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Request for list of providers affected by budget cuts
2:05:12
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Council Member Sandy Nurse requested a list of providers affected by budget cuts, which Director Deanna Logan partially provided verbally. The council member emphasized the need for more detailed information on the impact of these cuts.
- MOCJ was asked to provide a full list of affected providers
- Some providers mentioned include Fortune, Osborne, Center for Community Alternatives, and others
- Council member requested information on how cuts will affect providers' ability to serve people and maintain staff
- The council emphasized the importance of guaranteed funding for service providers
Sandy Nurse
2:05:12
So at the preliminary budget hearing, you all promised to give us a list of providers who would be affected by those cuts.
2:05:20
Do you have a list today for us?
Deanna Logan
2:05:23
Those would be our reentry as well as ATI providers.
2:05:30
Yes, do you have the list?
2:05:32
I can tell you who the providers are, But we can send you a full list of those providers I thought we had.
2:05:49
On our reentry side, we would have Fortune, Osborne, all of our reentry network, Center for Community Alternatives, Fedcap, Housing Works, Staten Island Justice Center, Urban Youth, Bronx Connect, Women's Prisons Association, Youth Justice Network, John Jay Institute for Justice Opportunities would be some of the providers.
2:06:19
Okay.
Sandy Nurse
2:06:20
It would be helpful if you could provide the full list and how exactly we expect these cuts to affect them.
2:06:27
Is it in terms of a reduction in the number of people they're able to serve?
2:06:31
Are they gonna have to fire staff?
2:06:32
Are they not gonna be able to hire staff because now they're looking at begging for funds to fulfill their programs?
2:06:39
So I know that you probably want to have more funding for these programs, but it just feels like we're not making progress if we're stuck in the cycle of not having service providers know that they have guaranteed funding to do the work that they need to do.
2:06:57
So if you could get you know there's enough people here maybe you could get someone to get a list for us today, that would be extremely really helpful.
2:07:08
I'm gonna open it up to some members for questions to Mach J, and I also want to acknowledge council member Ressler.
2:07:13
Great.