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  October 16, 2023 Bloomberg

  NYC Taps Bank Forfeiture Funds for Criminal Justice Program

  Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is launching a $3 million program to connect recently arrested people with peers and social services.

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  October 16, 2023 New York Amsterdam News

  Fortune Society receives $3 million from Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg

  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., awarded $3 million to The Fortune Society, an organization that supports reentry and alternative-to-incarceration services, to create a network of Court Navigators that will support New Yorkers with deeply entrenched needs.

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  October 16, 2023 Crain's New York Business

  DA Bragg awards LIC nonprofit $3M for court navigator program to address mental health needs

  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. has awarded the Long Island City-based Fortune Society a $3 million grant to build a court navigator program to support New Yorkers who may have mental illness and substance use disorder, his office is announcing today.

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  October 15, 2023 NBC News

  Amid millions of open jobs, finding work remains a struggle with a criminal record

  While employers have indicated they are more willing to hire workers with criminal records in a tight labor market, job seekers say they face a tangle of barriers to getting work.

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  October 13, 2023 New York Nonprofit Media

  Three decades of leadership, activism and lessons learned leading The Fortune Society

  The organization’s executive director JoAnne Page sat down with New York Nonprofit Media to discuss her tenure at the nonprofit and what’s next.

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