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Georgia
Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers, Inc.
Telephone: 404-755-3262
Address: 906 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30310
E-mail: gbauer@takingaim.net
Web site: www.takingaim.net
Contacts: Gina Bauer, Business Manager
Sandra Barnhill, Executive Director/CEO
Area Served: Atlanta, Georgia
Established: 1987
Provides gifts for children, group activities, after school programs,
mentoring and tutoring services, parent/child group activities, and
supervised family visitations. Provides caregiver support,
transportation for prison visits, support for communication between
prison and home, family reunification support, parent education, pubic
information and advocacy, re-entry support, information and referrals.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Heart of GA
Telephone: 478-745-3984
Address: 193 Pierce Avenue
Macon, GA 31204
E-mail: agency@bbbsheartga.org
Web site: www.bbbsheartga.org
Contact: Dianna Glymph, Executive Director
Area Served: Central Georgia
Established: 2003
Provides mentors for children of prisoners and referrals for families
of prisoners to other social services in the area.
HOPE Family Ministries, Inc.
Telephone: 770-474-3154
Address: 107 Flippen Road
Stockbridge, GA 30281
E-mail: hopefamilyministry@netzero.com
Contact: Marcia Lemon Atkins, Founder Executive Director
Area Served: South Metro Atlanta
Established: 2003
Provides mentoring, tutoring and other activities for children of
prisoners. Provides re-entry support and marriage preparation for
families.
Intnl. Mentoring & Entrepreneurial Ctr., Inc. (IMEC)
Telephone: 404-847-2169
Address: P.O. Box 723084
Atlanta, GA 31139-0084
Contact: Colleen Reiter, President
Area Served: Atlanta
Established: 1999
Offers Christ-centered re-entry support services, case management; life
skills, discipleship, and entrepreneurial mentoring, as well as
relationship-building methods, family and community reconciliation and
re-integration support, general information, and referrals.
Serves
motivated
individuals, especially individuals with
sex offenses, traumatic brain injuries, mental health diagnoses,
physical disabilities, and multiple diagnoses. Individuals learn to
rebuild every aspect of their lives based on Biblical principles.
Prisoners Resource Clearinghouse, Inc.
Telephone: 678-418-9856
Address: 2103 N. Decatur Road, Suite 113
Decatur, GA 30033
E-mail: presclear@earthlink.net
Web site: http://prcga.tripod.com
Contact: Regina G. Sherard, Ph.D.,
Founder and Executive Director
Area Served: Metro Atlanta
Parent
Organization: Affiliated with the United Way 211 Referral
Established: 1997
Publications: The Annual Review of Criminal Procedure; Prisoner Health
Guide.
Provides emergency food, furniture and housing referrals, vocational
training referrals, and clothing vouchers. Provides toys, school
supplies, and mentoring for children of prisoners and at-risk youth.
Southern Prison Ministry/Open Door Community
Telephone: 404-874-9652
Address: 910 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30306-4212
Web site: www.opendoorcommunity.org
Contact: Rev. Murphy Davis,
Director SPM
Area Served: Georgia
Parent
Organization: Open Door Community
Established: 1977
Provides transportation for visitors of death row prisoners and
advocacy against the death penalty.
Hawaii
Hawaii Youth Services Network
Telephone: 808-531-2198
Address: 677 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 911
Honolulu, HI 96813
E-mail: hinet@pixi.com
Web site: www.hysn.org
Contact: Judith F. Clark,
Executive Director
Area Served: Hawaii
Established: 2003
Provides volunteer mentors to children who have an incarcerated parent
on Oahu Maui and Kauai.
Kauai Team Challenge, Inc.
Telephone: 808-651-7619
Address: P.O. Box 1795
Kapa`a, HI 96746
E-mail: contact@kauaiteamchallenge.com
Web site: www.kauaiteamchallenge.com
Contact: Mason Chock,
Director
Area Served: Kauai
Established: 2003
Providing mentoring for children of prisoners using volunteer community
support and outdoor experiential activities.
Illinois
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
Telephone: 618-398-3162
Address: 6400 West Main, Suite 1G
Belleville, IL 62223
E-mail: bbbsbell@peaknet.net
Contact: Bill Hatter,
Vice President/COO
Barbara Cempura,
President/CEO
Area Served: St. Clair, Madison, Clinton, Randolph Counties
Parent
Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Established: 1980
Provides children of incarcerated parents with volunteer mentors from
faith-based communities and from businesses. Short-term counseling is
offered to these children and their families.
