A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, as well as a bird’s-eye-view of all the work we’ve done in the past year.

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, from gathering researchers, practitioners, and advocates for the first-ever SJC Research Symposium to debuting our work supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

After large-scale law enforcement intervention in 2014 left the community disrupted and traumatized, the West Harlem Community Reentry and Restoration Project (WHCRRP) sought to support the people directly impacted as well as the community at large.

The following is an op-ed originally published in City Limits, and is based on our report that uncovers the reasons for the underrepresentation of BIPOC communities in the helping professions, with the goal of developing recommendations for investments designed to address those reasons.

An evaluation team at the Center for Complex Trauma is using a community-based participatory research approach to understand how the Center for Trauma Innovation in East Harlem implemented a unique trauma-informed program.

In East Harlem, the Center for Trauma Innovation is supporting the healing journeys of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system with unique strategies to build relationships, provide innovative services, and respond to community needs.  

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this summer: debuting work across the country, from an innovative model for community investment in New York City to prosecutorial dashboards in Washington State; kicking off a Grassroots Policy Incubator to bring local leaders to the table; and going north of the border to optimize state governments in Canada.

Participatory research gives community stakeholders a voice in evaluating the programs designed to support them. It creates partnerships between them and evaluation staff to understand program implementation processes, identify challenges, and propose recommendations.  

Initial funding for restorative justice programs is part of $16.5 million multiyear initiative.

Based in Brooklyn, Drive Change is connecting system-involved young people with career pathways in the food industry, while also seeking to change how that industry operates, representing a step forward and a model for the field.

College and Community Fellowship’s (CCF) Build-Out of Students Services (BOSS) project provided formerly incarcerated women in New York City with educational and employment services to help them overcome financial and, for some, caregiving obstacles.