Over the past decade, the Strong Starts Court Initiative has worked to transform the family court process to focus on strengthening parents’ relationships with their babies.
Why Supporting Families Is Crucial to Strong Communities
For many families, contact with the legal system comes after years of struggling to meet basic needs. When we invest in solutions that respond to those needs both inside and...
The Untapped Potential of 7,500 Local Courts: Municipal Courts in the Spotlight
Discover insights from our 'Municipal Courts and the Promise of Community Justice' Convening at Rutgers University in New Jersey! At this convening, we elevated municipal courts within the national reform...
Counsel at First Appearance: An Object Lesson in Policy Implementation
This policy brief approaches the ongoing efforts to secure early counsel as a challenge of implementation and offers practical advice on ensuring the push is transformed into change on the...
‘Try to Bring People Together’: Rockaway Adults Talk about Safety, Justice, and Programming
In this report from a series of focus groups, Queens Community Justice Center in the Rockaways identified several critical issues in the area, including racial and economic barriers to essential...
What Do Restorative Responses to Domestic Violence Look Like?
A practitioner shares his experience with Healing Connections, a restorative accountability group for people who have caused harm in their relationships.
Queens Community Justice Center sites will be having their Thanksgiving Giveaways, sponsored by the Mets Foundation, on November 20th. Each site will have 250 turkeys to give away—first come, first...
Our RISE Project is bringing the Brooklyn community together to stand with survivors against domestic violence. Alongside Council Member Chi Ossé, Assembly Member Stefani Zinerman, the Mayor’s Office to End...
A Guide for Building Data Capacity in Rural Defense Systems
Drawing on expert assistance projects in three rural jurisdictions seeking to expand their data capacity and interviews with eight organizations that have successfully built data systems, this guide offers recommendations...
