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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Reentry programs for successful community return
3:10:37
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Deanna Logan details MOCJ's reentry programs, which provide pathways for New Yorkers to successfully return home from incarceration.
- Allocates $26 million annually to reentry initiatives
- Includes discharge planning, employment support, and comprehensive post-release services
- Aims to address challenges faced by individuals with criminal records, such as finding housing, jobs, and healthcare
Deanna Logan
3:10:37
Our core programs that start off with reentry programs providing meaningful pathways for New Yorkers to successfully return home from incarceration is essential for the benefit of both the individual and the neighborhoods that they call home.
3:10:56
Individuals with criminal records often face immense challenges, finding housing, stable job, access to medical care, continuing their education, and just being supported in their humanity as people and citizens.
3:11:14
Our programs help bridge those gaps.
3:11:18
We allocate $26,000,000 a year to reentry initiatives that include discharge planning while people are still on Rikers and in prison.
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Employment support and comprehensive services after release to help stabilize life for justice involved persons and their families.