On any given day, there are an estimated 2 million children in America with at least one parent in prison or jail.

NRCCFI at FCN is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. focused on children and families of the incarcerated and programs that serve them.

  • Disseminating accurate and relevant information
  • Guiding the development of family strengthening policy and practice
  • Training, preparing, and inspiring those working in the field
  • Including the families in defining the issues and designing solutions

New & Notable

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News on the Site and in the Field

Here you will find the latest updates from this site and in the field including the following:

CSG Justice Center Unveils Federal Action Plan for Improving Responses to Children of Incarcerated Parents

Mentoring Children of the Incarcerated Program News

Communication Notations

Visit our Mentoring Page

New Research Resource

International News

Media Coverage

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Reflections

A quarterly address from NRCCFI Director, Ann Adalist-Estrin.

Winter 2009/10

In the midst of the holiday season and all the searching and shopping and preparing, we sometimes become focused more on the gifts and not on the people we buy them for. At this time of year, I am often reminded of O. Henry’s short story, The Gift of the Magi.
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Spotlight

Spotlight: What Will Happen to Me?

What Will Happen to Me is a remarkable photo-textual book about children of the incarcerated and their caregivers, with portraits by Howard Zehr and interviews with children conducted by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz. Read More

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Two Popular Resources from NRCCFI: Responding to Children and Families of Prisoners-A Community Guide & Mentoring Children of Prisoners-Training of Trainers

There are many ways that communities can help children and families of the incarcerated but it often begins with a plan and effective training. Learn how your community can organize and help.

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New Trainings from NRCCFI

NRCCFI offers a series of exciting onsite and remote trainings. Learn about our newest trainings for teachers and school personnel, for mentoring youth in juvenile justice programs, for working with children and families when parents return from prison and for implementing policy reform using the Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated. Read More

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Updates on the Bill of Rights Project

Here you will find updates regarding the latest news and progress reports on the Children Bill of Rights Project.  Published in 2003, the Incarcerated Parents’ Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated document, has been brought into reality in sites across America, thanks to the  technical assistance project completed by Open Society Institute U.S. Senior Justice Fellow Dee Ann Newell. Read More