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The NNSC uses focused deterrence and problem-oriented policing strategies to identify a particular serious crime problem and design a strategy to respond to it. The National Network’s process recognizes that a small minority of individuals drive the majority of serious violence, therefore law enforcement needs to employ a similarly concentrated response.
NYSCADV currently unites over 135 domestic violence programs and shelters in cities and regions across New York. NYSCADV works to do policy analysis, training and technical assistance, and education, and is dedicated to helping local programs establish, promote and expand anti-violence education, prevention, organizing, advocacy and direct ...
The center’s projects include community-based violence prevention projects, alternatives to incarceration, reentry initiatives, and court-based programs such as the Midtown Community Court [3] and Red Hook Community Justice Center as well as drug courts, [4] reentry courts, [5] domestic violence courts, [6] mental health courts [7] and others ...
Urban Resource Institute launched its URIPALS (People and Animals Living Safely) program in May 2013. [4] [5] URIPALS is the first program in New York and one of few in the United States that allows domestic violence survivors to live in a shelter apartment with their pets.
The Human Resources Administration or Department of Social Services (HRA/DSS) is the department of the government of New York City [1] in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs. HRA helps New Yorkers in need through a variety of services that promote employment and personal responsibility while providing temporary ...
Hospital-based intervention programs (HVIPs) have gained popularity for intervening in the cycle of violence. HVIPs aim to intervene when a survivor comes in contact with the medical system. Many of these programs use peer-based case management as a form of trauma-informed care, in order to match survivors with resources in a culturally ...
Safe Horizon helps tens of thousands of domestic violence survivors every year, through hotlines, court programs, community offices, and shelters. [24] Safe Horizon is the U.S.'s largest operator of domestic violence shelters , [ 25 ] with nine shelters located throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
Sixteen of these programs have been tested at least twice with replicated findings and have been designated as Blueprint model programs, [13] which, if rigorously followed, will significantly reduce youth violence and substance abuse. Programs range from prenatal (for example, Olds, 1997 [14]) and early childhood interventions (for example ...