The Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV), and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) announce the expansion of immediate and long-term supports for individuals and survivors impacted by crime and abuse through streamlined service provision. Many of the city’s programs that support New York residents impacted by crime and abuse are housed across ENDGBV, and the New York City Office of Crime Victim Supports (OCVS) under MOCJ management. Consolidating these services into ENDGBV’s robust portfolio of trauma-informed and survivor-centered programs will enhance access for crime victims, particularly marginalized individuals, to holistic resources such as responsive case management, individual and group counseling, and survivor advocacy that help meet their immediate crisis needs and aid in recovery from the long-term effects of victimization. This move bolsters the city’s longstanding and ongoing commitment to supporting survivors of crime and abuse; aligns with national best practices for victim services provision; and provides access to New York State victim services funding not previously available. The consolidation of services involves ENDGBV releasing new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) aimed at providing services for New Yorkers impacted by crime, and the merger of the OCVS and ENDGBV online resource directories under NYC HOPE.
MOCJ will continue to manage the city’s diversion programs by absorbing the OCVS court-mandated Abusive Partner Intervention Program (APIP), known as Dignity and Respect, into its current diversion programming portfolio. ENDGBV will continue to manage Respect and Responsibility, the city’s free, community-based, non-mandated programming for individuals who cause, or have caused harm, have been abusive, or are abusive in their intimate relationship(s).
“Incorporating additional crime victim support programs into the Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence will help New Yorkers in need connect more quickly with trauma and survivor-informed support systems to assist in the moment following an incident and every step of the way thereafter,” said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom.
“For too long, crime victims and survivors have been afforded differential support in the wake of traumatic events,” said Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Acting Commissioner Saloni Sethi. “Folding the victim services portfolio into ENDGBV removes barriers that hinder recovery efforts for victims and survivors from the impacts of trauma. We are eager to begin this vital transition with our partner MOCJ towards a more seamless administration of, and equitable access to, comprehensive programming and support that meet the oftentimes urgent and intersecting needs of people impacted by crime and gender-based violence, and needs of their families.”
“Support for victims and survivors is a crucial part of our city’s public safety continuum. MOCJ is proud to work with our partners at ENDGBV to streamline services so that all victims and survivors of crime and abuse receive the same level of care in a way that is readily available and easy to access,” said Deanna Logan, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
“Domestic violence is a primary driver of homelessness, and the NYC Human Resources Administration provides robust transitional housing supports to survivors of domestic violence across the city,” said Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park.
