National Programs

Alliance for Children and Families

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Alliance for Children and Families

Telephone: 414-359-1040
Address: 11700 W. Lake Park Dr.

Milwaukee, WI 53224
E-mail: info@alliance1.org

Web site: www.alliance1.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1911

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No

The Alliance for Children and Families, a national membership association, provides services to nonprofit child and family serving and economic empowerment organizations. Motivated by a vision of a healthy society and strong communities, we work to strengthen America’s nonprofit sector and through advocacy assure the sector’s continued independence. The Alliance, formed by the 1998 merger of Family Service America and the National Association of Homes and Services for Children, helps member agency leaders successfully meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges by drawing upon its more than 90 years of leadership in the human services community.

Angel Tree

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Prison Fellowship

Telephone: 800-552-6435, 800-55-ANGEL
Address: 44180 Riverside Parkway

Lansdowne, VA 20176
E-mail: angeltree@pfm.org

Web site: www.angeltree.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1982

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Provide Christmas gifts and the gospel message to children on behalf of their incarcerated parent in partnership with local churches. Programs throughout year include summer camping and mentoring.

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 1-888-887-2447
Address: 450 East John Carpenter Frwy

Irving, TX 75062
E-mail: bbbstx@bbbstx.org

Web site: http://www.bbbstx.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1927

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

We are a one-to-one mentoring organization for children.

Children of Incarcerated Parents Mentoring

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps

Telephone: 410-532-6864
Address: 403 Markland Ave.

Baltimore, MD 21212
E-mail: natloffice@ndmva.org

Web site: www.ndmva.org

Secondary Office: 403 Markland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21212

Established: 1992

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Notre Dame – AmeriCorps’s CHIP program provides one-on-one mentoring for children affected by parental incarceration. NDA also partners with area schools and social service agencies to provide educational support for youth and adults.

Family Connection

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 605-357-0777
Address: PO Box 100

Sioux Falls, SD 57101
E-mail: info@sdfamilyconnection.org

Web site: www.sdfamilyconnection.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1995

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Family Connection provides a place for people traveling to Sioux Falls, SD when visiting someone incarcerated at the Sioux Falls penitentiary. Family Connection provides programming to children in the Sioux Falls school district with incarcerated family members.

Family Services
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Aleph Institute
Telephone: 305-864-5553
Address: 9540 Collins Avenue, P.O. Box 547127
Surfside, FL 33154
E-mail: receptionist@aleph-institute.org
Web site: www.aleph-institute.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1981
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

We assist the Jewish families and children of those currently incarcerated. We connect them with local community support, assist with traveling expenses to visit the inmate and set up support between the families of those incarcerated.

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Department of Justice

Telephone: 202-307-3198
Address: 320 First Street, NW

Washington, DC 20534
E-mail: None

Web site: www.bop.gov
Secondary Office: None

Established: 1930

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No

Provides parent education, family living skills and family literacy education at most institutions. Provides prenatal care and information to pregnant prisoners. The Mothers and Inmates Nurturing Together (MINT) program enables some expectant female offenders to be placed in a community facility the last three months of pregnancy and to remain at these facilities in order to bond with their child before returning to an institution to complete their sentence.

Hope House

Area Served: National with a special focus on the DC Metro Area
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 301-408-1452
Address: PO Box 60682

Washington, DC 20039
E-mail: cfennelly@aol.com

Web site: www.hopehousedc.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1998

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Hope House has three main goals: (1) to strengthen families and in particular, the relational bonds between children and their fathers imprisoned far from home; (2) to reduce the isolation, stigma, shame and risk these families experience when fathers and husbands are imprisoned; and (3) to raise public awareness about this most at-risk population.

Institute on Violence, Abuse, & Trauma

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 858-527-1860
Address: 10065 Old Grove Road, Suite 101

San Diego, CA 92131
E-mail: forensics@alliant.edu

Web site: http://ivatcenters.org/

Secondary Office: None

Established: 2005

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Professional services offered at IVAT include conducting child custody evaluations, psychological testing, forensic evaluations, and conducting treatment of a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. Additional direct services available through IVAT include: individual, family, re-unification, and group therapy; supervised visitation; and parenting skills classes. Therapy is provided to people with a variety of different problems in our comprehensive program. All services are provided on a sliding fee scale.

National Bill of Rights Policy partnership for Children of the Incarcerated: A 14-State Initiative

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 501-366-3647
Address: 5414 Edgewood Road

Little Rock, AR 72207
E-mail: borpartnership@yahoo.com

Web site: www.nationalBORpartnership.net

Secondary Office: None

Established: 2006

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

The National Bill of Rights Policy Partnership for children of the Incarcerated is a coalition of 14 state groups that came together as part of the OSI technical assistance fellowship of Dee Ann Newell, to seek the implementation of the Bill of Rights within the 14 regions. The partnership remains as an advocacy group seeking changes in policies and practices to insure the health and well-being of all children impacted by parental incarceration.

Offender Family Services

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: NC Department of Correction, Division of Prisons

Telephone: 919-838-3629
Address: 840 W. Morgan St., 4280 MSC

Raleigh, NC
E-mail: wmn01@doc.state.nc.us

Web site: www.doc.state.nc.us/familyservices/

Secondary Office: 831 W. Morgan St. 4260 MSC, Raleigh, NC

Established: 1998

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Liaison for offender families with the NC Department of Corrections. Provides psychosocial support, crisis intervention, information and referral, transition services, and information and education of the criminal justice system

Parenting & Family Healing

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Bethesda Family Services Foundation

Telephone: 570-523-0605
Address: 88 Bull Run Crossing, Suite 1

Lewisburg, PA 17837
E-mail: staff@bfsf.org

Web site: www.bfsf.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1995

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Provide parenting and family healing to incarcerated individuals; train counselors, educators, and others in Relational Healing and Peer Governance Models.

Prison MATCH of North Carolina, Inc.

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 919-828-4767
Address: P. O. Box 14469

Raleigh, NC 27620
E-mail: director@prisonmatch.org

Web site: www.prisonmatch.org

Secondary Office: 1034 Bragg St., Raleigh, NC 27610

Established: 1992

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

Provide support and resources for women at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women to strengthen their relationships with their children. Provide parenting education and coaching, operate a homelike visitation center, train and supply volunteers to supervise visits, provide financial assistance for transportation for families within the state and transportation and lodging for children who live outside of NC.

Prisoner Visitation and Support

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 215-241-7117
Address: 1501 Cherry Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102
E-mail: pvs@afsc.org

Web site: www.prisonervisitation.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 1968

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

PVS is the only nationwide, interfaith visitation program given access by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense to visit all federal and military prisoners. We have 300 volunteers across the U.S. who regularly visit at over 90 federal and military prisons

PrisonMail.org

Area Served: National
Parent Organization: None

Telephone: 814-742-7500
Address: PO Box 1602

Altoona, PA 16603
E-mail: info@prisonmail.org

Web site: www.prisonmail.org

Secondary Office: None

Established: 2004

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No

PrisonMail simplifies communication and encourages constant correspondence between prisoners and their family and loved ones. It uses the convenience of the internet to allow those with incarcerated loved ones to send messages on a regular basis.