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Outcomes, discoveries, and analysis from our breadth of good governance initiatives.


The Community-Based Restorative Justice Program: 2024-2025 Grantee Yearbook
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

The Community-Based Restorative Justice Program: 2024-2025 Grantee Yearbook

This Yearbook was created to acknowledge a year’s worth of incredible work from the 16 Community-Based Restorative Justice program grantees during the End-of-Year Community Forum, a two-day gathering of grantees, philanthropy partners, and restorative justice practitioners on June 16th and June 17th, 2025.

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A Blueprint for Social Service Navigation in NYC and Beyond
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

A Blueprint for Social Service Navigation in NYC and Beyond

Drawing from a wealth of experience developing service navigation programs as well as research on data-informed, community-responsive approaches, this brief provides a guide to developing navigation programs that can help government and public institutions connect communities with care, creating safety and opportunity for all.

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The Criminal Justice Investment Initiative: Synthesizing a Decade of Innovation
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

The Criminal Justice Investment Initiative: Synthesizing a Decade of Innovation

Reflecting on the past decade of work, this series of briefs take stock of CJII’s goals in key areas, dives into case studies of the real-life impact community organizations achieved, and provides a blueprint for practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and funders to shape the future of public safety partnerships. 

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The Prosecutorial Data Collaborative
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

The Prosecutorial Data Collaborative

Bringing together a team of data scientists, researchers, and practitioners, the Collaborative supports state and local prosecutors in building the infrastructure and culture necessary to not only effectively use data in their offices, courtrooms, and communities to support decision-making and policy, but to enable compliance with broader statutory requirements.

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Supporting Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Impacted by the Legal System
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

Supporting Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Impacted by the Legal System

The project will gather insights through interviews with survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) who have also had contact with the criminal legal system. The goal is to understand the challenges survivors face when accessing services in New York City and provide recommendations for improved practices to government agencies and service providers.

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Building Better Public Sector Data
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

Building Better Public Sector Data

This brief details how CUNY ISLG staff work with governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other partners to effectively collect, maintain, and use data, especially in the face of time and resource constraints.

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[From Our Partners] Addressing Trauma Among School-Aged Children
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

[From Our Partners] Addressing Trauma Among School-Aged Children

Margaret's Place aims to raise awareness about experiences of trauma and violence among youth and provide direct interventions for those impacted, with particular attention to the many types of violence (e.g., home, community, and dating) experienced by young people. This report presents findings from the process evaluation of Margaret’s Place that was conducted between 2019 and 2021.

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[From Our Partners] Youth Opportunity Hubs: Fostering Collaboration. Building Resilience.
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

[From Our Partners] Youth Opportunity Hubs: Fostering Collaboration. Building Resilience.

The Youth Opportunity Hub (YOH) Initiative was designed to prevent or reduce criminal legal system interactions, improve life outcomes, and provide support for youth by fostering access, collaboration, and partnership among social service providers. The final evaluation report, and its associated policy brief, offers a look at the development, implementation, and outcomes of the Initiative, as well as offers lessons learned and recommendations for other organizations seeking to implement similar programs.

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[From Our Partners] The Transgender Healing and Resilience Initiative for Survivors of Violence: Final Evaluation Report
Carla Sinclair Carla Sinclair

[From Our Partners] The Transgender Healing and Resilience Initiative for Survivors of Violence: Final Evaluation Report

While historically facing disproportionately high rates of exposure to violence, transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) folks also face barriers to accessing mental health care. To help fill this gap in service, the the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery (CTMS), with funding from CJII, created the Trauma Healing and Resilience Initiative for Transgender Survivors of Violence (THRIV).

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