Construction is complete on Hope House on Crotona Park, a six-story residential facility at 849 Crotona Park North in Crotona, The Bronx. Designed by EQ Architecture and Design and developed by the Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice, the 12,000-square-foot structure contains 16 beds across eight double-occupancy rooms for adults living with serious mental illness who have been charged with felony-level crimes. The $13 million project operates as a residential Alternative to Incarceration, or ATI, offering a voluntary, court-referred program with an expected length of stay of one to two years.
Rendering of Hope House. Credit: EQ Architecture and Design.
Rendering of Hope House. Credit: EQ Architecture and Design.
The facility is reserved for eight men and eight women, with two residents sharing each room, and is staffed around the clock by residential and security personnel, with on-site clinical care. The Greenburger Center describes it as the first residential ATI model of its kind in the nation, distinguished by its use of bond-agency security authority in a voluntary program and its co-located treatment and housing. Residents can receive integrated behavioral health treatment, substance use services, peer support, vocational programming, and life-skills development within a trauma-informed setting organized around a “work-ordered day” model.
Rendering of Hope House. Credit: EQ Architecture and Design.
Clinical services are provided by Athena Psych, whose clinicians deliver evidence-based care on site. Financing for the $13 million development was assembled from a $5.6 million construction grant from New York State, proceeds from the federal New Markets Tax Credit program, private donations, and allocations from members of the City Council and State Legislature.
Rendering of Hope House. Credit: EQ Architecture and Design.
Clients enter Hope House from jail after voluntarily accepting a plea agreement in court, with the support of defense counsel, the prosecutor, and the presiding judge. In essence, the model diverts people whose untreated mental illness contributed to their charges into supervised treatment rather than a jail or prison term.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this month to mark the opening, drawing state and city officials.
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