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Which of the favors of your lord will you deny (Ar-Rahman Surah 55)
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Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency, Inc. Telephone: 315-252-0038 Address: 65 State Street Auburn, NY 13021 E-mail: cscaa1@adelphiabusiness.net Web site: www.cayuganet.com/cscaa Contact: Gloria Griffin, Executive Director Area Served: Cayuga and Seneca Counties Established: 2001
Provides support groups for adults and children (ages 6-15).
Telephone: 914-241-3100 ext. 4050 Address: 247 Harris Road Bedford Hills, NY 10507 E-mail: childrens_center@mindspring.com Contact: Toni Campoamor, Director Area Served: New York Parent Organization: Catholic Charities Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens Established: 1980 Publications: The Foster Care Handbook: Rights and Responsibilities of Incarcerated Parents.
Provides a prison nursery where mothers in prison may keep their children up to one year after birth. Provides family literacy activities, transportation for prison visits, parent education, advocacy and foster care workshops. Provides a variety of activities for parent-child interaction and bonding including story corner, holiday programs and overnight programs. Provides a grandmothers' support group.
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.
Telephone: 718 637-6590 Address: 175 Remsen Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Web site: www.osborneny.org Contact: Carol Burton, Senior Director Prison Reentry and Family Services Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director Area Served: New York State Parent Organization: The Osborne Association Established: 1931
Provides a parent education program for incarcerated fathers, a children's center in the visiting area, counseling, discharge planning and several classes, including Breaking Barriers, at Sing Sing, Woodbourne and Shawangunk.
Telephone: 718-433-4724 Address: 36-11A 12th Street Long Island City, NY 11106 E-mail: teresafitzgerald@verizon.net Contact: Johanna Flores, Administrative Assistant Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, CSJ, Executive Director Area Served: New York City Established: 1995
Provides services for formerly incarcerated mothers and their children. Services include five residences in Queens for mothers and babies coming from the State prison nursery or for mothers reuniting with children, day care for children 0-3 years, two thrift shops and a furniture outlet in Long Island City, job training, pre-school and daycare for toddlers of our working mothers and tutoring for school-age children who live in our houses.
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.
Telephone: 504-394-1251 Address: 107 Beta Street Belle Chasse, LA 70037 E-mail: Heidi@Newyorkinmatefamilies.com Web site: www.newyorkinmatefamilies.com Contact: Heidi Mercado, Founder Alison Coleman, Manager Area Served: New York Established: 2000
Provides a web site serving families of prisoners in New York. Services include support groups, chat groups, information and referrals.
Telephone: 718-707-2600 Address: 36-31 38th Street Long Island City, NY 11101 E-mail: info@osborneny.org Web site: www.osborneny.org Contact: Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director Area Served: New York Established: 1931 Publications: Within Prison Walls, $12.00; Parenting From Inside/Out: The Voices of Mothers in Prison, $12.00; How Can I Help? A three-volume series of booklets, $10.00/set; The Children Left Behind - a 12-minute video, $25.00.
Provides multiple services and programs for offenders and their families including the Family Resource Center Hotline; Family Ties, a program assisting children visit their mothers incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility; and Family Works, a program for incarcerated fathers at three New York prisons. Also provides drug treatment, health, mental health and employment assistance.
Telephone: 315-470-3300 Address: 217 South Salina Street, 2nd Floor Syracuse, NY 13202 E-mail: cmeehan@peace-caa.org Contact: Coleen Meehan, Associate Director of Child Development and Health Services Joseph O'Hara, Executive Director Area Served: Onondaga County Established: 1998 Publications: Video of a group experience at the facility, $50.00.
Provides parent education, parent-child bonding experiences to prisoners that are pregnant or are new mothers. When the baby does not stay with the mother, the child, siblings and caregivers come to parent/child groups. Provides support groups for the individuals who are caring for the children on the outside. Upon release, provides support and child development activities for the women until the child turns three. A home visitor provides services to transitioning families.
