12826Y0019-Concept Paper for Criminal Justice Transition Network (CJTN) RFP

The New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) seeks to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide transition services in every borough within NYC (Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island). Last year approximately 14,000 people left New York City’s jails and returned to their communities. Although many are successful in making the transition home, each year approximately 37% return to the city’s custody within one year of release. Reincarceration is a driver of the City’s jail population. Connections to person-centered appropriate reentry services are key to stabilization in community, ultimately reducing reincarceration. Despite reincarceration rates, New York City has one of the lowest incarceration rates of all large cities in the United States, per capita, with an average daily jail population of approximately 7,000 as of October 2025. Provider practice, research, and people with lived experience all indicate that people leaving jail require additional support in community to improve post-release outcomes, particularly within the first 90 days of release.
The MOCJ-funded “Community Justice Re-entry Network” (CJRN), comprised of non-profit agencies across the 5 boroughs, has provided paid transitional employment, workforce development, education, and a variety of supportive social services to thousands of system-impacted New Yorkers to help them stabilize in the community after involvement with the criminal legal system. From January 2021 to June 2025, the CJRN completed more than 17,000 intakes, had more than 3,000 permanent employment placements, and more than 2,500 placements into short-term transitional employment. CJRN also held training sessions for more than 14,000 individuals across a wide range of categories including but not limited to: cognitive behavioral skills, construction, technology, leadership, and peer work.

In an effort to build on the success of the CJRN,  refine service delivery, and reduce reincarceration, MOCJ seeks to create a coordinated system of transitional services called the “ Community Justice Transition Network ” (CJTN) to provide discharge planning services and connect individuals leaving city jail, youth detention, and state prison to supportive services. Prioritizing a person-centered approach and continuity of care, services include but are not limited to (i.) transitional case management, (ii.) mental health services, (iii) substance use treatment, (iv.) physical healthcare, (v.) vital documents, (vi.) financial literacy, (vii.) mentoring, (viii.) education, and (ix.) employment in the community to promote community stability and reduce the likelihood of further criminal legal system involvement. MOCJ seeks to serve anyone who needs transition services as early as their initial contact with the system. Although transitioning back into community is a continuous experience, for people leaving NYC jails. NYS Department of Correction and Community Supervision (NYS DOCCS), and NYC youth detention, MOCJ will place emphasis on serving and engaging individuals who are recently released from custody, with an additional particular focus on connecting with people with concurrent needs within 90 days post-release. People with concurrent needs are defined as individuals with concurrent health conditions and/or lack of housing, multiple DOC stays within a year, and/or concurrent charges returning to community from NYC Jails.

All comments/feedback must be submitted in PASSPort no later than July 31, 2026. Label any attachment “Concept Paper for Criminal Justice Transition Network (CJTN) RFP” if something must be uploaded. Questions regarding this Concept Paper/RFP must be transmitted in writing to the Agency Contact at MOCJProcurements@mocj.nyc.gov no later than July 15, 2026.

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The Concept Paper is also released on the MOCJ Website: https://criminaljustice.cityofnewyork.us/notice/concept-paper-community-justice-transition-network