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM)
Telephone: 312-675-0911
Address: 220 South State Street, Suite 830
Chicago, IL 60604-2160
E-mail: gailtsmith@aol.com
Web site: www.claim-il.org
Contact: Gail Smith,
Executive Director
Area Served: Illinois
Established: 1985
Provides legal aid on family law issues for incarcerated mothers and
their children’s caregivers in Illinois and representation on Cook
County cases involving child custody. Presents client education programs
to help mothers understand the law and make wise decisions about their
children’s placement. Advocates for more humane policy by organizing
formerly incarcerated women to raise public awareness and to educate
policymakers. Formerly incarcerated mothers on staff facilitate a
support group for women returning to the community after incarceration.
The Jail Project provides law classes on Saturdays for women in the Cook
County Jail; the Panel Program provides pro bono representation on
family law cases in Cook County courts. Provides public information and
advocacy.
Habilitative Systems, Inc.
Telephone: 773-261-2252
Address: 415 S. Kilpatrick Avenue
Chicago, IL 60644
E-mail: dewhsi72@aol.com
Web site: www.habilitative.org
Contact: Donald J. Dew,
President/CEO
Area Served: North Lawndale
Established: 1979
Provides support groups, group activities and mentoring for children of
prisoners. Provides enhanced visiting environment and transportation for
prison visits. Provides advocacy, alternatives to incarceration, case
management, child support information/assistance, communication between
prison and home and community residential programming. Provides
counseling, family literacy, family reunification support, information
and referral, parent education, public education and advocacy, re-entry
support and self-help support groups. Provides training and technical
assistance on program design and development.
Prisoner and Family Ministry/Family Connections
Telephone: 847-390-1453
Address: 1001 E. Touhy
Des Plaines, IL 60018
E-mail: pat.davis@LSSI.org
Web site: www.LSSI.org
Contact: Sr. Pat Davis,
Assoc. Executive Director
Jane Otte,
Executive Director PFM
Area Served: Illinois
Parent
Organization: Lutheran Social Services of IL
Established: 1981
Publications: You're Arrested... What the Family Needs to Know, What
the Family Can Do – the Illinois system, free from LSSI office; How (And
Why) to Do the Storybook Project, free at www.LSSI.org
Provides support to children with mothers in prison and their
caregivers. Services include transportation for visits, enabling mothers
to tape stories that are sent to children, support group for caregivers,
re-entry and family reunification support, information and referral.
Indiana
Indiana Women's Prison - Family Preservation Program
Telephone: 317-639-2671
Address: 401 North Randolph Street
Indianapolis, IN 46201-3099
E-mail: jschadee@iwp.doc.state.in.us
Contact: Janet Schadee,
Family Services Director
Dana Blank,
Superintendent
Area Served: Indiana
Established: 1998
Provides parent education, gifts for children, a support group,
enhanced visiting environment, transportation to prison visits, case
management, child support information, support for communication between
prison and home, counseling, family therapy, family reunification
support, information, referrals and re-entry support for mothers held in
the Indiana Women's Prison, their children and their children's
caregivers.
Mentoring Children of Promise
Telephone: 317-472-8507
Address: 4720 Kingsway Drive, Suite 110
Indianapolis, IN 46205
E-mail: lkelly@kidwrap.org
Web site: www.kidwrap.org
Contact: Leslie V. Kelly,
Program Director
Knute Rotto,
CEO
Area Served: Marion, Parke and Vigo Counties
Parent
Organization: Choices Inc.
Established: 2003
Provides mentoring, support for communication with the parent in
prison, and group activities for children of prisoners ages 6 to15.
Provides information and referral for families.
Use What You've Got Ministry, Inc.
Telephone: 317-924-4124
Address: P.O. Box 1521
Indianapolis, IN 46206-1521
E-mail: jmwhitf@aol.com
Web site: www.usewhatyouvegotministry.org
Contact: Cecelia Whitfield,
Founder and Executive Director
Area Served: Indiana
Established: 1990
Provides transportation to Indiana prisons. Provides spiritual
retreats, mentoring of children of prisoners, gifts for children,
clothing, essential food items and support networking.
