The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) seeks proposals to fund SNUG Street Outreach and the SNUG Social Work program. The SNUG Street Outreach program is an evidence-based, violence reduction initiative that treats gun violence as a disease by identifying its causes and interrupting its transmission. The SNUG Social Work program provides social workers and allows the DCJS SNUG programs to address the trauma experienced by program participants and staff and improve access to victim services for participants and their families.

The SNUG Street Outreach program is an evidence-based, violence reduction initiative that treats gun violence as a disease by identifying its causes and interrupting its transmission. There are currently 14 DCJS SNUG Programs across New York State. At each SNUG site, outreach teams of “credible messengers” – individuals who are hired from within the communities in which they work and have backgrounds similar to those with whom they aim to connect – mentor the highest-risk youth with an emphasis on conflict mediation and violence prevention.

The SNUG Social Work program provides social workers to the DCJS SNUG programs, allowing them to address the trauma experienced by program participants and staff and improve access to victim services for participants and their families. SNUG Street Outreach sites utilize grant funding to hire social workers trained to best address the ways in which constant exposure to violence affects youth served by the program, their communities, and SNUG staff. 

More information about SNUG Street Outreach Program can be found at https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/ofpa/pdfdocs/SNUG%20Schenectady%20Request%20for%20Proposals%20Final%202.15.23.pdf#page=4.

More information about SNUG Social Work Program can be found at https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/ofpa/pdfdocs/SNUG%20Schenectady%20Request%20for%20Proposals%20Final%202.15.23.pdf#page=6.