The Upper
Manhattan Reentry Task Force
In
October of 2007, the Center for Court Innovation, in partnership with the New
York City’s Mayor’s Office
of the Criminal Justice Coordinator, convened the Upper Manhattan Reentry Task
Force, based at the Harlem Community Justice Center. The UMRTF, one of eighteen
County Re-entry Task Forces (CRTFs) in New York State, is funded by the
Division of Criminal Justice Services to coordinate and strengthen community
responses to high-risk offenders, promote evidenced based practices throughout
New York State, assess gaps in reentry planning, and conduct community
education with the goal of reducing barriers to reentry. This collaboration of
over thirty state and city government agencies, community based organizations,
and academic partners has two goals: reducing recidivism among individuals
reentering the
The Task
Force’s Needs Assessment and its Strategic Plan can be
found here:
Needs Assessment of Parole
Reentry
http://www.courtinnovation.org/_uploads/documents/UMRTF_Needs_Assessment.pdf
http://www.courtinnovation.org/_uploads/documents/UMRTF_Needs_Assessment.pdf
Strategic Plan for Upper
Manhattan
http://www.courtinnovation.org/_uploads/documents/UMRTF_Strategic_Plan.pdf
HCJC
http://www.courtinnovation.org/_uploads/documents/UMRTF_Strategic_Plan.pdf
HCJC
