The Family Justice Center (FJC) provides information and services for domestic violence victims in one location. Clients may walk in and choose which services they want, including counseling, advocacy, meeting with a prosecutor, shelter and housing help, and legal information - all while their children play safely in the next room.

The Victim Services Unit (VSU) provides safety, support, advocacy and information to all individuals who have been criminally victimized in Brooklyn.

Central Brooklyn Domestic Violence Program (CBDVP) offers outreach to stalking and abuse victims.

Teen Dating Violence Program - provides services to young people ages 13-20.

Project Shield offers outreach to disabled individuals who have been sexually assaulted.

Cell Phones - Are given to victims who are being stalked and followed by the defendant; where there is a history of the defendant attacking the victim outside the home

Project NYET is a community based initiative that addresses domestic violence issues in the Russian speaking community, through a network of confidential, culturally sensitive services and educational programs. A staff counselor is fluent in Russian. Services are free to the community.
Project Eden - Bridges the community with the criminal justice system to negotiate the difficult process of reaching Orthodox victims of domestic violence.
D.V. Court - Dedicated victim advocates offer comprehensive referral services, counseling and safety planning to all of the victims in our felony cases.
D.V. Task Force - This task force brings together on a monthly basis, traditional and non-traditional partners, including hospital, schools, businesses and child welfare agencies to work on issues concerning victims of domestic violence.
AWARE - The Abused Women’s Active Response Emergency, was created to help protect abused women by giving them emergency necklace pendants and electronic systems to alert the police in the case of danger.

Barrier Free Justice - Research shows that women with disabilities are targeted for abuse, stay in abusive relationships longer, and are abused at higher rates than women without disabilities. To address this concern, Barrier Free Justice was launched at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office in 2000.

Community Initiatives

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Community Relations - Public safety programs are available to assist Brooklyn residents.

K.C.D.A. Neighborhood Offices - These offices are open so that community residents can come in and speak with trained professionals if they need assistance. Interactive Map

Safe Haven - This program provides residents with easy access to specific locations where they can seek safety or help in emergencies.

Senior Affairs - This bureau is dedicated to educating and protecting senior citizens against fraud and other criminal acts.
F-Tap - Tenants and landlords can address concerns of drug-related crime in multi-dwelling buildings by teaming up with the D.A.’s Office and their local police precinct.
Baby Safe Haven - A safe place is provided for a baby that is given up by the mother within five days of the birth.
TRACK/Truancy - This program combats truancy with the cooperation of public, parochial schools and local police commanders.

Alternative Sentencing

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YCP - Youth and Congregations in Partnership (YCP) is a program established in 1997 by District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. It is a community-based intervention program promoting rehabilitation and the reduction of recidivism among Brooklyn’s court involved and at risk youth. This goal is accomplished through the combination of intensive mentorship and comprehensive services.

DTAP - Almost one-half of all state prison inmates are drug offenders, many of whom committed non-violent crimes to support their drug habit. In October, 1990, Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes initiated the Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison Program (DTAP) on the premise that defendants would return to society in a better position to resist drugs and crime after treatment than if they had spent a comparable time in prison at nearly twice the cost.
TADD - Until recently, a disproportionately high number of non-violent mentally ill offenders with a concurrent substance abuse disorder in Kings County, New York, had been denied the opportunity for treatment as an alternative to incarceration. In an attempt to resolve this problem, District Attorney Charles J. Hynes created, in 1998, Treatment Alternatives for Dually Diagnosed Defendants (TADD), an alternative to incarceration program. The program later expanded to also include offenders with serious mental illness but no substance abuse disorder.

Sex Crimes

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Project Respect - Defendants arrested for patronizing a prostitute can attend a 5-hour educational program that addresses the consequences of their behavior.

Brooklyn S.T.A.R. Project - This intensive, multidisciplinary program assists teens in abandoning their lives of prostitution.

The Victim Services Unit (VSU) provides safety, support, advocacy and information to all individuals who have been criminally victimized in Brooklyn.

Substance Abuse

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DTAP - Almost one-half of all state prison inmates are drug offenders, many of whom committed non-violent crimes to support their drug habit. In October, 1990, Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes initiated the Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison Program (DTAP) on the premise that defendants would return to society in a better position to resist drugs and crime after treatment than if they had spent a comparable time in prison at nearly twice the cost.
TADD - Until recently, a disproportionately high number of non-violent mentally ill offenders with a concurrent substance abuse disorder in Kings County, New York, had been denied the opportunity for treatment as an alternative to incarceration. In an attempt to resolve this problem, District Attorney Charles J. Hynes created, in 1998, Treatment Alternatives for Dually Diagnosed Defendants (TADD), an alternative to incarceration program. The program later expanded to also include offenders with serious mental illness but no substance abuse disorder.

Choices & Consequences - Automobile collisions are the number one cause of death for young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four. The District Attorney of Kings County, Charles J. Hynes, has introduced the CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES PROGRAM in response to the deadly problems of reckless and drunk driving among teenagers.

Re-entry

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ComAlert - The Community and Law Enforcement Resources Together program provides assistance and services for parolees returning to the community.

Youth Programs

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Choices & Consequences - Automobile collisions are the number one cause of death for young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four. The District Attorney of Kings County, Charles J. Hynes, has introduced the CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES PROGRAM in response to the deadly problems of reckless and drunk driving among teenagers.
People's Law School - The People's Law School is a public information initiative established by District Attorney Charles J. Hynes in 1991 to educate citizens about the District Attorney's Office and the criminal justice system.
Legal Lives - Legal Lives brings the criminal justice system to Brooklyn’s elementary school classrooms. District Attorney’s staff, private attorneys, corporate volunteers, judges from Supreme and Criminal Courts and teachers work together to teach students about the law and its role in their lives.

YCP - Youth and Congregations in Partnership (YCP) is a program established in 1997 by District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. It is a community-based intervention program promoting rehabilitation and the reduction of recidivism among Brooklyn’s court involved and at risk youth. This goal is accomplished through the combination of intensive mentorship and comprehensive services.
G.R.A.S.P. - Girls Re-entry Assistance Support Project (GRASP) is a Faith Based Re-entry Initiative for female youth established by Charles J. Hynes, Kings County District Attorney (KCDA) in partnership with the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). The Program seeks to provide mentoring and comprehensive services for high-risk and court-involved females that are or were placed with OCFS and other placement or correctional facilities.
TRACK/Truancy - In response to the link between juvenile delinquency and daytime crime, District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, in cooperation with public and parochial schools and local police commanders, has set up a comprehensive approach to truancy. The truancy program, Truancy Reduction Alliance to Contact Kids, or for short T.R.A.C.K., was started on April 27, 1998 as a pilot program.

Radio Show - Please tune in and help my co-hosts make choices about drugs, guns, graffiti, lying, stealing, hitting and murder. we need your help. Without you kids this program would not be possible.

Gang Busters - Gang violence is intolerable in a civilized society. If you join a gang to commit crimes, you will suffer the consequences of prosecution to the full extent of the law.

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