Directory of Programs Serving Children & Families of the Incarcerated
Last updated: June 2009.
The Directory of Programs Serving Children and Families of the Incarcerated is an update of the Directory of 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.
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Montana
Montana Alliance for Families Touched by Incarceration (MAFTI)
Area Served: Montana
Parent Organization: The Parenting Place
Telephone: 406-728-5437
Address: 1644 S. 8th West
Missoula, MT 59825
E-mail: marty@parentingplace.net
Web site: MAFTI.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2008
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
MAFTI is a collaborative effort to provide support and advocacy to families touched by incarceration across the state of Montana.
Nebraska
Parenting Program
Area Served: Nebraska
Parent Organization: Nebraska Department of Corrections
Telephone: 402-362-3317
Address: 1107 Recharge Road
York, NE 68467
E-mail: mary.alley@nebraska.gov
Web site:
Secondary Office: 1107 Recharge Road, York, NE 68467
Established: 1974
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We provide parenting education. We also provide a nursery, day visits, and over-night visits for children.
Nevada
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada
Area Served: Reno, Sparks, Sun Valley, Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville, Nevada
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 775-352-3202
Address: 495 Apple St. Ste. 104
Reno, NV 89502
E-mail: contact@bbbsnn.org
Web site: www.bbbsnn.org
Secondary Office: 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701
Established: 2001
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We are a FREE mentoring program. We pair children ages 6 to 18 (or 4 to 18 if the child has a parent in prison) with a volunteer mentor (“Big”). The Big and the child, who we call “Little” get together once a week for about 2 to 4 hours to do free or low-cost activities. The one-to-one relationship creates positive outcomes for the child.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Area Served: New Jersey
Parent Organization: Primary Prevention Program
Telephone: 973-345-6000
Address: 396 Straight St
Paterson, NJ
E-mail: straightandnarrowinc.org
Web site: http://www.straightandnarrowinc.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1954
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Parenting Classes for Men in Residential Drug Treatment
New Mexico
New York
Area Served: Brooklyn, New York
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 718-483-92920
Address: 600 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
E-mail: info@cpnyc.org
Web site: www.cpnyc.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2007
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC) is committed to embracing and empowering children of incarcerated parents to break the cycle of intergenerational involvement in the criminal system. CPNYC’s mission is to provide children of prisoners with the guidance, support and the opportunities necessary to effectively develop leadership skills, form positive social relationships and enhance academic performance. Implementing the principles and best practices of youth development, this innovative after-school program infuses a mental health model.
Area Served: Rockland County, NY and surrounding areas
Parent Organization: Rockland Parent-Child Center
Telephone: 845-358-2702
Address: 137 First Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
E-mail: info@rocklandparentchild.org
Web site: www.rocklandparentchild.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1986
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Family Connections is a full service re-entry support program for families impacted by the incarceration of a parent and includes parenting support groups in our local county correctional facility, case management, advocacy, children’s support and enrichment groups and a parent-child visitation services. Family Connections is a program of the Rockland Parent-Child Center, a community-based non-profit dedicated to fostering the richest possible relationships between parents and their children from infancy through adolescence.
Area Served: Westchester County, New York
Parent Organization: Family Services of Westchester
Telephone: 914-937-2320
Address: One Gateway Plaza, 4th Floor
Port Chester, NY 10573
E-mail: None
Web site: www.fsw.org
Secondary Office: 20 South Broadway, 3rd Floor, Yonkers, NY 10701
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Providing Employment Skills and Parenting Skills to fathers ages 18 and older who are or were involved in the Criminal Justice System.
FREE! (formerly Prison Families Community Forum)
Area Served: New York
Parent Organization: Families Rally For Emancipation and Empowerment
Telephone: 718-706-0195
Address: 29-76 Northern Boulevard
Long Island City, NY 11101
E-mail: founderpfcf@yahoo.com
Web site: www.freefamilies.us
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2002
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
FREE! Families Rally for Emancipation and Empowerment is a women-led, grassroots collective of people with incarcerated loved ones, mobilizing ourselves to develop and empower one another, impact public policy and fight for social justice.
Area Served: New York
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 718-707-2684
Address: 809 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455
E-mail: kimora@osborneny.org
Web site: www.osborneny.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1931
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We provide a broad range of treatment, education, and vocational services to currently or formerly incarcerated individuals, their children and other family members.
