NYC Justice Corps
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- What We Do
Community Benefit Project Service
- Recruitment and Enrollment
- Orientation and Training
- Community Benefit Project Service
- Internship
- Post-Corps Placement
Aaron Malcolm cohort 2I now have a better mindset about what’s important to me and have developed skills in stripping, buffing, and sanding floors and painting.
Community benefit service projects are a unique feature, providing Corps members the opportunity to directly contribute to the repair and development of their communities.
Corps members conduct needs assessments in their communities to help identify and approve community benefit service projects. A community advisory board comprised of elected officials faith-based and community leaders helps identify and approve community benefit service projects, and brings valuable social support to the Justice Corps.
To be eligible for approval, Projects must:
- Fulfill unmet and valued community needs
- Be visible
- Be meaningful
- Be achievable
- Be environmentally sound and
- Have a lasting impact
The NYC Justice Corps welcomes partnerships with agencies such as the New York City Parks Department and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to undertake community benefit service projects that improve the quality of life for NYC residents young and old. Click here to view a one pager for interested Community Partners.
Click here for the NYC Justice Corps Community Benefit Service Project Application.
The William Hodson Senior Center is the oldest senior center in the United States. Corps members undertook an intensive clean-up campaign, restored the stage in the main dining room, and repainted the walls of the auditorium to create a vibrant atmosphere for the seniors.
Crotona Park is the largest park in the South Bronx and has partnered with the Justice Corps on a variety of outdoor and indoor projects. Corps members have repainted basketball courts and playground areas, as well as the walls of the pool house. Most recently, they helped design and plant a new garden landscape by building a fence around newly installed flowerbeds to prevent erosion.