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Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)

Website:

www.cases.org/
Location:

Brooklyn, NY
Tax ID:

13-2668080
Budget (2021):

Revenue: $44,377,846
Expenses: $44,187,841
Assets: $22,873,321
Type:

Criminal Justice Services Organization
Founded:

1989
CEO:

Jonathan McLean

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Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) is a New York City-based organization that seeks to prevent arrest among young people, avoid pretrial detention, prevent incarceration, and reduce and eliminate recidivism. CASES operates a clinic that provides counseling, psychiatric services and medication, mentoring, legal services, housing and employment assistance, and coordination with health care providers to young people involved in the criminal justice system.

History

Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services was formed in 1989 through a merger of two programs operated by the Vera Institute of Justice, the Court Employment Project, and the Community Service Sentencing Project. 1 The Court Employment Project was formed in 1967 as a diversion program available to judges when sentencing youth facing felony convictions. 2 The Community Service Sentencing Project began in 1979 as one of the first in the nation to use community service punishments for low-level crimes. 3

Services

Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services provides programs to prevent arrest among young people, avoid pretrial detention, prevent incarceration for youth and adults who would otherwise face jail or prison sentences, and reduce and eliminate recidivism among youth and adults returning to the community. 4 In the past 20 years, CASES has expanded to operate three behavioral health clinics around New York City to assist with mental health needs including those with serious mental illnesses. 5 CASES also has offices in courthouses in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. 6 Yearly, CASES’ mental health facilities treat more than 7,000 youth and adults. 7

The Nathaniel Clinic

In 2014, Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services opened a state-licensed mental health clinic in Harlem that focuses on criminal/juvenile justice, mental illness, and substance abuse disorders. 8 The clinic provides clinical assessments, individual and group counseling, psychiatric services and medication management, disorder treatment, primary health care services, legal services with an emphasis on public assistance, specialty legal assistance for youth, and coordination among with other criminal justice service agencies. 9

Behavioral Health Services

Behavioral health services programming operated by CASES includes court-based alternatives to detention and incarceration as well as mobile treatment centers. 10 Individual programs consist of tailoring services to a person’s risks and needs as provided through a screening and assessment, helping individuals overcome resistance to change, encouraging continued treatment and support, and trauma-based care to recognize and address existing or potential trauma. 11 All behavioral services are staffed by psychiatrists and nurses working in conjunction with CASES’ outpatient Nathaniel Clinic. 12

Pretrial Services

CASES’s pretrial services expanded after New York state eliminated cash bail in 2020. 13 CASES’ pretrial services has expanded to serve an estimated 4,500 people annually. 14

CASES pretrial services provide mental health and substance abuse treatment, court date reminders, face to face meetings in clients’ homes or shelters, and employment and housing services. 15 From 2016-2019, 91 percent of CASES’ pretrial services clients attended all court appearances. 16

Education, Career, and Enrichment

Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services has services tailored to intervene as early as possible in a youth’s potential involvement in the criminal justice system. 17 CASES provides neighborhood-based programs working to prevent arrest, incarceration, pre-trial detention, and recidivism among high-risk youth. 18 CASES programs include screening and assessment of clinical needs, case management, education and employment services, mentoring, in-home family therapy, mental health and substance abuse treatment and counseling, assistance with public benefits, and guidance to other treatment and support programs in New York City. 19

Finances

In 2021, Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services had net assets of $4,645,933. 20 According to the organization’s tax returns, in 2021 CASES recorded $56,395,090 in revenue and had $52,746,220 in expenses. 21 In 2020, CASES raised $44,377,846 in revenue and $44,187,841 in expenses. 22

Leadership

Jonathan McLean has been CEO of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services since September 2022. 23 From 2019 through 2022, McLean was vice president of residential and youth services at SCO Family Services in New York. 24

Prior to that, McLean worked for the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services from 2007 through 2019. 25 From 2003 through 2007, McLean worked at the Center for Urban Community Services. 26 McLean has a bachelor’s in social work from Adelphi University and master’s in social work from Hunter College. 27

References

  1. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  2. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  3. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  4. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  5. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  6. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  7. “History.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/about/history/.
  8. “The Nathaniel Clinic.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/the-nathaniel-clinic/.
  9. “The Nathaniel Clinic.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/the-nathaniel-clinic/.
  10. “Behavioral Health Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/behavioral-health/.
  11. “Behavioral Health Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/behavioral-health/.
  12. “Behavioral Health Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/behavioral-health/.
  13. “Pretrial Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/pretrial-services/.
  14. “Pretrial Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/pretrial-services/.
  15. “Pretrial Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/pretrial-services/.
  16. “Pretrial Services.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/pretrial-services/.
  17. “Education, Career, and Enrichment.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/education-career-enrichment/.
  18. “Education, Career, and Enrichment.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/education-career-enrichment/.
  19. “Education, Career, and Enrichment.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/education-career-enrichment/.
  20. Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, Return of a Nonprofit Corporation (Form 990), 2021.
  21. Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, Return of a Nonprofit Corporation (Form 990), 2021.
  22.  Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, Return of a Nonprofit Corporation (Form 990), 2020.
  23. “Executive Leadership Team.” Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.cases.org/executive-staff/.
  24. “Jonathan McLean.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-l-mclean/.
  25. “Jonathan McLean.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-l-mclean/.
  26. “Jonathan McLean.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-l-mclean/
  27. “Jonathan McLean.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 19, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-l-mclean/
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: June - May
  • Tax Exemption Received: January 1, 1972

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2021 Jun Form 990 $44,377,846 $44,187,841 $22,873,321 $21,876,258 N $35,676,147 $8,691,527 $0 $694,877 PDF
    2020 Jun Form 990 $31,345,040 $32,113,508 $19,656,282 $18,849,224 N $23,846,103 $7,294,197 $0 $680,554 PDF
    2019 Jun Form 990 $25,508,431 $25,634,388 $9,739,822 $8,164,296 Y $19,773,431 $5,534,846 $0 $607,038 PDF
    2018 Jun Form 990 $24,281,290 $25,016,452 $9,006,068 $7,304,585 Y $19,921,993 $4,240,906 $0 $598,608 PDF
    2017 Jun Form 990 $20,134,142 $21,175,865 $8,879,354 $6,442,709 N $17,182,118 $2,836,195 $0 $549,095 PDF
    2016 Jun Form 990 $17,622,957 $17,858,006 $8,330,660 $4,852,291 N $15,496,501 $2,072,776 $0 $535,781 PDF
    2015 Jun Form 990 $16,927,247 $15,505,464 $8,229,096 $4,269,478 N $14,946,892 $1,930,255 $0 $501,927 PDF
    2014 Jun Form 990 $12,377,659 $12,327,479 $5,288,689 $2,750,854 N $10,549,849 $1,789,047 $0 $470,634 PDF
    2013 Jun Form 990 $10,647,993 $10,636,890 $3,916,408 $1,444,753 N $9,192,335 $1,413,604 $0 $410,318 PDF
    2012 Jun Form 990 $9,508,094 $9,103,659 $3,407,548 $794,796 N $8,600,573 $883,435 $0 $429,530 PDF
    2011 Jun Form 990 $8,338,001 $8,474,064 $3,549,276 $1,340,959 N $7,488,551 $807,145 $0 $414,941 PDF

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    Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)


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