Iowa
Inmate Assistance LLC
Telephone:
Address: P.O. Box 3865
Urbandale, IA 50323-3865
E-mail: guardianangel@inmateassistance.com
Web site: www.inmateassistance.com
Contact: Kim Yoblonski,
Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 2004
Provides prisoners and their families with legal information and policy
forums.
New Outlook
Telephone: 515-244-0317
Address: 1516 Evergreen, Bldg. C-3
Des Moines, IA 50320
E-mail: outkastmomma@aol.com
Contact: Charmayne White,
Director
Area Served: Iowa
Established: 2004
Provides support groups, advocacy, public information, religious
ministry, support for communication between prison and home, information
and referrals.
Parents Anonymous of Iowa, Inc.
Telephone: 515-255-9490
Address: 1228 8th Street, Suite 201
West Des Moines, IA 50265
E-mail: dave@parentsanonymousofiowa.org
Web site: www.parentsanonymousofiowa.org
Contact: Dave Dhainin,
Programs Manager
Sue Renfrow,
Executive Director
Area Served: Iowa
Established: 1999
Provides parent education groups and enhanced visiting environments for
children at several Iowa prisons.
Kansas
Gracious Promise Foundation
Telephone: 913-342-1707
Address: 1021 Pacific Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66102
E-mail: shirley@graciouspromise.org
Web site: www.graciouspromise.org
Contact: Shirley A. Miller,
Executive Director
Area Served: Kansas City
Established: 1995
Provides case management, food pantry and clothing rooms, youth
activities, counseling, community service opportunities, mentoring,
support group and employment assistance. Provides a home for babies born
to moms in prison, gifts for children, family reunification support,
parent education, religious ministry, information and referrals.
Topeka Correctional Facility
Telephone: 785-296-7220
Address: 815 SE Rice Road
Topeka, KS 66607
Web site: www.dc.state.ks.us
Contact: Keven Pellant,
Deputy Warden of Programs
Richard Koerner,
TCF Warden
Area Served: Kansas
Established: 1986
Provides gifts for children, group activities, mentoring, a children's
center in the visiting area, special full-day mother-child visits,
transportation and overnight lodging for prison visitors. Provides
mother-infant bonding support for mothers who deliver their babies while
incarcerated. Provides case management, child support information and
assistance, support for communication between prison and home, family
reunification support, and self-help support groups.
Kentucky
Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women
Telephone: 502-241-8454
Address: 3000 Ash Avenue
Pewee Valley, KY 40056
Web site: www.corrections.ky.gov/KCIW
Contact: Troy Pollock,
Deputy Warden, Programs
Doris Deuth,
Warden
Area Served: Kentucky
Parent
Organization: Department of Corrections
Provides parent education and special visiting activities for children.
Logan County Family Education Program
Telephone: 270-726-4909
Address: 201 W. 6th Street
Russellville, KY 42276
E-mail: familyed@logantele.com
Contact: Marie Reeves,
Family Education Coordinator
Cheryl Kelley,
Program Manager
Area Served: Logan County
Parent
Organization: Logan County Adult Education and Workforce Training
Established: 1997
Provides parent education, job preparation, group activities for
children, mentoring, family reunification support, self-help support
groups, information and referrals.
Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
Telephone: 859-225-8879
Address: 489 East Main Street, 3rd Floor
Lexington, KY 40507
E-mail: tberlin@pcaky.org
Web site: www.pcaky.org
Contact: Trey Berlin,
Prevention Specialist-Family Based
Jill Seyfred,
Executive Director
Area Served: Kentucky
Established: 1992
Provides a parent education and enhanced visiting program for
incarcerated fathers. Fathers can read a storybook to their child while
being tape recorded. The book and tape are then mailed to the child.
YMCA Safe Place Services
Telephone: 502-635-5233
Address: 2400 Crittenden Drive
Louisville, KY 40217
E-mail: rhentz@ymcalouisville.org
Web site: www.ymcalouisville.org
Contact: Rebecca Hentz,
Y-NOW Mentoring Services Director
Dennis Enix,
Executive Director
Area Served: Louisville
Parent
Organization: YMCA of Greater Louisville
Established: 1996
Provides free YMCA membership for children of prisoners. Provides a
shelter with overnight housing, mentoring, support groups, field trips
and other group activities, case management, counseling and family
therapy. Provides training and technical assistance on program
development.
