The latest from MercyFirst ... Breaking Ground ... SAGE
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START Treatment and Recovery Centers is slated to get a $6.35 million contract renewal with the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. The money will fund mental health services for youth in detention from April 1, 2019 through March 2022, according to the City Record. Community Access has received a $16 million contract from the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide permanent and supportive housing.
Breaking Ground got some media attention for its new facility in Brooklyn. News 12 Brooklyn featured the nonprofit’s new East Flatbush Safe Haven on Aug. 20 and interviewed some of the residents. About 100 people live at the facility.
“By being here, I was able to regain lost time and actually rebuild my confidence to actually go out there and try to rebuild my life,” resident Kelvin Avrau told News 12. He says he was sleeping in his car just a few months ago.
SAGE was doubly honored at the Lavender Law Conference. Liz Schwartz, board co-chair at SAGE, received the Leading Practitioner Award “for exceptional legal services and leadership on significant impact litigation,” the nonprofit said in an Aug. 22 email. Roz Richter, a former co-chair of the board, won the Dan Bradley Award for her work advocating for LGBT legal equality. The event was held Aug. 8-10 in New York City.
There’s a new chair of the board at MercyFirst. The Syosset-based nonprofit announced in an Aug. 21 email that Paul Travers was elected to that role at the annual board meeting in June. He has been a member of the board since 2014 and is a portfolio manager at Onex Credit Partners. Four new board officers were also named at the meeting. Stephen Davy, a managing director at NewEdge Group, and attorney Rhonda Maco are new new vice chairs. Brian Hecker, a partner at Crowe LLP, will serve as treasurer, and Marc McKenzie, a managing director at Deutsche Bank, is the new secretary.