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Programs Offering National Services (Abstracted from Programs in the Untied States)
Aleph Institute Telephone: 305-864-5553 Address: 9540 Collins Avenue Surfside, FL 33154 E-mail: info@aleph-institute.org Web site: www.aleph-institute.org Contact: Aaron Lipskar Executive Vice President Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, Chairman Area Served: USA Established: 1982
Provides a variety of services to Jewish prisoners and their families: gifts for children, group activities, mentoring, support groups, overnight lodging and transportation for prison visitors. Provides alternatives to incarceration, support for communication between prison and home, counseling, family reunification support, family therapy, parent education, public information and advocacy.
Angel Tree/Angel Tree Camping Telephone: (703) 478-0100 Address: P.O. Box 17500 Washington, DC 20041 E-mail: angeltree@pfm.org Web site: www.angeltree.org Contact: John Banks National Director of Angel Tree Mark Earley, President, Prison Fellowship Area Served: USA Parent Organization: Prison Fellowship Established: 1982
Provides religious ministry, mentoring and support to the children and families of prisoners. Distributes holiday gifts to children of prisoners and provides a children's camping program.
Bethel Bible Village Telephone: 423-842-5757 Address: P.O. Box 729 Hixson, TN 37343 E-mail: garyb@bbv.org Web site: www.bbv.org Contact: Gary Behler, Director of Program Services Myron Wilkins, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1954
Provides a Christian group home for children whose lives have been shattered by crime. Services include information, referrals, case management, group activities, religious ministry, parent education, family reunification support, public education and advocacy.
Bethesda Family Services Foundation Telephone: 570-568-2373 Address: P.O. Box 210 West Milton, PA 17886 E-mail: staff@bfsf.org Web site: www.bfsf.org Contact: Max Harrison, Executive Director Dominic Herbst, President Area Served: USA Established: 1995 Publications: Bad Dads - video of group and family sessions at Lewisburg federal prison, $15.
Parenting programs and family healing seminars for inmates and families. The model focuses on relational healing in the lives of all family members. Participants are taken on a journey through The Four Steps to Emotional Healing leading them to victory over their pain and allowing them to restore broken relationships. Additional parenting skills training is also provided.
Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents Telephone: 626-449-2470 Address: Box 41-286 Eagle Rock, CA 90041 E-mail: ccip@earthlink.net Web site: www.e-ccip.org Contact: Tamara Satterwhite, Administrator Denise Johnston, M.D., Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1989 Publications: Textbook: Children of Incarcerated Parents (1995). Gabel and Johnston (Eds.). New York: Lexington Books. Also see our extensive publications list in the clearinghouse catalog on our website.
Provides services in four components: Informational, Educational, Family Reunification and Therapeutic.
1. The Information component includes a clearinghouse of publications and audio-visual materials available free of charge to prisoners, their children and their families and at-cost to all other users. This component also provides technical assistance to a variety of entities including groups of incarcerated parents and family members of prisoners.
2. The Educational component produces curricula and conducts parent education/empowerment training for parents involved in the criminal justice system. A correspondence course in parent education is offered annually free of charge to incarcerated parents.
3. The Family Reunification component has included about 60 direct service projects designed to enable prisoners and their children to maintain a relationship. Current projects include MIRACLE (long-term home-based child development services) and the CHICAS Project which assists families involved in the criminal justice system with child custody matters.
4. The Therapeutic Component provides therapeutic interventions to incarcerated mothers and their infants/young children.
Children of Incarcerated Parents (CHIPS) Telephone: 415-586-7338 Address: 73 Arbor Street San Francisco, CA 94131-2918 E-mail: sydney@eceteacher.org Contact: Sydney Gurewitz Clemens Area Served: USA Parent Organization: Nat'l Assn for the Education of Young Children Established: 2004
Provides consultation on supporting children ages 0-9 while their parents are in prison. Provides workshops and speeches. Provides information on working with young children at www.eceteacher.org/CIP/index.html
Children's Justice Alliance Telephone: 503-961-2349 Address: 506 SW Mill Street Portland, OR 97201 E-mail: childrensjusticealliance@comcast.net Contact: Claudia Black, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 2003
Provides public information and advocacy, policy development, research, parent education, training and consultation services on working with children of parents in the criminal justice system.
CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) (202) 789-2126 P.O. Box 2310 Washington, DC 20013 www.curenational.org Contact: Charles Sullivan, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1972
Provides advocacy for prison reform including equitable phone rates for prisoners' phone calls and other issues impacting families. See www.curenational.org for a list of state chapters.
Eunice Chambless Hospitality House Telephone: 325-548-2180 Address: 13378 FM3522 Abilene, TX 79601 E-mail: Echhdir@cs.com Contact: Billy or Barbara Wilson, Directors Truman Turk, Director of Missions Area Served: USA Parent Organization: Abilene Baptist Association Established: 1998
Provides overnight lodging, food, counseling and religious ministry to prison visitors.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Telephone: 202-822-6700 Address: 1612 K Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 E-mail: tomburkert@famm.org Web site: www.famm.org Contact: Tom Burkert, Office Manager Area Served: USA Established: 1992
Provides an organization of families of prisoners and others who advocate repeal of harsh sentencing laws, educate legislators and the public, and build grassroots support for change.
Family and Corrections Network Telephone: 215-576-1110 Address: 93 Old York Road Suite 1#510 Jenkintown, PA 19046 E-mail: fcn@fcnetwork.org Web site: www.fcnetwork.org Contact: Ann Adalist-Estrin Carol Burton, Board Chair Area Served: USA Established: 1983 Publications: FCN REPORT, available by membership subscription; CD recordings of training workshops, “Responding to Children and Families of Prisoners – A Community Guide.” See web site to order.
Provides information, technical assistance and training on families of offenders, children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, and the impact of the justice system on families. FCN's web site has over 100 articles, an e-mail list, a directory of programs and links to offender family web sites.
Family Justice Telephone: 212-475-1500 Address: 625 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Web site: www.familyjustice.org Contact: Carol Shapiro, President and Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1996
Provides family-centered substance abuse treatment services through La Bodega de la Familia. Services include alternatives to incarceration, family case management, counseling, re-entry support, information and referrals. Provides training and technical assistance on how government can be more supportive to families through family case management. Provides research and clinical development services.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Telephone: (202) 307-3226 Address: 320 First Street NW Washington, DC 20534 E-mail: www.bop.gov Web site: webmaster@bop.gov Contact: John M. Vanyur, Assistant Director Harley G. Lappin, Director Area Served: Washington, DC Parent Organization: Department of Justice Established: 1930
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.
Federal Resource Center for Children of Prisoners Telephone: 202-638-2952 Address: 50 F Street NW, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20001 E-mail: childrenofprisoners@cwla.org Web site: www.childrenofprisoners.org Contact: Arlene F. Lee, Director Shay Bilchik, President, Child Welfare League of America Area Served: USA Parent Organization: Child Welfare League of America, Inc. Established: 2002 Publications: 1998 special edition of Child Welfare - The Issues of Parental Incarceration; and Serving Children and Families Separated by Incarceration: A Handbook for Child Welfare Agencies.
Provides training and technical assistance on mentoring children of prisoners, public policy advocacy, website resources and publications.
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.
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.
Kairos Horizon Communities in Prisons Telephone: 407-657-1828 Address: 130 University Park Drive, Suite 170 Winter Park, FL 32792 E-mail: Horizonike@earthlink.net Web site: www.kairoshorizon.org Contact: Ike Griffin, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1999 Publications: A Guidebook for Building a Kairos Horizon Community (a faith-based residential program in prison.) $20.00.
Provides faith-based year-long residential communities in prisons with emphasis on personal and family responsibility and employability. Provides parent education, family reunification support, self-help support, special family visiting activities, and prisoner-recorded books on tape for children. Relatives and friends are encouraged to attend a Kairos Outside retreat.