Louisiana
Community Service Center, Inc.
Telephone: 504-897-6277
Address: 4000 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
E-mail: CSCNOUW@aol.com
Contact: Avis Sherman,
Program Manager
Octavia Edinburg.
Executive Director
Area Served: Greater New Orleans
Established: 2003
Provides a mentoring program for the children of incarcerated and
recently-released inmates. Provides a support group and support services
for the caregivers. Provides referrals for counseling support and
assistance with family reunification upon the return of the parent from
incarceration.
Maine
Mid-Coast Hospitality House
Telephone: 207-594-1422
Address: 169 Old County Road
Rockport, ME 04856
E-mail: mchh@midcoast.com
Contact: Samantha Mank,
Manager
Area Served: Maine
Established: 1989
Provides hospitality center, overnight lodging and transportation for
prison visitors.
Maryland
Alternative Directions, Inc.
Telephone: 410-889-5072
Address: 2505 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
E-mail: mary.j.davis@verizon.net
Contact: Michelle Kelly,
Assistant Director/ Office Manager
Mary Joel Davis,
Director
Area Served: Maryland
Established: 1979
Provides incarcerated parents with legal and social services: notarizes
temporary guardianship forms for prisoners, assists with motions for
court-ordered visitations, provides information about custody and
paternity. Also assists women after release with employment, GED,
parenting, home-purchasing, addiction counseling and treatment.
Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Telephone: 410-358-9711
Address: 4806 Seton Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
E-mail: www.gscm.org
Contact: Marina A. Gethers LCSW-C,
Project Coordinator
Area Served: Baltimore Metropolitan Area
Established: 1992
Provides scouting activities for incarcerated mothers and their
children. Provides family reunification support, support groups,
mentoring to mothers and daughters by volunteers.
Living with Incarcerated Parents and Surviving (LIPS)
Telephone: 301-352-4145
Address: c/o Heaven on Earth Dance Min., P.O. Box 1050
Bowie, MD 20718-1040
Web site: www.Heavenonearthdanceministries.com
Contact: Minister Carol A. Overton,
Director
Area Served: Maryland
Parent
Organization: Heaven On Earth Dance Ministries
Provides children of prisoners with theatrical activities, counseling,
mentoring and bible studies. Provides parents with parent education, pro
bono paralegal assistance, bible studies, mentoring and referrals.
Families are offered church fellowship.
Long Distance Dads
Telephone: 301-948-0599
Address: 101 Lakeforest Blvd., Suite 360
Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2629
E-mail: mtorres@fatherhood.org
Web site: www.fatherhood.org
Contact: Marcos Torres,
Executive Director of Incarcerated Programming
Roland Warren,
President
Area Served: USA and International
Established: 1994
Publications: Curricula on responsible fatherhood, interactive CD Roms
and numerous other related books and resources. Order from our on-line
book store.
Provides training and technical assistance on parent education for
incarcerated fathers. The Long Distance Dads curriculum is used in over
145 correctional facilities in 24 states of the USA as well as in
Canada, Great Britain and Africa. Provides extensive fatherhood
resources and publications.
Maryland Justice Coalition
Telephone: 410-366-0600
Address: 2521 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
E-mail: khaven@povertysolutions.org
Web site: www.povertysolutions.org
Contact: Kimberly Haven,
Campaign Coordinator
Tara Andrews,
Executive Director
Area Served: Maryland
Established: 2002
Provides information and referrals. Advocates criminal justice reform
in Maryland.
National Trust for the Development of African-American Men
Telephone: 301-887-0100
Address: 6811 Kenilworth Ave.
Riverdale, MD 20737
E-mail: mendez2us@yahoo.com
Web site: keepthetrust.org
Contact: Garry A. Mendez Jr.,
Executive Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 1989
Provides training and technical assistance on value-based leadership
training and community development for incarcerated men. The program
emphasizes family responsibility and includes re-entry support and
self-help support groups.
Power Inside
Telephone: 410-262-8484
Address: P.O. Box 4796
Baltimore, MD 21211
E-mail: info@powerinside.org
Web site: www.powerinside.org
Contact: Jacqueline Robarge,
Director
Area Served: Baltimore
Parent
Organization: Fusions Partnerships Inc.
