Bronx Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

The Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County, in partnership with Empower, Assist, Care Network and others have created the Justice Innovation for Bronx Youth Program, an innovative, interdisciplinary, alternative to incarceration pilot program. This program serves youth who were charged with a felony committed when they were 16 or 17 years old. This program will ensure these youth have a chance to remain in the community and will strengthen the community by providing comprehensive, culturally appropriate, community-based services tailored to each young person. A collaborative, multidisciplinary team including the Empower, Assist, Care Network, Montefiore Medical Center, and other experts will help implement this intensive alternative to incarceration program for these youth in Bronx County, NY.