Prison Families of New York, Inc.
Area Served: New York (primarily)
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 518-453-6659
Address: 40 North Main Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
E-mail: alison.coleman@rcda.org
Web site: www.prisonfamiliesofnewyork.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1983
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We “teach prison” to families; train those who work with children and families of prisoners; work on New York State policy development and advocacy; hold support groups; have a interactive website.
Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Area Served: New York
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 646-260-6575
Address: 123 William Street, 16th floor
New York, NY 10038
E-mail: mdougherty@rippd.org
Web site: www.rippd.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2003
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
RIPPD is a grassroots, social justice organization made up of currently and formerly incarcerated people with psychiatric disabilities and their family members. We are actively working toward the implementation of Pre and Post-Booking Jail Diversion. This includes Alternative to Incarceration programs and the existence of Community Intervention Teams within police precincts.
North Carolina
Area Served: State of North Carolina
Parent Organization: Passage Home, Inc.
Telephone: 919-834-0666, ext. 235
Address: PO Box 10347, 712 West Johnson St
Raleigh, NC 27605
E-mail: www.passagehome.org
Web site: www.passagehome.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1995
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Harriet’s House provides transitional housing for up to 24 months with Case management services to women leaving the prison system. Primary goal of the program is to re-unite mothers with their child/children while participants in the program are striving for self-sufficiency. This community re-entry program is totally voluntary and referrrals are made by the prison Social Workers.
Area Served: State of North Carolina
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 919-843-2670
Address: P.O. Box 1086
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
E-mail: ourchildrensplace@gmail.com
Web site: www.ourchildrensplace.com
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Our Children’s Place (OCP) is a planned residential facility which will allow North Carolina infants and preschoolers to live with their mothers while the women serve out their sentences for non-violent offenses. During their stay at OCP, the women will receive a wide array of treatment and services to support their successful parenting and reentry into the community. The children will receive the highest quality child care and developmental services. OCP will open its doors in 2010.
Area Served: Women at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women and their children wherevery they are living.
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 919-8284767
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
Strengthen the bond of incarcerated mothers with their children through parenting education and ongoing visits in a child-friendly homelike setting.
SKIP (Support for Kids of Incarcerated Parents)
Area Served: Guilford County, NC
Parent Organization: Tristan’s Quest, Inc.
Telephone: 336-547-7461
Address: 115-A South Walnut Circle
Greensboro, NC 27409
E-mail: amylynn@tristansquest.com
Web site: www.tristansquest.com
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
SKIP provides in-school support groups for children of incarcerated parents. In these support groups, children learn that they are not alone in this situation, talk about different feelings and emotions associated with having a parent in jail or prison, and form or strengthen a relationship with that incarcerated parent through weekly letter-writing.
Area Served: all 100 counties in North Carolina
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 336-691-9888
Address: 1589 Skeet Club Road, Suite 102, Box 200
High Point, NC 27265
E-mail: alicia@summithouse.org
Web site: www.summithouse.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1987
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Summit House is a residential rehabilitative program for mothers that have committed non-violent crimes and their children. It is an alternative to incarceration which provides programs that enable families to return productively to the community.
Area Served: Southeastern North Carolina
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 910-259-7133
Address: 1196 Penderlea Highway
Burgaw, NC 28425
E-mail: mathew25@bizec.rr.com
Web site: www.matthew25center.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2002
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
The Matthew 25 Center ministers to families with incarcerated loved ones in southeast NC. We offer free local housing during visits, counseling, information, and unconditional acceptance. The Center also provides local support for prison ministry teams when they come into our area.
North Dakota
Ohio
Butler County Reentry Initiative
Area Served: Butler County Ohio, primarily Middletown
Parent Organization: 3 R Development
Telephone: 513-424-8284
Address: 1105 Fourteenth Avenue
Middletown, OH 45044
E-mail: 3rdevelopment@sbcglobal.net
Web site: None
Secondary Office: 505 Garfield Street, Middletown, OH 0
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Case Management for re entrants, referrals to wrap around services, peer counseling for individuals and family members.
