The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)

11/21/2025

CASES is hiring! Do you have experience supporting people impacted by the criminal legal and mental health systems? Are you passionate about alternatives to incarceration that center accessible treatment and recovery? One of the below positions could be the perfect fit for you!

Court Navigator: The Court Navigator will will join CASES Court Services team to provide support for participants immediately upon release from custody following their court appearance. We are seeking an individual with lived experience of the criminal legal and/or mental health systems who is also an NYS Certified Peer Specialist or who has obtained their Certified Peer Specialist-Provisional.

Substance Use Specialist: The Substance Use Specialist will join CASES Pretrial Services team to provide psychoeducation and support for participants' substance use needs, including coordinating detox or rehab referrals, assessing participants' current substance use and stages of change, and advocating with service providers to ensure participants receive appropriate treatment.

Family Specialist: The Family Specialist will join CASES Fair Futures team, working with young people and their families to identify and celebrate strengths, remove barriers to success, address needs, navigate and advocate within existing systems, and ensure they have access to benefits and long-term services in the community.

Apply today at the links below.

Court Navigator: https://ow.ly/fC9Y50XvVMP
Substance Use Specialist: https://ow.ly/EJ4550XvVMN
Family Specialist: https://ow.ly/r98J50XvVMJ

11/14/2025

CASES is hiring! Are you experienced in administrative work? Are you passionate about CASES mission to serve New Yorkers impacted by the criminal legal system? If so, you may be the right fit for our Program Assistant role!

The Program Assistant will join CASES Intensive Services Unit (ISU) to ensure the smooth and effective functioning of the team. The Program Assistant will work alongside the Team Leader to provide support for ISU's administrative and billing responsibilities with adaptability, professionalism, organization, and team spirit!

Apply today at this link: https://ow.ly/Mh8j50XrZYB

11/12/2025

CASES Chief Training & Programs Operations Officer Sophia Morel is featured in the new documentary, The Bro Experience, exploring how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can transform men’s mental health. The BRO Experience Foundation

Join Sophia tomorrow at 6:30pm for a free screening, panel discussion and community gathering.

Tickets available here: https://givebutter.com/brodoc

11/07/2025

Excited to be in beautiful Puerto Rico for the SOMOS Conference!

Did you know that only 39% of Latino New Yorkers receive the mental health care they need? That’s why we’re proud to partner with the NYS Office of Mental Health to offer both clinic-based and mobile treatment—ensuring that every New Yorker, regardless of housing status or involvement with the criminal legal system, can access quality care and support.

Together, we’re building a healthier, more equitable future for all.

10/28/2025

We were honored to be selected for the JPMorganChase Force for Good program. Our CASES communications team joined the showcase to celebrate this important partnership and preview our new website. Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with an incredible team of designers and technologists. Launch coming soon!

10/24/2025

Join us tonight for Common Thread, a community storytelling night to benefit CASES!

CASES newSTART Women's Specialist Tonie Dreher and others will share stories of hope and transformation—raising funds to support proven alternatives to incarceration for New Yorkers impacted by the criminal legal system.

Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $10. Register here: https://luma.com/g7jz5y81

10/15/2025

When Amanda joined our newSTART program, she was determined to rebuild her life and reunite with her daughters.

With the support of her counselor, Tonie, and resources from newSTART—like MetroCards, phone access, and consistent care—Amanda found the stability she needed to move forward.

Read Amanda's full story below.

When Amanda logs onto our call from a family shelter, she beams and lifts her newborn to the camera. “She’ll be two months on the fifth,” she says proudly. It’s that same spark—steady, hopeful, determined—that defines Amanda’s story. A Bronx native, mom of three, and trained EMT, Amand...

09/22/2025

Big thanks to the Flatbush Frolic for having us! We loved connecting with neighbors and sharing how CASES helps New Yorkers stay out of jail and on the path to healing, growth and success.
Flatbush Development Corporation

09/20/2025

Join CASES tomorrow (Sunday, Sept 21) at the 50th Annual Flatbush Frolic Street Fair!

Come by to enjoy delicious food, dancing, live music, local art, kiddie rides & more!

🗓️ Sunday September 21
⏰ 10am-6pm
📍Cortelyou Road - Ocean Ave to Coney Island Ave

CASES will be set up between Argyle and Rugby Road near the Cortelyou branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.

09/19/2025

CASES is hiring! Are you passionate about serving people impacted by the criminal legal system? Do you have experience treating people with mental health and substance use needs? Do you have lived experience of the criminal legal and behavioral health systems? One of the below positions may be the perfect fit for you!

Family Specialist: The Family specialist is a Master's level clinician who will conduct outreach to clients in the community to provide them and/or their identified family members with mental health and substance use treatment services with the goal of promoting recovery and stability in the community.

Manhattan Nathaniel Community Success (NCS) Peer Specialist: The Peer Specialist will join CASES Manhattan NCS program, an alternative to detention/incarceration that serves people with mental health and substance use challenges. The Peer Specialist will utilize their lived experience to support participants on their journeys to recovery and self-determination. This includes promoting participants' utilization of community treatment services and providing support for participants in pursuing housing, benefits, employment, and vocational services.

Brooklyn Nathaniel Community Success (NCS) Peer Specialist: The Peer Specialist will join CASES Brooklyn NCS program and will provide similar support to participants as the Manhattan Peer.

Apply today at the links below.
Family Specialist: https://ow.ly/mpqx50WZEx9
Brooklyn NCS Peer Specialist: https://ow.ly/awHk50WZExb
Manhattan NCS Peer Specialist: https://ow.ly/rGTW50WZExa

09/17/2025

CASES CEO Jonathan McLean joined a panel with members of the NY ATI & Reentry Coalition at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services annual Symposium.

The Symposium brings together more than 1,000 professionals from across the criminal legal system to share knowledge and strengthen innovative programs that promote a system that works better for all of us.

We’re grateful to be part of the conversation on how alternatives to incarceration and reentry programs transform lives and build safer, stronger communities. The Fortune Society Women's Prison Association - WPA

09/16/2025

We’re thrilled to share that CASES is part of the AI for Nonprofits Sprint! This program equips our team with AI skills that free up time, reduce costs, and strengthen how we support New Yorkers to heal, grow, and succeed. Learn more: fcny.org/aisprint

Fund for the City of New York