Eduction, Career & Enrichment
CASES ECE programs support youth ages 12–27—especially those impacted by the criminal legal system—through mentoring, education, job training, and mental health care to help them build skills, stability, and community connection.
Promoting the Success of Young People Vulnerable to Policing & Arrest
Young people with criminal legal system involvement often miss critical developmental opportunities to pursue an education, get a job, learn essential life skills, and participate in their communities. CASES Education, Career & Enrichment (ECE) programming serves youth and young adults ages 12-27, prioritizing young people who’ve come in contact with the criminal legal system, which disproportionately affects Black and Latine communities. ECE programming begins by identifying young people’s unique talents and skills. By working with youth to strengthen these abilities, ECE promotes relationship building, health and wellness, education, and career preparation.
Through the following services, ECE works with young people to achieve their personal goals while encouraging engagement within their communities:
- Mentoring
- Job readiness, paid internships, summer employment, and job placement
- High School Equivalency (HSE) classes and onsite GED testing
- Support for accessing benefits and connecting to housing and treatment providers
- Clinical treatment including in-home family therapy
- Mental health counseling
- Community service projects
- Recreational activities
641 Youth Supported in 2023
PROGRAMS
Assertive Community Engagement & Success (ACES)
ACES is a multiyear program that provides intensive mobile outreach to young people who are identified within their communities as most vulnerable to being involved in or victims of violence.
Eligibility: Young men ages 16-24 who reside in East Harlem or the South Bronx
How to Refer: Email aces@cases.org
Adolescent Portable Therapy (APT)
APT is an intervention using cognitive behavioral treatment techniques designed to engage youth and their families in effective home-based counseling services and reduce the risk of youth probation violation or recidivism.
Eligibility: Youth ages 12-24
How to Refer: Email Eric Kolb, Director, at ekolb@cases.org
Choices Alternative to Detention (ATD)
Choices ATD serves young people facing charges in Family Court, enabling them to avoid detention and remain at home with their families and in their schools and communities while their Family Court matter is pending. Choices ATD helps youth (re)engage in school, build work-readiness, develop stronger family relationships, and access resources in their communities.
Eligibility: Young people facing charges in the Bronx and Manhattan Family Courts
How to Refer: choices@cases.org
Mentoring & Advocacy Program (MAAP)
MAAP is a six-month one-to-one mentoring program serving youth with involvement in the City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) system that includes direct support for family members and caregivers.
Community Resources for Employment & Development (CRED)
CRED aims to create pathways to employment and economic mobility for residents in New York City communities most affected by violence through 24 weeks (600 hours) of paid occupational training and internships in the construction industry.
Eligibility: Youth ages 12-21 residing in Manhattan
Eligibility: NYC residents ages 18-40 with work authorization in the U.S.
How to Refer: Referrals are made through the NYC Administration for Child Services (ACS) Family Assessment Program. If your teen is in crisis email FAPinquiry@acs.nyc.gov for assistance.
How to Refer: Email Allie White, awhite@cases.org
REFERRALS
All referrals to adult Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) or Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) programs in New York City must be submitted via the Single Point of Access (SPOA).
For young adults or individuals seeking an alternative to incarceration, complete the Young Adult ACT Referral or Alternative-to-Incarceration (ATI) Referral forms.