Area Served: Ohio
Parent Organization: Council of Christian Communions
Telephone: 513-351-6789
Address: 7030 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45237
E-mail: joellengrady@zoomtown.com
Web site: cccgc.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1914
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Provides transportation for families to visit their loved one in 10 prisons in the state of Ohio. Through the procurement of grants, youth under the age of 18 ride for free to encourage caregivers to take them to see their parent.
Oklahoma
Area Served: Choctaw, McCurtain, and Pushmataha Counties in Southeast Oklahoma
Parent Organization: Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.
Telephone: 580-298-2921
Address: 603 S.W. “B” Street
Antlers, OK 74523
E-mail: dlong@littledixie.org
Web site: www.littledixie.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1968
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Passport to the Future is a Mentoring Program for children ages 4-18 who have an incarcerated parent. Little Dixie CAA is a non profit Community Action Agency.
Oregon
Area Served: Parenting Inside Out: National. Direct Service/Programs: Oregon
Parent Organization: Children’s Justice Alliance
Telephone: 503-977-6399
Address: 7800 SW Barbur Blvd., Suite 2Suite 2
Portland, OR 97219
E-mail: info@childrensjusticealliance.org
Web site: www.childrensjusticealliance.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Our mission is to improve outcomes for children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system. Direct service programs and systems change efforts are implemented throughout Oregon. CJA markets curriculum and training opportunities for Parenting Inside Out, our population-specific parenting curriculum, nationally.
TRUE (Together Building Resiliency, Understanding and Empowerment) Friends
Area Served: Eugene/Springfield greater area
Parent Organization: Committed Partners for Youth
Telephone: 541-344-0833
Address: 1840 Willamette St, Suite 100
Eugene, OR 97481
E-mail: cpyadmin@committedpartners.org
Web site: www.committedpartners.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1991
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Targets children between the ages of 6-17 who have at least one parent or primary caretaker currently incarcerated within the criminal justice system. Mentors and youth enjoy a one-on-one relationship, complimented by group activities and limited family/caregiver services.
Pennsylvania
Families Outside
Area Served: Pennsylvania – Primarily the Western Region
Parent Organization: Family Services of Western Pennsylvania
Telephone: 412-820-2050
Address: 3230 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
E-mail: fswp@fswp.org
Web site: www.fswp.org
Secondary Office: 6401 Penn Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Established: 1980
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Provides transportation and visitation support to families of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions.
Area Served: Pennsylvania (some programs specific to Philadelphia)
Parent Organization: Pennsylvania Prison Society
Telephone: 215-564-6005, ext. 100
Address: 245 North Broad St., Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19007
E-mail: geninfo@prisonsociety.org
Web site: www.prisonsociety.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1787
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Services include:12 week support group for children of incarcerated parents;parenting classes inside prison; transportation to Pennsylvania state prisons; video visitation to some PA state prisons; advocacy on behalf of Children’s Bill of Rights and other issues regarding the impact of incarceration on people in prison and their families
Area Served: Allegheny County, Pennsyvania
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 412-391-1013
Address: 710 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2100
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
E-mail: vicki@lydiasplace.org
Web site: www.lydiasplace.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1993
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
The mission of Lydia’s Place, Inc. is to help women in prison and their children rebuild their lives. To this end we provide services in the Allegheny County Jail and in the Pittsburgh community.
Area Served: Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware and Chester Counties
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 215-698-2585
Address: PO Box 52416
Philadelphia, PA 19115
E-mail: mmocsprtgp@aol.com
Web site: MaryMotherofCaptivesSupport.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1996
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
Support Group for those coping with a loved one in prison, on trial, or about to be sentenced to prison.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Area Served: York and Adams Counties in Pennsylvania
Parent Organization: UCP Of South Central PA
Telephone: 717-624-3139
Address: 101 Berlin Road
New Oxford, PA 17350
E-mail: cblystone@ucpsouthcentral.org
Web site: www.ucpmentoring.org
Secondary Office: 2021 East Market Street, York, PA 17402
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We provide volunteer mentors to children of incarcerated parents. The Program serves children in York and Adams counties who have a parent incarcerated serving a State or Federal sentence.
Area Served: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Parent Organization: Compass Mark
Telephone: 717-299-2831
Address: 630 Janet Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17601
E-mail: info@compassmark.org
Web site: www.compassmark.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1966
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Prevention, Early Intervention and Educational Support Groups for high risk children, adolescents and families. Also training of key points of intervention.