Established: 2001
Provides pre-release and post-release case management, literacy
tutoring, legal assistance, support groups, advocacy and public
education for women and girls impacted by incarceration, prostitution
and street life.
Project SIT (Staying In Touch)
Telephone: 410-334-3102
Address:
132 E. Main Street, Suite 100
Salisbury, MD 21801
E-mail: sit@dmv.com
Dr. Margaret Matlack,
Project Director
Area Served: Wicomico County
Established: 2002
Serves children of prisoners (11 to 15 years) and their caregivers.
Provides case management, counseling referrals, family reunification
support, re-entry support, employment assistance, advocacy, information
and referrals. Tutoring, transportation assistance, prison visits,
family outings, caregiver support groups, parenting classes to
inmates/caregivers are also offered.
U.S. Dream Academy
Telephone: 410-772-7143
Address: 10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300
Columbia, MD 21044
E-mail: jransom@usdreamacademy.org
Web site: www.usdreamacademy.org
Contact: Jesse Fairchild-Ransom,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President and COO
Diane Wallace Booker,
Executive Vice President and COO
Area Served: USA
Established: 1998
Provides children in grades 3 through 6 daily after-school programming
that includes on-line academic enrichment, healthy lifestyles
instruction, homework assistance, values training and mentoring.
Provides video-visiting to support communication between prison and
home. Programs currently in Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Newark, NJ;
Philadelphia, PA; Jamaica, Queens, NY; Houston, TX; and Atlanta, GA.
Urban Leadership Institute
Telephone: 410-339-4630
Address: 28 Allegheny Ave., Suite 503
Baltimore, MD 21204
E-mail: dmiller@urbanleadershipinstitute.com
Web site: www.urbanyouth.org
Contact: David Miller,
Chief Visionary Officer
Area Served: USA
Established: 1997
Publications: Dare To Be King: What If the Prince Lives - a Survival
Workbook for African American Males; Dare To Be King: What Happens When
Daddy Comes Home (curriculum for fathers who return home from prison).
Provides training and technical assistance on mentoring children of
prisoners, with emphasis on working with African American males.
Michigan
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saginaw Bay Area Amachi Program
Telephone: 989-755-6558
Address: 1910 Fordney Street
Saginaw, MI 48601
E-mail: lwilliams@sagbay-bbbs.org
Contact: Lillie Williams,
Executive Director
Area Served: Saginaw and Bay Counties
Established: 2003
Provides one-to-one mentors to children (ages 5-18) with parents who
are incarcerated or recently released. Mentors are volunteers from
faith-based communities.
Minnesota
Council on Crime and Justice
Telephone: 612-340-5432
Address: 822 S. 3rd Street, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
E-mail: info@crimeandjustice.org
Web site: www.crimeandjustice.org
Contact: Eric McCoy,
Case Advocate
Thomas Johnson,
President
Area Served: Minneapolis and St. Paul
Established: 2000
Publications: See www.crimeandjustice.org.
Provides parent education to inmates at three Minnesota correctional
facilities and a pre-release Family Reunification Group for eligible
fathers. Also provides post-release transitional support.
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council, Inc.
Telephone: 218-773-8452
Address: 1825 Central Ave. NW
East Grand Forks, MN 56721
E-mail: norma@tvoc.org
Contact: Norma Campos or Laura Foss,
Family Service Worker
Dennis DeMers,
Executive Director
Area Served: Polk, Norman and Red Lake Counties
Established: 2004
Provides support groups, parent education, case management, family
literacy activities, family reunification support, legal assistance,
re-entry support, information and referrals.
Missouri
Children's Connection
Telephone: 816-358-9036
Address: 7620 E. 79th Street
Kansas City, MO 64138
E-mail: childrensconn@yahoo.com
Contact: Sarah Acsenvil,
Program Director
Area Served: Jackson County
Parent
Organization: St. James United Methodist Church
Established: 1999
Provides an after-school and mentoring program for elementary age
children who have an incarcerated parent. The curriculum includes small
group therapy, tutoring, drug and alcohol awareness, career units, team
building and recreation. Children, who so desire, are supported in
maintaining contact with their incarcerated parent.
