NYC Department of Probation

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New York City Department Observes June Gun Violence Awareness Month

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Year after year, too many families and communities are shattered by senseless gun violence. The New York City Department of Probation pledges to continue the work to strengthen our communities and save lives.

NeON Photographers Featured in Exhibit

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Young New York residents were featured in an exhibition hosted by Hunter East Harlem Gallery and the nonprofit Seeing for Ourselves. The photo exhibit featured documentary photographs by people on probation and other community residents who participated in a free 12-week photography workshops at Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) sites in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn.

For more information, please visit the NeON Photography page

Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON)

About Probation

The New York City Department of Probation is a leader in community corrections, working within the criminal and juvenile justice systems and in the community to create a safer New York. Using Evidence-Based Practices (EBP), and a balance of enforcement, structure, treatment and support, we hold people on probation accountable and give them opportunities to forge new pathways so that they can move out and stay out of the justice system.

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Specialized Units

NYC Probation operates a variety of programs specially tailored for clients with unique needs.

Arches

Arches Transformative Mentoring is a highly effective mentoring program that reduces recidivism and improves the outcomes of young people under probation supervision. The program focuses on high-risk young people ages 16 to 24 and is grounded in principles of positive youth development, and relies on a model of government-community partnership.

CMJC

The Credible Messenger movement has emerged based on a core belief that communities have within them transformative resources to lift up justice-involved people in a comprehensive and positive way.

NeON

The Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) is a philosophy of effective intervention that physically manifests itself as a citywide network of community-based centers in the seven neighborhoods of NYC where large concentrations of people on probation reside.

Youth Thrive

Youth Thrive is a framework designed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) to help young people reach their full potential.

Youth WRAP

Youth WRAP is a weekend program for young adults on probation. The program engages teens and young adults ages 14 to 26 in meaningful, service-oriented work on Saturdays. WRAP members rehabilitate churches, plant trees, work in community gardens, and distribute food to those most in need.

Work for Probation

The New York City Department of Probation (DOP) is helping to build stronger and safer communities by supervising people on probation and fostering opportunities for them to move out of the criminal justice system through meaningful education, employment, health services, family engagement, and community participation.

Evidence-Based Policies and Practices

Evidence-based policies and practices (EBPP) use current research and the best available data to guide decisions and produce the outcomes that our stakeholders—probation clients, victims, and communities—expect.

YASC

Young Adult Success Corps (YASC) provides an opportunity for young adults age 18 to 24 who are on probation to serve their city and gain important life skills.

Artist in Residence

Rachel Barnard was appointed to DOP as a Public Artists in Residence (PAIR), which is a municipal residency program that embeds artists in city government to propose and implement creative solutions to pressing civic challenges. PAIR is based on the premise that artists are creative problem-solvers.

Career Services

Provides DOP clients: info, advice & guidance on training and employment.

Certificate of Relief from Disability

This is documentation processed by the Probation Department and granted by the Court to anyone who has been convicted in New York State Court of any number of misdemeanors and no more than one felony, and who has not been sentenced to more than one year imprisonment. It removes bars to employment due to the conviction but it does not seal the case.