Rhode Island
Area Served: State of Rhode Island
Parent Organization: Big Sisters of Rhode Island
Telephone: 401-921-2434
Address: 1540 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 2920
E-mail: mentoring@bigsistersri.org
Web site: www.bigsistersri.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Mentoring Children of Prisoners programming for girls only between the ages of 4 to 18. Pair girls with a female mentor for at least one year; weekly or bi-weekly visits in the community.
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE)
Area Served: Rhode Island
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 401-421-2010
Address: 17 Gordon Avenue, Suite 004
Providence, RI 2905
E-mail: santaya@riseonline.org
Web site: RISEonline.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
RISE provides scholarships and community-based mentoring to children of incarcerated parents.
South Carolina
Department of Young Offender Services
Area Served: State of South Carolina
Parent Organization: Division of Young Offender Services
Telephone: 803-896-1774
Address: 4444 Broad River Road
Collumbia, SC 29210
E-mail: doc.state.sc.us
Web site: www.doc.state.sc.us
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Our Division provides programs and services for female and female youthful offenders ages 17-29.
South Dakota
Tennessee
Area Served: Knox County, Tennessee
Parent Organization: Knoxville Leadership Foundation
Telephone: 865-524-2774
Address: 901 East Summit Hill Drive, Suite 300
Knoxville, TN 37915
E-mail: questions@klf.org
Web site: www.klf.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Amachi Knoxville is an innovative mentoring program designed to match caring people of faith with children ages 4-17 who are impacted by incarceration. Amachi mentors are expected to meet a minimum of one hour a week for one year in a community based, one-on-one mentoring relationship. Mentors are screened and trained prior to being matched with a child, based on mutual interests and preferences.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee – Amachi
Area Served: Middle Tennessee
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 615-329-9191
Address: 1704 Charlotte Avenue, Suite 130
Nashville, TN 37203
E-mail: info@bbbsmt.org
Web site: www.mentorakid.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1969
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
We provide mentoring services for children living in a single family household.
School of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences
Area Served: Tennessee
Parent Organization: Tennessee State University
Telephone: 615-963-5547
Address: 3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard, P.O. Box 9635
Nashville, TN 37209-1561
E-mail: tsanders@tnstate.edu
Web site: tnstate.edu
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2002
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
I conduct parenting skills training to pre-released inmates. I also work with caregivers.
Wings Ministry of Warren County, TN
Area Served: Warren County, Tennessee
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 931-224-2264
Address: PO Box 695
McMinnville, TN 37111
E-mail: MaryAnnGay@WingsMinistry.org
Web site: www.WingsMinistry.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Wings Ministry provides networks of support to family members with loved ones who are in or have been in prison. One of its programs, Wings for L.I.F.E. – Life-skills Imparted to Families through Education — empowers youth and families through interesting and motivational sessions on life topics.
Texas
Against the Odds (ATO) Mentoring Program
Area Served: Dallas, Texas
Parent Organization: SouthFair Community Development Corporation
Telephone: 214-421-1373
Address: 2610 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75215
E-mail: atomentoring@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.southfair.org
Secondary Office: P. O. Box 150353, Dallas, TX 75315
Established:
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Against the Odds Mentoring Program empowers the children with incarcerated parents to maximize their potential by providing academic, social and moral enrichment through supportive adult to child relationships that emphasize well being and advancement. Our program focuses on three key factors: 1. Encouraging the child (ages 4-18); 2. Strengthening the family; and 3. Enhancing the community.
Area Served: El Paso, Texas
Parent Organization: Community SOLUTIONS of El Paso
Telephone: 915-861-7733
Address: 2200 N. Yarbrough, B 245
El Paso, TX 79925
E-mail: solutionsforelpaso@juno.com
Web site: www.solutionsforelpaso.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2003
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
A wide range of supportive services are provided to children and families with loved one’s in prison, including reintegrating family members. The organization also produces the annual Prisoner’s Family Conference.
