I came in, the impact I was told that the provider was delaying it and that it never got up and running.
0:41:54
That's what I
Sandy Nurse
0:41:55
Well, I guess in the follow-up, it'd be great to get the numbers.
0:41:59
And more clarity on what exactly were the reasons for the delays.
0:42:03
If if, you know, because we were under under the impression that it was your decision to delay the program.
0:42:09
No.
0:42:09
So if you're saying it's not, it would be great to hear what exactly transpired because it seems like they were scheduled to really serve quite more people than the MAT program.
Akiana Smith
0:42:22
Okay.