F.L.A.W.S, Inc. (Friends & Loved Ones Against Warped Systems)
Telephone: 314-422-0738
Address: P.O. Box 3991
St. Louis, MO 63136
E-mail: incarceratedlovedone@hotmail.com
Contact: Daphne Swinson,
President
Area Served: Missouri
Established: 2001
Provides information and referrals, support groups, workshops, family
activities and visiting transportation assistance.
Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis
Telephone: 314-890-9569
Address: 2130 Kratky Road
St. Louis, MO 63114
E-mail: jscheer@gscgsl.org
Contact: Janis Scheer,
Program Manager
Theresa Loveless,
CEO
Area Served: Missouri
Parent
Organization: Girl Scouts of the USA
Established: 1996
Provides scouting experience for girls whose mothers are incarcerated.
Some of the scouting meetings are held in the correctional center with
the mothers.
Manasseh Ministry
Telephone: 314-454-0277
Address: 1141 Belt
St. Louis, MO 63112
E-mail: manassehmin@sbcglobal.net
Contact: Richard Jackson,
Servant
Area Served: St. Louis
Established: 1991
Provides school clothing, school supplies, transportation for prison
visits, marriage enrichment classes, counseling, re-entry support,
religious ministry, information and referrals.
Parents As Teachers Hannibal Public Schools
Telephone: 573-221-3054
Address: 4600 McMasters Avenue
Hannibal, MO 63401
Area Served: Missouri
Parent
Organization: Parents As Teachers National Center
Established: 1999
Publications: Parents as Teachers Curriculum published by Parents As
Teachers National Center, St. Louis, MO.
Provides parent education to incarcerated women. Provides counseling to
prisoners who are pregnant or have children under age 5. Provides gifts
for children.
PATCH of Chillicothe
Telephone: 660-646-6462
Address: P.O. Box 871
Chillicothe, MO 64601
Contact: Coleen Scott,
PATCH Director
Area Served: Missouri
Established: 1984
Provides enhanced mother-child visits in a home-like setting, pre- and
post-visit counseling, parent education, re-entry preparation, and
support group. Provides information, referrals, gifts for children,
mentoring, public education and advocacy, family therapy, family
reunification support, and transportation for visits at Chillicothe
Correctional Center.
Regeneration Courage 2 Change, Inc.
Telephone: 314-368-2426
Address: P.O. Box 300573
St. Louis, MO 63132
E-mail: RegenCourage2Chg@aol.com
Contact: Rev. Wilma Warren,
Founder/Director
Area Served: Midwest Missouri
Parent
Organization: He Cares/He Hears/He Answers Prison Ministry
Established: 1998
Publications: God's Golden Moments Magazine for Prison Populations,
subscription $3.00
Provides women offenders with re-entry support including employment
support, parent education, drug treatment and counseling. Provides
short-term housing and day care for children.
Nebraska
Cedars-Project SEEK
Telephone: 402-890-8296
Address: 770 North Cotner Blvd., Suite 410
Lincoln, NE 68505
E-mail: adparker@cedars-kids.org
Web site: www.cedars-kids.org/projectseek.html
Contact: Amy Dawn Parker,
Family Specialist
Sandra Miller,
Service Area Director
Area Served: Southeast Nebraska
Parent
Organization: Cedars Youth Services
Established: 2002
Provides a supportive outreach service for children (up to age 15) with
an incarcerated parent and their caregivers. Services include group
activities, mentoring, support groups, transportation for prison visits,
advocacy, case management, counseling, family reunification support,
information and referrals.
Girls and Boys Town
Telephone: 402-498-1074
Address: 14100 Crawford Drive
Boys Town, NE 68010
E-mail: schuchmannl@boystown.org
Contact: Linda Schuchmann,
Manager Parenting Programs
Father Peter,
Executive Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 1989
Publications: Common Sense Parenting from a Distance (materials,
trainer's kit, parent’s book and workbook).
Provides training for parent educators so they can help parents and
caregivers be effective teachers and role models even when parents have
limited access to their children due to incarceration.
Nebraska Correctional Center for Women
Telephone: 402-362-3317
Address: 1107 Recharge Road
York, NE 68467
E-mail: maryalley242@yahoo.com
Contact: Mary Alley,
Parenting Program Coordinator
John Dahm,
Warden
Area Served: Nebraska
Established: 1974
Provides an overnight and day-visit program for the inmates' children,
parent education and a nursery program where babies may stay up to 18
months in the facility. Provides a children's center in the visiting
area, case management, support for communication between prison and
home, family reunification and re-entry support, information and
referrals.