Counseling and Assessment Preparation Center (CAP)
Area Served: Texas-Lower Valley-Cameron, Hidalgo & Willacy Counties
Parent Organization: University of Texas Pan American
Telephone: 956-381-5251
Address: 1201 W. University Dr.EDCC 1.272
Edinburg, TX 78539
E-mail: syalafa@utpa.edu
Web site: None
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2009
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
A counseling clinic that provides free counseling and psychoeducational services to the community.
Area Served: Greater Houston Area
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 713-730-2335
Address: 4950 Memorial Dr
Houston, TX 77007
E-mail: info@depelchin.org
Web site: www.depelchin.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1892
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
DePelchin Children’s Center provides counseling services for children with depression, emotional or behavioral problems, attention-deficit disorders, traumatic stress and autism spectrum disorders. Services provided include psychological and/or psychiatric assessments, therapeutic counseling sessions with children and their families, group counseling, and parent education classes and support groups.
Enterprising Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Area Served: Central Texas women housed in or can be transfered to Gatesville units.
Parent Organization: Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Telephone: 512-453-7391
Address: 12012 Par Thirty-five Circle
Austin, TX 78753
E-mail: www.gsctx.org
Web site: www.gsctx.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
The Enterprising Girl Scouts Beyond Bars (EGSBB) seeks to break the cycle of intergenerational crime. The program allows incarcerated mothers and their daughters to spend positive time together at prison-based Girl Scout meetings and to be provided critical pre and post release services that will increase the likelihood that these families can remain together rather than suffer the trauma of repeated prison confinement.
Area Served: Nueces County, Texas
Parent Organization: Taking Back the Streets in the Name of Jesus Christ Ministries, Inc.
Telephone: 361-688-5378
Address: 4001 Ridge Trail
Robstown, TX 78380
E-mail: tbsinjc@hotmail.com
Web site: www.takingbackthestreets.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Activities designed to help participants develop mental, emotional and physical health in order to reach their full potential – to live productive and successful lives.
MATCH/PATCH Program
Area Served: Bexar County, Texas
Parent Organization: Bexar County Sheriff’s Office & Adult Detention Center
Telephone: 210-335-6330
Address: 200 N. Comal St.
San Antonio, TX 78242
E-mail: matchpatch@bexar.org
Web site: None
Secondary Office: None
Established:
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
To modify behavior of incarcerated parents with parenting & life skills training; to strengthen the parent-child relationship during incarceration, to lesson the trauma of separation for the children.
Area Served: Dallas, Texas
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 972-740-1688
Address: P.O. Box 110675
Carrollton, TX 75011
E-mail: info@projectmatthew.org
Web site: www.projectmatthew.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1999
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Project Matthew is a faith based Parenting, Childbirth, Health and Life Skills education, advocacy and support program focused on mothers who are incarcerated in County and State Jails.
Area Served: Travis and Williamson Counties, Texas
Parent Organization: Seedling Foundation
Telephone: 512-323-6371
Address: P.O.Box 29479
Austin, TX 78755
E-mail: info@seedlingfoundation.net
Web site: seedlingfoundation.net
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Seedling’s Promise is a one-on-one community-based mentoring program for children, ages 5-18, who have an incarcerated parent. Emphasis is placed on long-term mentor relationships.
Utah
Vermont
Community H.S. of Vermont
Area Served: Newport, Vermont
Parent Organization: Department of Corrections
Telephone: 802 334 8922
Address: 2559 Glen Road
Newport, VT 5855
E-mail: bplucas@doc.state.vt.us
Web site: None
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2005
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Working with KIDS APART program. We teach Parenting and Nurturing Fathers and present Shaken Baby Syndrome workshops
Area Served: State of Vermont
Parent Organization: Vermont Children’s Aid Society
Telephone: 802-655 – 0006
Address: 79 Weaver St, PO Box 127
Winooski, VT 5404
E-mail: mainadmn@vtcas.org
Web site: www.vtcas.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Kids-A-Part (Kids apart from a parent and a part of our communities) is a program for children and families impacted by incarceration. We offer parenting services in correctional facilities and services to children and caregivers in the community. Through direct service, advocacy and education, Kids-A-Part draws from the Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights to improve the well being of Children impacted by incarceration.
