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 in-prison and community-based residential programs, 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, NYTC has trained corrections personnel in thirty-eight states and eight other countries, and has helped implement prison TCs in the states of Ohio, Delaware, South Carolina, Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii and Texas, as well as in Malaysia, Thailand, and Columbia.

Based upon the principles of personal responsibility, self-help, and mutual care, Stay'n Out has a proven 77% success rate for those who complete the 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 clients mandated by the New York City Department of Probation, as well as support services for adolescent probationers.