Who We Are

New York Therapeutic Communities, Inc. (NYTC) is a not-for-profit organization with over thirty years of experience providing substance abuse treatment to adults in the criminal justice system. We operate community-based residential programs under contract to New York State and out-patient programs within New York City Probation, utilizing a therapeutic community (TC) model. Our mission is to help program participants effect those changes in attitude and behavior that will enable them to make choices associated with a healthy, positive lifestyle free of crime and drugs. Since its inception in 1977, NYTC has successfully treated thousands of men and women, helping them to lead productive lives, free of involvement with drugs and crime.

A pioneer in the adaptation of TC chemical dependency treatment methods to the prison setting, Stay'n Out Training & Development has trained corrections personnel in thirty-eight states and nine other countries, and has launched or helped implement prison TCs in New York, Ohio, Delaware, South Carolina, Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii and Texas, as well as in Malaysia, Thailand, and Columbia. The New York state programs, also named Stay'n Out, set the standards for thirty-one years before being closed during the 2008 New York State fiscal crisis. Based upon the principles of personal responsibility, self-help, and mutual care, the Stay'n Out model for in-prison treatment has a proven 77% success rate for those who complete their program.

The Serendipity programs enable those involved in the criminal justice system to prepare themselves to re-enter society. Serendipity also offers a cost-effective alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) for those persons for whom rehabilitation is a priority. The NYTC, Inc. Probation Ambulatory Programs offer non-residential treatment to persons in New York City, as well as support services for adolescent probationers.