QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: The Queens District Attorney’s Office investigates and prosecutes crimes in Queens and will send individuals eligible to participate in the ROCKAWAY COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER for diversion services.

QUEENS DEFENDERS has been working in communities throughout the borough to address the needs of low-income residents facing legal, housing, and immigration issues. Founded in 1996, QUEENS DEFENDERS has grown to a staff of over 160 attorneys, social workers, investigators, support staff, and other professionals. Our highly skilled attorneys have represented over 450,000 Queens residents and handle major trials and homicides, work with clients involved in Queens treatment courts, and represent cases involving domestic violence, youth charged with felonies, and immigrants facing criminal charges. Beyond legal representation, QUEENS DEFENDERS offers youth-focused diversion and community-based support programs throughout Queens.

Established in 1988, RDRC’s employment services program is the oldest employment training and placement services organization serving the Rockaways. They are trusted in the community and have the success record to ensure Community Justice Center clients are engaged in a restorative experience that benefits the community and puts them in a better place to succeed.

QUEENS FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER: The New York City Family Justice Center, Queens (QFJC), an initiative of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence and the Queens County District Attorney’s office, offers coordinated services to domestic violence victims in one location. Family Justice Centers provide criminal justice, civil legal, and social services for victims of domestic violence, elder abuse, and sex trafficking.

QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY: Queens Public Library is one of the largest and busiest public library systems in the United States, dedicated to serving the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country. An independent, non-profit organization founded in 1896, Queens Public Library offers free access to a collection of more than 5 million books and other materials in multiple languages, technology and digital resources, and more than 80,000 educational, cultural, and civic programs a year. It consists of 65 locations, including branch libraries, a Central Library, seven adult learning centers, a technology center, two universal pre-kindergartens, and two teen centers.

THE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION: Established in the summer of 1950, The New York Bar Foundation is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization that receives charitable contributions from individuals, law firms, corporations or other entities and provides grants to further its goals of promoting and advancing the following: service to the public; improvements in the administration of justice; legal research and education; high standards of professional ethics; and public understanding of legal heritage. The Foundation makes grants to financially support law-related programs of legal services organizations, nonprofits, bar associations and other organizations throughout New York State. The Foundation membership consists of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association.