Letters For The Lord Prison Ministry Address: P.O. Box 593 Harrah, OK 73045 E-mail: odelljrg@aol.com Contact: Linda O'Dell, Director Area Served: USA Established: 1975
Provides letters, bible studies and religious ministries to prisoners and their families.
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 bookstore.
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.
National HIRE Network, a project of the Legal Action Center Telephone: 212-243-1313 Address: 153 Waverly Place, 8th Floor New York, NY 10014 E-mail: dmukamal@hirenetwork.org Web site: www.hirenetwork.org Contact: Debbie Mukamal, Director Paul Samuels, President of Legal Action Center Area Served: USA Parent Organization: Legal Action Center Established: 2001 Publications: How To Get and Clean Up Your New York State Rap Sheet; Employment Discrimination in New York and What To Do About It; Setting the Record Straight: What Defense Attorneys Need to Know About the Civil Consequence of Client Criminal Records. See the publications at www.hirenetwork.org.
Provides a clearinghouse for information on the employment of people with criminal records, information and advocacy on federal legislation and advice about barriers to employment.
National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network Telephone: 717-657-0982 Address: P.O. Box 6745 Harrisburg, PA 17112 E-mail: cstuart@incarceratedparents.org Web site: www.incarceratedparents.org Contact: Charles E. Stuart, President/Founder Area Served: USA Established: 2004
Provides training, technical assistance and public information on parent education programs aimed at incarcerated adults and juveniles. The program model supports positive family involvement during incarceration and after release.
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.
OPEN, Inc. (Offender Preparation & Education Network, Inc.) Telephone: 972-271-1971 Address: 3637 Broadway Blvd., Suite C Garland, TX 75043 E-mail: info@openinc.org Web site: www.openinc.org Contact: Michael Archer, Marketing Manager Ned Rollo, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1979 Publications: A Map Through the Maze - a psycho-social map of the correctional experience, $9.95; 99 Days and A Get Up - a guide to successful reentry, $9.95; Life Without a Crutch, $7.95; Man, I Need a Job!, $7.95.
Provides publications, training, consultation, technical assistance, information and referrals.
Parents and Children Together, Inc. Telephone: 817-924-7776 Address: 2836 Hemphill Street Fort Worth, TX 76110 E-mail: dawna@azmail.net Web site: www.4PACT.org Contact: Donna Bailey, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1983
Provides children's centers in several Federal prisons. Provides support groups for children with incarcerated parents. Provides a hospitality center and overnight lodging for prison visitors in Fort Worth. Provides parent education, advocacy, counseling, family reunification support, religious ministry, information and referrals.
PPP News Telephone: 646-207-4567 Address: 199 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10301 E-mail: joaquinPPPnews@aol com Web site: http://groups.aol.com/clubccr Contact: Joaquin Donato, Founder Area Served: USA Established: 1996
Provides a correspondence club for prisoners and their families.
Prison MATCH (Mothers And Their CHildren) of North Carolina, Inc. Telephone: 919-828-4767 Address: 1034 Bragg Street Raleigh, NC 27610 E-mail: director@prisonmatch.org Web site: www.prisonmatch.org Contact: Venecia Malloy, Executive Director Area Served: USA Established: 1992
Provides parent education, enhanced visiting environment, gifts for children, a children’s center for prison visits, overnight lodging, transportation and volunteer support for prison visits. Provides case management, family literacy, family reunification support, public information via a speaker’s bureau, religious ministry, self-help support groups, information and referrals.
Prisoners of Love Address: P.O. Box 32531 Amarillo, TX 79120 E-mail: prisoners_of_love@yahoo.com Web site: www.prisonersoflove.com Contact: Toni K. Cyan-Brock, Founder/Author Area Served: USA and International Established: 1996 Publications: Prisoners of Love - a guide for anyone wanting to cultivate maintain and strengthen relationships with loved ones during times of incarceration; Parole - living beyond the long shadows of incarceration. See agency web site.
