NYC Justice Training Institute

Supporting the people who support New Yorkers.

Every day, staff across justice and public health systems support people navigating crisis and instability. The NYC Justice Training Institute strengthens that work by giving practitioners the skills, support, and community they need to help people stabilize and thrive.

Our trainings focus on building trust, responding to distress, sustaining engagement and providing compassionate, evidence-informed tools and coaching to support staff in their roles.

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Core Skills

Trauma-responsive engagement, relational safety, crisis stabilization, motivational interviewing, retention practices, and evidence-based non-licensed models.

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Expanding Clinical Capacity

Advanced modalities, case formulation, tele-coaching with specialists, and access to shared clinical supervisors for licensure support.

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Data & Quality of Service

Best practices for diversion, reentry, high-needs stabilization, collaborative case planning, and precision public health/public safety integration.

Leadership & Supervision

Upcoming Trainings & Events

New Practice Report

“Nobody ever spoke to me like that before”: Improving Interactions Within the Justice System

A small group of New Yorkers keep cycling through the justice system without ever getting the support that could help them heal. Yet even the briefest encounters can become moments of care, connection, and real change.

This report shares insights from a National Clinical Roundtable hosted by MOCJ and CJI on how to make everyday system touchpoints more human, more therapeutic, and more effective for the people who need them most.

“One of the real advantages of therapeutic assessment is when we ask clients what are their questions, they get engaged. And we collaborate with them on the search for little answers..”

Nobody Ever Spoke to Me Like That Before: Improving Interactions Within the Justice System
NYC Justice Provider Updates

MOCJ Justice Programs combine evidence, practice, and humanity—strengthening skills while honoring the lived experience, cultural context, and goals of the people we serve.

Reentry + Supervised Release + Transitional Housing + Alternatives to Incarceration + Project Reset

60%+
Reductions in Future System Involvement
50K+
People Enrolled Per Year
1,000+
Dedicated New Yorkers Serving as Staff

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Find out about upcoming events or trainings, submit trainings available in the NYC area, or request new staff trainings.

Let us know what you need. We are here to help.

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