SANDS House Inc

We started in 2012 with the sole purpose of making change to the criminal justices system for LGBTQ people . We started by offer reentry service ,we trained juges ,ADA in Brooklyn,Manhattan ,we train correction officer. At that time NYc not ready for the change but we made it come about by educating ,collaborating and supporting key players in the community. Because of the work we have done we have great relationship with the kings county court and DA office we help to create court diversion program. Out of the work we have done LGBTQ task force was created. we have epidemic going on in our community the ''partybois'' community. I was task to bury 16 of these individual who didn’t have family nor life insurance to Burt them . This community has been neglected and marginalize by the other . These individual is dying and getting locked up at high rate . They have the highest percentage in homeless, lack of proper medical care and mental health issues . We at sands house came up with this model that we believe that would transform the clients we working with lives.WE WORK TO CHANGE THE NEGATIVE PARADIGMS THEY OFTEN HELD AS BELIEVED TO BE TRUE ABOUT OURSELVES THEN WE GOING ON TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT COLLABRTIVE, AFFIRMING, NON-JUDGEMNT .