How is Safe Horizon expanding the CAC model into other communities beyond New York City?
Safe Horizon opened its first fully co-located CAC in Brooklyn in 1996. Since that time, we have opened two fully co-located CACs in the boroughs of Queens and Staten Island as well. We are now in the midst of working to establish fully co-located CACs in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. This will mean that these vital services will soon be standardized and available in every borough throughout our city. We enjoy sharing our expertise and best practices across the state, country and world for that matter, and we learn a great deal from other CACs as well. This is difficult work, and I believe there’s a lot we can continue to learn from one another, both the struggles and successes. Several weeks ago, we sponsored a delegation from Norway; they’re opening their first Norwegian CAC, which is very exciting. We’ve presented on our model in Switzerland. There’s really a global interest in this work, and increasingly in Safe Horizon’s fully co-located urban CAC model. Q: What is the
