The Center for Justice Innovation—and our operating programs—are regularly featured in the media. Here is a sampling of the press coverage of our work.
A CNN story on children of incarcerated adults interviews Chris Watler, director of the Harlem Community Justice Center about helping former inmates reenter society.
Article from the New York Law Journal describing the Court Families Assistance Fund, a fund created in partnership with the Center for Court Innovation and the Fund for the City of New York to help court system employees impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
New York Law Journal quotes Center for Court Innovation Director Greg Berman on post-Sandy conditions at the Red Hook Community Justice Center: "The ground floor is basically a disaster area—trash everywhere, furniture displaced, computers ruined."
When child support payments become overwhelming, parents "stop participating in the system," Liberty Aldrich, director of the Center for Court Innovation's family and domestic violence programs, tells CNN Money. The Center runs the Parent Support Program, which help parents fulfill their child-support obligations.
The Stand profiles the Patient Navigator Program, an initiative at the Center's Syracuse office, that works to improve the health of young mothers in drug court and their children by linking them with medical services.
Article on New Zealand Justice Minister Judith Collins's trip to the US highlights her visit to the Red Hook Community Justice Center. "It's a much more holistic look," she said.