S.K.I.P. Support for Kids of Incarcerated Parents Corporation
Telephone: 402-325-8515
Address: P.O. Box 30733
Lincoln, NE 68503
E-mail: cwoldt@neb.rr.com
Web site: www.skipnebraska.org
Contact: Cindy Woldt,
President
Area Served: Nebraska
Established: 1995
Provides a 4-day summer camp for children, plus activities throughout
the year.
Visiting Nurse Association
Telephone: 800-456-8869
Address: 1941 S. 42nd Street, Suite 225
Omaha, NE 68105
E-mail: bcernech@vnam.org
Web site: www.vnam.org
Contact: Betty Cernech,
Vice President
James Summerfelt,
CEO
Area Served: Douglas and Sarpy Counties
Established: 1997
Provides public health nursing services, parent education, information,
referrals and case management for pregnant and parenting women and teens
incarcerated in state and local correctional facilities. Also provides
follow-up home visitation and advocacy after release.
Nevada
Friends & Family of Prison Inmates
Telephone: 775-772-4641
Address: 510 Greenbrae Drive
Sparks, NV 89431
E-mail: evoigt@dbi.state.nv.us
Contact: Elaine Voigt,
Founder and Facilitator
Area Served: Northern Nevada
Parent
Organization: My Journey Home Inc.
Established: 2001
Provides a support group for families; re-entry support, a support
group for children with a parent in prison and a speaker’s bureau.
New Hampshire
Family Connections Center
Telephone: 603-528-9266
Address: 1 Right Way Path
Laconia, NH 03246
E-mail: familyconnectionscenter@yahoo.com
Web site: www.state.nh.us/doc/fcc/index.html
Contact: Kristina Toth,
Program Administrator
Area Served: New Hampshire
Parent
Organization: New Hampshire Department of Corrections
Established: 1998
Provides private visits between children and their incarcerated parent.
Visits are monitored by staff. Provides children with audio and
videotapes of their incarcerated parent reading to them. Provides gifts
for children and parent education classes for prisoners.
New Jersey
American Friends Service Committee Criminal Justice Program
Telephone: 973-643-3192
Address: 972 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
E-mail: b.kerness@afsc.org
Web site: www.afsc.org
Contact: Bonnie Kerness,
Coordinator Prison Watch
Phillip Sopencer-Linzie,
Program Director
Area Served: New Jersey
Parent
Organization: AFSC
Established: 1976
Publications: Survivor's Manual (for prisoners in isolation); Our
Children's House (testimonies of youth held in detention facilities);
Torture in US Prisons - Evidence of Human Rights Violations; The Prison
Inside the Prison: Control Units, Supermax Prisons and Devices of
Torture; numerous other editorials and commentaries.
Provides New Jersey ex-prisoners and their families with social service
referrals, resume writing assistance, and employment referrals. Provides
a mentorship curriculum-based program for 14-18 year-olds.
AtlantiCare Family Centers
Telephone: 609-345-1994
Address: 323 Madison Ave.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
E-mail: Rosalind.Norrell-Nance@AtlantiCare.org.
Contact: Rosalind Norrell-Nance,
Director
Ted Stryker,
President/CEO
Area Served: Atlantic County
Established: 2003
Provides counseling and support for children of prisoners and their
caregivers. Social services include educational tutoring, recreation,
economic assistance and advocacy. Provides counseling for prisoners in
Atlantic County prior to coming home. Also provides employment
assistance, parent education, family counseling, family reunification
support and substance abuse prevention and recovery counseling.
Building Bridges
Telephone: 856-486-7252
Address: P.O. Box 214
Somerdale, NJ 08083
E-mail: Mentor@BBMentoring.org
Web site: www.BBMEntoring.org
Contact: Kaali Cohen,
CEO
Area Served: South Jersey
Parent
Organization: Generations Inc
Established: 2003
Provides one-to-one and site-based mentoring, transitional counseling
and support groups and job-readiness training for youth.
Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council
Telephone: 908-725-1226
Address: 1171 Route 28
North Branch, NJ 08876
E-mail: evergara@girlscouts-rh.org
Web site: www.girlscouts-rh.org
Contact: Emily Vergara,
Special Projects Manager
Marilyn Siegel,
Chief Executive Officer
Area Served: Esses, Union and Mercer Counties
Parent
Organization: Girl Scouts of the USA
Established: 1998
Provides scouting experience for girls whose mothers are incarcerated.
Some of the scouting meetings are held in the correctional center with
the mothers. The mothers also participate in parent education.
New Jersey Association on Correction
Telephone: 609-396-8900
Address: 986 S. Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08611
E-mail: JHanley@njaconline.org
Web site: www.njaconline.org
Contact: Julie Hanley,
Grants Manager
James A. Hemm,
Executive Director
Area Served: Jersey City and Middlesex Counties
Established: 2001
Provides activities, support groups and counseling for children of
prisoners. Provides caretaker support groups and facilitates child
contact (including visitation) with incarcerated parent. Provides
prisoner and family re-entry support, advocacy, information and
referrals.
NewarkSuccess.org
Telephone: 973-748-9000 ext. 107
Address: Bloomfield College
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
E-mail: newark_success@bloomfield.edu
Web site: www.newarksuccess.org
Contact: Jeff Mellow,
Director
Area Served: Newark
Parent
Organization: Prisoners and their Families Project
Established: 1992
Provides a web site for people leaving prison, their families and
interested professionals. Offers an extensive database of services and
resources in the New Jersey area.
NJCRI (North Jersey Community Research Initiative)
Telephone: 973-483-3444
Address: 393 Central Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103-2842
E-mail: n.hernandez@njcri.org
Web site: www.njcri.org
Contact: Nelson Hernandez,
Project Manager
Brian McGovern,
Bill Orr
Area Served: Essex and Union Counties
Established: 1988
Provides HIV-infected prisoners and their families with social
services, addiction services, case management, counseling, support for
communication between prison and home, re-entry support, information and
referrals.
Parents Anonymous of NJ, Inc.
Telephone: 609-585-7666
Address: 127 Rt. 206 South, Suite 10
Hamilton, NJ 08610
E-mail: kroepanj@aol.com
Web site: www.pa-of-nj.org
Contact: Laurie,
Volunteer Coordinator
Kathleen Roe,
Executive Director
Area Served: New Jersey
Parent
Organization: Parents Anonymous Inc.
Established: 1996
Provides parent education and support groups for parents of prisoners
in New Jersey. Groups are held inside prison, in halfway houses and in
the community.
New Mexico
PB&J Family Services, Inc.
Telephone: 505-877-7060
Address: 1101 Lopez Road SW
Albuquerque, NM 87105
E-mail: PBandJ@NM.Net
Contact: Janet Winchester Silbaugh
Director ImPACT and KidPACT Programs
Angie Vachio,
Executive Director
Area Served: Central New Mexico
Established: 1988
Publications: Children of Inmates: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle
of Crime - findings of research including interviews and surveys of
caretakers and prisoners. Order from Janet Winchester Silbaugh at PB&J
Family Services.
Provides parent education and family reunification support. Provides
support groups for children, therapeutic supervised visits, case
management, counseling, family therapy and re-entry support.
Prison Family Services
Telephone: 505-527-4046
Address: P.O. Box 639
Las Cruces, NM 88004-0639
Contact: Olga Granado,
VHH Coordinator
Charles C. Brewster,
Managing Director
Area Served: Southwest USA
Established: 1990
Provides a hospitality center for prison visitors. Services include
refreshments, clothing to help meet the facility’s dress code,
information on facility policies, and childcare during visits. Provides
information and referrals to community services.
Wings Ministry
Telephone: 505-291-6412
Address: 2226 B Wyoming NE, Suite 130
Albuquerque, NM 87112
E-mail: AnnEdenfield@WingsMinistry.org
Web site: www.WingsMinistry.org
Contact: Ann Edenfield,
Executive Director/Founder
Area Served: USA
Established: 1995
Publications: Family Arrested: How to Survive The Incarceration of a
Loved One
Provides mentoring and social support for children of prisoners and
their families and connects the families of inmates with a church family
in their neighborhood. Provides support groups, social gatherings, group
activities, family reunification support, parent education, re-entry
support and religious ministry. Provides transportation for prison
visits and enhances prison visits by through structured social
gatherings. Provides training and technical assistance on program
development.
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