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[From Our Partners] Expanding Supervised Release in New York City: An Evaluation of June 2019 Changes
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

[From Our Partners] Expanding Supervised Release in New York City: An Evaluation of June 2019 Changes

Towards the goal of reducing the jail population, New York City expanded the City’s Supervised Release Program (SRP) several times by altering the eligibility criteria to include a wider range of individuals. The first large expansion of SRP since 2016 occurred at the beginning of June 2019.

In an effort to better understand the impact of expansion of SRP as a jail-reduction strategy, ISLG and the SJC Research Consortium funded the Center for Court Innovation to examine the impact of the June 2019 expansion.

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[From Our Partners] Programs for Foster Youth Transitioning to Adulthood (FYTA) Mid-Evaluation
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

[From Our Partners] Programs for Foster Youth Transitioning to Adulthood (FYTA) Mid-Evaluation

Every year an estimated 600 young adults, of whom over 80 percent are youth of color, exit NYC foster care without a legal permanent family arrangement on the basis of age. The programs evaluated, Graham Windham’s Graham SLAM (Support, Lead, Achieve, Model) and The Door’s Bronx Academy and Manhattan Academy Plus (MAP), offer youth aging out of foster care in NYC personalized support through mentorship, coaching, and youth-driven service provision, respectively.

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