CASES Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees
Chief Executive Officer Jonathan McLean and Chair of the Board Lee Wood are extremely pleased to announce the nomination of five new members to the CASES Board of Trustees. Jonathan said: “We are...
View ArticleOpinion: We Can’t Give Up On Closing Rikers
This article originally appeared in City & State New York on April 14, 2023. The city can still close the jail by 2027 if it invests in alternatives to incarceration and supportive housing. At the...
View ArticleSolutions for Recovery & Community Safety: A Panel Celebrating CASES...
Join CASES on Tuesday, May 16, at 9:00am for a live streamed panel discussion moderated by CEO Jonathan McLean at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Featured panelists will include...
View ArticleSave Next STEPS: A Letter from CASES Youth on the Importance of the Next...
To Whom It May Concern: This letter is on behalf of the Next STEPS youth at Tompkins Community Center in Bedstuy, Brooklyn. We are writing this letter to express the benefits of having this program...
View ArticleCASES Launches Giving Tuesday Campaign for Youth
This Giving Tuesday, CASES will be raising money to continue supporting New York City’s youth in the face of recent alarming budget cuts. Because of this loss of critical funding, we’ve had to close...
View ArticleCASES Announces Giving Tuesday Matching Challenge
CASES is pleased to announce that thanks to the generous support of Ponce Bank, Policy Research Associates Inc. and others, up to $10,000 in matching funds are available to donors who give by midnight...
View ArticleEnd of Year Reflections From CEO Jonathan McLean
When I meet people for the first time, I am often asked “What do you do?” I tell them that I serve as the CEO of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, or CASES—a nonprofit that...
View ArticleCASES Welcomes Preeti Krishnan and Katie Lyon to our Board of Trustees
Chief Executive Officer Jonathan McLean and Chair Lee Wood are pleased to announce two new members nominated to the CASES Board of Trustees, Preeti Krishnan and Katie Lyon. Jonathan said of their...
View ArticleManhattan Supervised Release Program: Thomas’ Story
Following an incident with his partner that resulted in a brief jail stay, Thomas* became a participant in CASES’ Manhattan Supervised Release Program (MSRP). At his arraignment, he’d faced three...
View ArticleApply to Join CASES Associate Board!
CASES is currently looking for individuals to serve on its Associate Board! CASES is one of New York City’s leading nonprofit providers of alternative-to-incarceration and mental health treatment...
View ArticleCASES Remembers Dr. Maureen Allwood
Vice Chair Dr. Maureen Allwood (left) with Chair Lee Wood (center) and CEO Jonathan McLean (right) at a CASES Board of Trustees meeting. As many of you know, last week, Dr. Maureen Allwood passed away....
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