On a sunny Wednesday morning in June, our Community Advisory Board (CAB) gathered in the kitchen of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Chelsea, excitedly preparing for their summer outreach event.
After a long and successful career with CUCS, Joanne Karnik, the Controller with our Fiscal Department, will be retiring in July. We sat down with Joanne to discuss her career, successes and what she is looking forward to the most in retirement. We wish her all the best, and a very happy retirement!
On the morning of June 18th, an eager audience trickled into a conference room at the New York Ethical Culture Society for a timely, yet divisive, topic: the closing of Riker’s Island. Organized by CUCS’s Academy for Justice-Informed Practice, panelists came together to discuss The Path to Closing Rikers and more specifically, what it means for justice-involved people with significant behavioral health needs.
This summer, CUCS is partnering with Raise New York to Raise up Brighter Futures. For the entire month of July, every purchase made at Raise New York will support CUCS!
For over three decades, our Housing Resource Center (HRC) has connected people to homes. It specializes in helping homeless and incarcerated individuals to access information and referrals for mental health supportive housing. The program’s Reentry Coordination System (RCS) helps people transitioning from New York State incarceration into New York City communities find housing and care.
