Directory of Programs Serving Children & Families of the Incarcerated
The Directory of Programs Serving Children and Families of the Incarcerated is an update of the Directory Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders, dated October 2001. This revised directory lists programs in the United States and around the world that offer services specifically for children and families of adult offenders. Last updated: June 2009.
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Listing on this webpage does not constitute an endorsement of or recommendation for said entity or its mission and philosophies by NRCCFI at FCN, its staff, consultants, advisers, directors or funders. Reasonable efforts have been made to confirm the validity and viability of programs, organizations or resources listed on this website.
Programs Offering National Services
Alliance for Children and Families (http://www.alliance1.org/)
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Alliance for Children and Families
Telephone: 414-359-1040
Address: 11700 W. Lake Park Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Email: info@alliance1.org
Website: www.alliance1.org
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.
Amachi
Area Served: National
Telephone: 215-557-4418
Address: 2000 Market St., Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Email: mwalker@ppv.org
Website: www.amachimentoring.org
Established: 2000
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
Amachi provides training and technical assistance to mentoring children of prisoner programs nationwide.
Angel Tree
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Prison Fellowship
Telephone: 800-552-6435, 800-55-ANGEL
Address: 44180 Riverside Parkway
Lansdowne, VA 20176
Email: angeltree@pfm.org
Website: www.angeltree.org
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 National Office
Area Served: National
Address: 230 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 567-7000
Fax: (215) 567-0394
Email: actioncenter@bbbs.org
Website: http://www.bbbs.org
Established: 1927
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We are a one-to-one mentoring organization for children.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Telephone: 1-888-887-2447
Address: 450 East John Carpenter Frwy
Irving, TX 75062
Email: bbbstx@bbbstx.org
Website: 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
Email: natloffice@ndmva.org
Website: 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 Services
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Aleph Institute
Telephone: 305-864-5553
Address: 9540 Collins Avenue, P.O. Box 547127
Surfside, FL 33154
Email: receptionist@aleph-institute.org
Website: www.aleph-institute.org
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
Email: None
Website: www.bop.gov
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
Telephone: 301-408-1452
Address: PO Box 60682
Washington, DC 20039
Email: cfennelly@aol.com
Website: www.hopehousedc.org
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: NoneTelephone: 858-527-1860
Address: 10065 Old Grove Road, Suite 101
San Diego, CA 92131
Email: forensics@alliant.edu
Website: http://ivatcenters.org/
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
Telephone: 501-366-3647
Address: 5414 Edgewood RoadLittle Rock, AR 72207
Email: borpartnership@yahoo.com
Website: www.nationalBORpartnership.net
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: YesThe 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.
National Parents and Families Network
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: NIPFN
Telephone: 717-943-2492
Address: P.O. Box 6745
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Email: Cstuartconsult@aol.com
Website: www.incarceratedparents.org
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
1. Responsible Parenting Training and Consulting 2. Re-Entry, Recidivism Training and Consulting 4. Community Engagement Training and Consulting. 5. Curriculum Writing and Consulting 6. Counseling and Consulting on Children of Incarcerated Parents. 7. Lecturing and Workshops on issues of Incarceration as it pertains to the family unit and society as a whole. 8. Consulting and Training on how to work with the prison and correctional system. 9. Consulting and Training on Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents.
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
Email: staff@bfsf.org
Website: 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.
Prisoner Visitation and Support
Area Served: National
Telephone: 215-241-7117
Address: 1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Email: pvs@afsc.org
Website: www.prisonervisitation.org
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
Telephone: 814-742-7500
Address: PO Box 1602
Altoona, PA 16603
Email: info@prisonmail.org
Website: www.prisonmail.org
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.
International CURE
Area Served: National
Address: PO Box 2310
Washington, DC 20013
Email: cure@curenational.org
Website: www.curenational.org
Phone: 202-789-2126
Established: 1972
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
International CURE organizes people incarcerated and their loved ones to bring about prison reform. These reforms will reduce crime.
Sunnygram
Area Served: National
Telephone : (888) 517-8669
Address: PO BOX 5318
Glendale, CA 91221
Email: support@sunnygram.com
Website: www.sunnygram.com
Established: 2009
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
Sunnygram allows families to share pictures and news with relatives who do not have email. With Sunnygram, you assign an email address to a non-emailer (such as dad@sunnygram.com). Friends and family can then send email messages and digital pictures to that address, and the messages are compiled into a bright and cheery newsletter sent through the mail. The newsletter is customized for each recipient, with special designs for birthdays and holidays, and the recipient can respond by pre-paid letter or through our toll-free phone system.
Volunteers of America
Area Served: National
Telephone: 703-341-5000
Address: 1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Website: www.voa.org
Established: 2002
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Provides literacy and family strengthening programming for incarcerated parents and their children. Parents take a class then read and record books. The recordings are given to the children along with a book bag, personal tape player and other supplies.
Wings Ministry & Wings for L.I.F.E.
Area Served: National – International
Telephone: 505-291-6412
Address: 2270 D Wyoming Blvd NE #130
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Email: AnnEdenfield@WingsMinistry.org
Website: www.WingsMinistry.org
Established: 1995
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Wings Ministry – Christ’s unconditional love shared with all families of prisoners. Wings for L.I.F.E. – Life-skills Imparted to Families through Education
US Dream Academy
Area Served: National
Telephone: 410-772-7143
Address: 10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300
Columbia, MD 21044
Email: info@usdreamacademy.org
Website: www.usdreamacademy.org
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Provides children in grades 3 through 8 daily after-school programming that includes on-line academic enrichment, which is the cornerstone of the Skill-building component, Dream building and Character building. Homework assistance and one to one mentoring is also provided. Programs currently in Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; East Orange, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Orlando, FL;Houston, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Memphis, TN; Los Angeles, CA; Indianapolis, IN