Deputy Commissioner for Family Justice Centers and Survivor Supports
Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
Jennifer DeCarli is the Deputy Commissioner for Family Justice Centers and Survivor Supports at the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV). In this role, she oversees the operations of the City’s five Family Justice Centers, as well as other survivor support programs, including the office’s housing initiatives work.
She has over 25 years’ experience working with survivors of domestic and gender-based violence and has dedicated her professional career to supporting survivors and helping them access and navigate the systems and supports they feel will lead them to safety. She holds a master’s degree in social work from NYU and a law degree from the University at Buffalo School of Law. She has held several leadership positions during her career including Director of the Safe Horizon Brooklyn Family Court Program and their Staten Island Family and Criminal Court Program; Executive Director of the Brooklyn Family Justice Center for ENDGBV and Director of Legal Services at Her Justice.
Prior to her work in New York City, she represented domestic violence survivors in Family Court in upstate New York and worked for the Empire Justice Center providing technical assistance and capacity building to communities and legal service agencies specializing in assisting domestic violence survivors.