Chair Lee on OCS transfers and hospital violence interruption program

Okay, and then just really quickly, because this also has come up, a topic of Office of Community Safety with a few of the hearings we've had so far.

The executive plan includes a baseline transfer of NGBV funding of $3.3 million to the Office of Community Safety starting in FY28.

Is the administration planning to transfer any other H&H programs or services that you know of to OCS?

Not at the current time.

Okay.

And H&H's Hospital-Based Violence Interruption Program, HVIP, seeks to break cycles of violence by providing interruption prevention community engagement services.

I assume that it would make sense for the Office of Community Safety to be involved with this program if the program is effective.

And is this something that the administration is looking into that you know of?

They have not said anything.

Yesterday I was at a really great retreat for all of the programs.

It's one of our initiatives the last year.

These programs all have a sort of historical background.

There was Dr.

Gorder in Brooklyn at Kings County had started a program.

There was a Jacoby program.

And what we have now done is we have programs at all of the hospitals.

As we said, you know, you can have different brands, but we all want you to learn from one another.

So let's figure out a strategy.

And yesterday was their first all H&H retreat together where they spent the whole day figuring out how they learn from one another.

So we're very excited.

We want to respect the traditions, but we also want to figure out what we can learn from each other.

No, that's perfect.

Thank you.

And I feel like that's the best way to learn sometimes is just from your own peers.

Absolutely.

And what is the total budget for the HVAP program for FY26 and FY27, as well as the total headcount?

I will have to get back to you on that.

Okay, perfect.

Let me pass it off to Chair Narcisse.