Virginia
Helping Hands Women’s Outreach Ministries
Area Served: State of Virginia
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 804-276-3139
Address: P. O. Box 13292
Richmond, VA 23225
E-mail: hhwom@comcast.net
Web site: www.hhwom.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2001
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Helping Hands Women’s Outreach Ministries is a community program for women who have or are presently experiencing substance abuse problems including women who are or have been incarcerated. We provide psychological and spiritual counseling
Area Served: Richmond city, Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover, Petersburg, Prince George, Hopewell, Dinwiddie Colonial Heights, Chester, Sussex (and surrounding Towns),
Parent Organization: Parent Educator/Consultant
Telephone: 803-393-0110
Address: P.O. Box 2043
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
E-mail: cjordan@jordansquest.com
Web site: www.jordansquest.com
Secondary Office: P.O. Box 2043, Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Established:
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
We offer parenting workshops, co-parenting class for child custody and support (court mandated). Provide parenting resource information to parents. Will work with parent in their home.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Area Served: Hampton Roads, Virginia
Parent Organization: Seton Youth Shelters
Telephone: 757-963-5795
Address: 3333-28 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
E-mail: kforeman@setonyouthshelters.org
Web site: setonyouthshelters.org
Secondary Office: 465 Kings Grant Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Established: 1985
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
The Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program matches a youth, ages 4-18, with a trained adult mentor, who meets with the youth on a weekly basis. Mentors and mentees engage in recreational, educational, or cultural activities. Seton Youth Shelters provides emergency shelters, street outreach, and counseling for youth, free of charge.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Area Served: Harrisonburg City and Rockingham County, Virginia
Parent Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg–Rockingham County
Telephone: 540-433-8886
Address: P.O. Box 81
Harrisonburg, VA 22803
E-mail: info@bbbshr.org
Web site: www.bbbshr.org
Secondary Office: 225 N High St, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Established: 1976
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
BBBSHR provides volunteer mentors to interested children, including children who have an incarcerated parent. The staff received training from the Family Corrections Network.
Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged
Area Served: State of Virginia
Parent Organization: R.I.H.D.
Telephone: 804-562-2123
Address: RIHD c/oWMUMC, 1720 Mechanicsville Turnpike
Richmond, VA 23223
E-mail: InMateResource@yahoo.com
Web site: www.rihd.org
Secondary Office: None
Established:
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Nonprofit, all volunteer organization dedicated to reducing crime and reducing recidivism through programs that promote education for youth at risk; prisoner and former prisoner self-rehabilitation.
Washington
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
Area Served: King, Pierce, Jefferson, Kitsap and Clallam Counties.
Parent Organization: None
Telephone: 206-763-9060
Address: 1600 S. Graham St
Seattle, WA 98108
E-mail: erin.wenzel@bbbs.org
Web site: www.bbbsps.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1957
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound is committed to providing a caring adult mentor to any child who needs or wants one. BBBSPS offers both community-based and school-based mentoring programs, and supports one-on-one mentoring relationships for thousands of local youth.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Area Served: Northeastern Wisconsin
Parent Organization: Goodwill Industries NCW
Telephone: 920-968-6832
Address: 1800 Appleton Rd.
Menasha, WI 54952
E-mail: dburchby_gw@gwicc.org
Web site: www.circles-of-support.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Circles provides support for individuals transitioning from incarceration to the community. The main services offered are: pro-social support, breaking down barriers, and concrete resource linkage. Trained volunteers work with participants in individual or group settings for the first 6 – 12 months after release.
Mentoring Children of Promise
Area Served: Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal community, including Sawyer County of Wisconsin
Parent Organization: Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe
Telephone: 715-634-8934
Address: 13394 W Trepania Road
Hayward, WI 54843
E-mail: trinastarr12@yahoo.com
Web site: None
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2006
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Our mission: Making a Difference One Child at a Time. Mentoring services for children ages 4-18yrs. One on one mentoring, with optional cultural group activities and events for mentors and mentees. Monthly mentor trainings every 4th Tuesday of each month.
Area Served: Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin
Parent Organization: Madison-Area Urban Ministry
Telephone: 608-256-0906
Address: 2300 South Park Street, #5
Madison, WI 53713
E-mail: mum@emum.org
Web site: www.emum.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Mentoring Connections links adult volunteers with children in Dane County or Columbia County who have a parent in prison.
Wyoming
Washington, D.C.