Recent News

Combatting the Heroin and Opioid Crisis through Naloxone Training - 07/04/2016
To combat the rising heroin and opioid crisis, Osborne has joined dozens of organizations throughout the city that are licensed to prescribe the opioid antidote Naloxone and provide training programs that teach members of the public how to prevent an opioid overdose. We offer in-house training sessions on recognizing and preventing an opioid overdose. Opioids are generally medications that relieve pain, such as oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone and codeine. Heroin and opium also fall into this category.

Building Momentum for Second Chance Employment - 06/29/2016
This month, two high-profile events in NYC highlighted the importance of Fair Chance hiring and education and the value employers can realize by opening their doors to potential employees who—at some point in their past—have been convicted of a crime.

Devising a Smart Supportive Housing Strategy for Returning Citizens Upon Reentry - 06/15/2016
This testimony on Devising a Smart Supportive Housing Strategy for Returning Citizens Upon Reentry, was delivered by Osborne President and CEO Elizabeth Gaynes at the June 13, 2016 joint public hearing hosted by the Assembly Standing Committee on Correction and the Assembly Subcommittee On Transitional Services. The original testimony included addenda on Osborne’s Fulton Reentry Center and Kinship Reentry. If you would like more information about those initiatives, please contact Jonathan Stenger at 718-707-2721 or jstenger@osborneny.org.

NPR | Navigating Life, And Relationships, After A Jail Sentence - 06/15/2016
Osborne has recently partnered with the StoryCorps Justice Project to document the experiences of our participants as youth of color involved with the criminal justice system in New York City. The project will amplify and preserve the stories of those whose lives have been impacted by mass incarceration and the criminal justice system. Through their first-person accounts, StoryCorps works to ensure that information about people's experience of the current era of mass incarceration is preserved in the historical record and shared nationwide. Hear Jamal's story on the StoryCorps site.

David Simon on Mass Incarceration and Real-life Inspiration for The Wire at Lighting the Way 2016 - 05/27/2016
The Osborne Association was fortunate to have Special Guest David Simon, journalist, author, and television producer speak at our 2016 Lighting the Way annual fundraising breakfast. After receiving the Thomas Mott Osborne Spirit Medal, his speech addressed the crisis of mass incarceration and closed with a story about the life of Donnie Andrews, the real-life inspiration for his character Omar on The Wire.

Osborne's Focus

• Adopting Healthy Lifestyles
  Osborne’s prevention and treatment services provide a holistic approach to substance use disorder treatment, preventing and managing chronic health conditions, and mental health. Osborne’s evidence-based services use cognitive behavioral interventions that build on our understanding of the unique challenges faced by individuals affected by criminal justice involvement.

  
  Reconnecting Families
  Osborne’s work recognizes the central role of healthy family and social relationships in reaching the desired outcomes of all of our programs. We offer opportunities for individuals make, mend, and maintain relationships with their families and provide the children and partners of people who are incarcerated resources so they can navigate the intricacies of the criminal justice system, maintain contact and relationships with an incarcerated person, and address the challenges of reentry.

  
  Achieving Economic Independence
  Osborne’s Workforce Development programs offer employment and training services that include vocational and educational assessments, career counseling, educational services, job readiness workshops, resume preparation, hard skills training focused on construction and building maintenance services, job search and placement assistance, and follow-up job retention support so that participants successfully adjust to workplace demands.

  
  Reducing Reliance on Incarceration
  Osborne’ offers opportunities for people in jails, prisons, and community-based corrections (such as parole and probation) to create and maintain lives of responsibility and contribution. Our programs use coognitive behavioral interventions and mentoring to offer people the opportunity to change the way they think and behave, improve their employability, grow as parents and reconnect to their families.

  
  Strengthening Communities
  The Osborne Association advocates for systemic reforms that divert people from incarceration to treatment, provide effective programs during incarceration that prepare people to return home, and remove barriers to community and family reintegration upon release.