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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Survivor Services Bureau expansion and impact
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Alvin Bragg highlights the expansion and impact of the Manhattan DA's office's Survivor Services Bureau (SSB), emphasizing its role in supporting victims and witnesses.
- The SSB was revamped and expanded with additional funding from the City Council
- The bureau's staff has nearly doubled, with a clear mandate from Bragg
- SSB trauma experts are now key members of prosecution teams for cases involving victims
- The bureau provides early, consistent, and trauma-informed engagement with survivors and their families
- Services help survivors access needed support to rebuild their lives and navigate the court system
- The expansion of SSB is central to the DA's strategy for advancing public safety by addressing the trauma of crime victims and witnesses
Alvin Bragg
5:20:21
My last section, and in some ways, as D.
5:20:25
A.
5:20:25
Clark said and highlighted, the heartbeat of our work supporting victims, and then I'll get to my new asks.
5:20:34
Last year, with the support of additional funding from from this body, we revamped and expanded the services provided to survivors and witnesses.
5:20:42
With nearly double the staff and a clear mandate from me, the Survivor Services Bureau, SSB, is central to our strategy for advancing public safety by addressing the trauma of crime victims and witnesses.
5:20:55
SSB trauma experts are now key members of the prosecution teams to take on cases involving victims along with ADAs, investigators, analysts, paralegals.
5:21:06
Their early consistent and trauma informed engagement with survivors and their families helps ensure them access to the services they need to rebuild their lives while helping them navigate New York's complex court system.
5:21:21
So I'm grateful for all the prior support.
5:21:23
Like my colleagues, I do have NewASC, and they're based really in in in personnel, some additional personnel that would be extraordinarily helpful in in three ways.