Yaniris Gomez

Yaniris Gomez is the Clinical Coordinator for Newark Community Solutions, at the Center for Court Innovation. Newark Community Solutions is an alternative to incarceration (ATI) program that serves low level offenders in the Newark Municipal Court of New Jersey.  In this role, Yaniris oversees daily clinic operations and coordinates communication with partners. Yaniris represents the organization in local coalitions that address systemic issues in the Newark community and strengthens her program's ties to the community.

Newark Community Solutions (NCS) is an operating program of the Center for Court Innovation. Center for Court Innovation is a criminal justice non-profit that oversees similar programs in New York City and upstate New York.  Besides the ATI in the municipal court, NCS also operates a youth court, victim services office, and a hospital-based violence intervention program. The goal of these services is to re-imagine how people interact with the criminal justice system and offer early intervention to prevent incarceration.