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  October 19, 2023 Manhattan News

  Fortune Found

  New grant to facilitate mental health assistance in the courts

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  October 19, 2023 The City

  More than 15,000 Rikers Jail Video Visits Canceled Since 2020

  Loved ones and lawyers don’t buy the Correction Department’s reasons for all those abruptly disconnected conferences. Meanwhile, in-person visits are at a fraction of what they were pre-pandemic.

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  October 17, 2023 Spectrum News NY1

  Manhattan DA discusses new ‘court navigator’ outreach program

  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg introduced a new program Monday aimed at advancing equity for people arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court.

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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 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 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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