Provides website with on-line support group, links to agencies, publications, information and referral.
Prisons Foundation Telephone: 202-393-1511 Address: 1718 M Street NW, Suite 151 Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: Staff@PrisonsFoundations.org Web site: www.prisonsfoundation.org Contact: Dennis Sobin, Director Helen Thorne, President Area Served: USA Established: 2000 Publications: Prisons Almanac; Prisons Help Sourcebook; and Who's Who in Prison.
Provides free research and referral services for families of prisoners as well as prisoners wishing to improve their situation. Publications are available at reduced rates.
Reading Is Fundamental Telephone: 877-743-7323 Address: 1825 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009 Web site: www.rif.org Contact: Blythe Robinson, Program Coordinator Marilyn Smith, Vice President of Programs Area Served: USA Established: 1965 Publications: see www.rif.org for literacy resources
Provides free books and literacy resources to parents in prison and their children. Provides a variety of family literacy and parent education activities that support communication between prison and home.
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.
Volunteers of America Telephone: 703-341-5000 Address: 1660 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Web site: www.voa.org Contact: Sara Urrutia, Project Manager Charles W. Gould, President Area Served: USA Established: 2002
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 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.
World Foundation for Children Telephone: 540-459-2090 Address: 277 Crider Lane Woodstock, VA 22664 E-mail: bblair@shentel.net Web site: www.VolunteerFarm.org Contact: Bob Blair, Board Chair and CEO Area Served: USA and International Established: 2004
Provides gifts and designs activities for children. Interested in collaborating with mentoring agencies and other programs serving children of prisoners to develop positive activities such as growing fruits and vegetables or catching fish. Provides training, technical assistance and material resources.
Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers, Inc. Allen Correctional Institution American Friends Service Committee Criminal Justice Program Arizona Coalition For Effective Government-AzCEG Arizona Department of Corrections Assisting Families of Inmates, Inc. Bethesda Family Services Foundation Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Portland Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saginaw Bay Area- Amachi Program Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Heart of GA Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama Bridging the Gap of Eastern Carolina California Dept. of Corrections Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency, Inc. Cedar Creek Corrections Center Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents Center for Multicultural Human Services Center for Reconciliation and Social Change, Inc. Centers for Youth and Families Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) Children of Incarcerated Parents (CHIPS) Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Columbia's Fatherhood Engagement Initiative Community Service Center, Inc. CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) Department of Correctional Education (VCCW) Division of Community Corrections Economic Opportunity Planning Association (EOPA) Eunice Chambless Hospitality House Expressions Art Gallery and Outreach Ministries F.L.A.W.S, Inc. (Friends & Loved Ones Against Warped Systems) Families Against Mandatory Minimums Family and Corrections Network Family Services of Western PA/ Families Outside Federal Resource Center for Children of Prisoners Fisher Street United Methodist Church Friends & Family of Prison Inmates Friends Outside in Los Angeles County, Inc. Friends Outside in Santa Clara County Friends Outside National Organization Friends Outside: Visitors Centers Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis Girl Scouts of Rolling Hills Council Girl Scouts of Santiam Council Girl Scouts-Columbia River Council Green Bay Correctional Institution Gwen Bolden Youth Foundation, Inc. Indiana Women's Prison - Family Preservation Program Jewish Committee for Personal Service Kairos Horizon Communities in Prisons Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution Kingsway Prison and Family Outreach Letters For The Lord Prison Ministry Living with Incarcerated Parents and Surviving (LIPS) Logan County Family Education Program LOOPS INC. (Loved Ones of Prisoners) National HIRE Network, a project of the Legal Action Center National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network National Trust for the Development of African-American Men Nebraska Correctional Center for Women New Jersey Association on Correction NJCRI (North Jersey Community Research Initiative) Ohio State University Extension One Stop Vision Center For The Special Population OPEN, Inc. (Offender Preparation & Education Network, Inc.) Oshkosh Correctional Institution Parents and Children Together, Inc. Parents Anonymous of Iowa, Inc. | |
