NY Alternative To Incarceration Reentry Coalition Rally To Save Programs

On June 13th,2011 The New York Alternatives To Incarceration Reentry Coalition held a press conference due to the effects the City, State and Federal budget cuts is causing effective programs serving those most at-risk and in need of services provided.
Atleast 25 program closed and 34 had to downsize with more drastic effects expected to come.
Those cuts included:
* The Fortune Society closed its discharge planning and reentry program that served detainees leaving Riker's Island,
* Cases eliminated its drug treatment education and referral program that served Brooklyn misdemeanor defendants,
* Education & Assistance Corporation/TASC will close its Staten Island program at the end of June, leaving the borough without ATI Services,
* The Osbourne Association eliminated El Rio substance abuse treatment services for Bronx misdemeanor defendants,
* The Women's Prison Association closed Hopper Home, a transitional residential program for women used as an alternative-to-incarceration for 30 women a year and readiness program serving almost 150 women a year.
more info. at http://www.ati-ny.org/
UPDATE:
June 28, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tracie Gardner
Director of NYS Policy
(212) 243-1313 / [email protected]

NEW YORK, June 24, 2011 – The Legal Action Center is delighted to announce that our joint advocacy efforts with the New York ATI/Reentry Coalition have been a success: at both the city and state levels, our critical programs were spared devastating cuts.

for more info. see: http://lac.org/index.php/blog/victory_for_ati_reentry_programs_in_city_and_state_budgets