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Neighborhood Navigators and court-based navigator programs
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Alvin Bragg discusses the Manhattan DA's office's Neighborhood Navigators initiative and a similar court-based program, both aimed at providing support and services to individuals in need.
- The office invested $6,000,000 of asset forfeiture funds into the Neighborhood Navigators initiative with partners at the Bridge
- Navigators operate in high-needs areas across Manhattan, building rapport with individuals on the street
- They connect people with services including housing, social service benefits, detox, and mental health treatment
- A similar court-based initiative involves a $3,000,000 investment with the Fortune Society
- Court-based navigators work in arraignment parts, offering services and providing transitional housing
- Both programs aim to reduce recidivism and stabilize individuals to advance public safety
Alvin Bragg
5:19:09
So we're encouraged by that work.
5:19:12
Working alongside many of our hubs, we've also continued to see the benefits from the $6,000,000 of asset forfeiture funds we invested into our Neighborhood Navigators initiative with our partners at the Bridge.
5:19:25
These navigators are currently operating in several high needs areas across Manhattan.
5:19:29
They build rapport with individuals on the street, including those who are unhoused or maybe struggling with substance use by addressing immediate needs.
5:19:36
They didn't connect them with longer term services including housing, social service benefits, detox, and mental health treatment.
5:19:44
We have a similar court based initiative.
5:19:47
I noticed our colleague from the Fortune Society here today, I wanted to acknowledge their work.
5:19:53
A $3,000,000 investment doing very similar work, but based in our arraignment parts.
5:19:58
Right in our courthouses, court based navigators bring their own lived experience to the same type of relationship building work, approaching individuals, offering them services, and perhaps most transformational, going straight from the arraignment part in fortune vehicle to transitional housing to stabilize people and advance public safety.
5:20:17
We know this is reducing recidivism.