WHITE PLAINS – The Westchester County Departments of Community Mental Health and Corrections have teamed up to implement a new program that unites both mental health and additional peer training at the county jail.
Called “Lives Forward,” the program will connect people who are successfully in recovery known as “peers,” with those who are currently seeking recovery.
The program began on Monday, said Mental Health Deputy Commissioner Joseph Glazer.
“We have 10 students who are starting today. People who are in the facility, who fit the criterial of what we are looking for, and are willing – and this is the important part – are willing to go forward and talk about their experience, their experience in recovery, their experience with criminal with criminal justice, their experience with incarceration,” he said.
Nory Padilla, first deputy commissioner of corrections, said the new program will place participants on a path that allows them to transition back into the community with guidance and support.
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