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 Families Anonymous, a project of FEGS Telephone: 516-496-7550 ext.156 Address: 6900 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 309 Syosset, NY 11701 E-mail: kbryant@fegs.org Contact: Karla Bryant, Program Coordinator Kathy Rosenthal, VP FEGS Long Island Services Area Served: Long Island Parent Organization: FEGS Established: 1974 Publications: Nassau County and Suffolk County Jail Visitor's Handbook.
Provides self-help support groups, information, referrals, case management, gifts for children, family reunification support and public education.
Prison Families Community Forum Telephone: 718-857-2990 ext. 41 and ext. 51 Address: 141 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217 E-mail: kclark@fifthave.org Web site: www.fifthave.org Contact: Kym Clark, Coordinator/Organizer Michelle De La Uz, Executive Director Area Served: New York Parent Organization: Fifth Avenue Committee Established: 2000
Provides a community action forum for family and friends of prisoners. Provides advocacy on prison policy and procedures impacting families.
Prison Families of New York, Inc. Telephone: 518-453-6659 Address: 40 North Main Avenue Albany, NY 12203 E-mail: pfny@nycap.rr.com Web site: www.prisonministry.net/PFNY Contact: Alison Coleman, Director Area Served: New York Established: 1983
Provides support groups, working groups, telephone and on-line support. Provides training and advocacy on issues affecting families of prisoners. Provides public information, assistance in running groups for children, coalition building, pre-prison planning and re-entry support.
Telephone: 212-674-1163 Address: 110 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 E-mail: acheco@wpaonline.org Web site: www.wpaonline.org Contacts: Ana Checo, Director of Operations for Residential and Family Services Ann Jacobs, Executive Director Area Served: New York City Boroughs Established: 1994 Publications: A Guide To The New York Child Welfare System; A Guide To The New York Criminal Justice System; A Guide to the New York Criminal Justice System Resources by WPA; Breaking the Cycle of Despair: Children of Incarcerated Mothers video, 1995, 30 minutes, $10.00. Order from Women’s Prison Association. Training Manual on Working with Women in the Criminal Justice System, The Women's Justice Alliance, 1997, $15.00, order from Women's Justice Alliance, (212) 674-1163.
Provides a shelter where women are assisted with the reunification of their children. Provides legal information and advice, support groups, advocacy, alternatives to incarceration, case management, counseling, family reunification support, family therapy, public education, information and referral.
Bridging the Gap of Eastern Carolina Telephone: 252-446-2134 Address: P.O. Box 6888 Rocky Mount, NC 27802 E-mail: btgfatherlw@aol.com Contact: Lois Watkins, Director Area Served: Eastern North Carolina Established: 2004
Provides one-to-one mentoring, academic monitoring, communication facilitation between offenders and their children, counseling and parent education to custodial parent upon release. Also provides employment training, life skills and parent education to ex-offenders.
Telephone: 704-374-0762 Address: 904 Pecan Avenue Charlotte, NC 28205 E-mail: ecoclark@bellsouth.net Contact: Myra M. Clark, Executive Director Area Served: Mecklenburg County Established: 1974
Provides pre-release planning and employment assistance to ex-offenders. Provides parent education in the county jail. Completion of the parent education class makes inmates eligible for a contact visit with their child(ren). Provides a family support group. Provides reunification and visitation assistance for children in DSS custody or in custody disputes in the courts. Provides a 20 bed facility for women transitioning from the North Carolina state system to home.
Telephone: 919-838-4000 Address: 840 W. Morgan Street 4280 MSC Raleigh, NC 27699-4280 E-mail: wmn01@doc.state.nc.us Web site: www.doc.state.nc.us Contact: Mary N. Ward, Family Services Administrator Area Served: North Carolina Parent Organization: NC Department of Correction Division of Prisons Established: 1998 Publications: Handbook for Family and Friends of Inmates - the rules and regulations that govern North Carolina prison facilities. Free from Offender Family Services, NC Department of Correction, Division of Prisons, 840 W. Morgan Street, 4280 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-4280, 919-838-4000.
Provides liaison for offender families with the North Carolina Department of Correction. Provides psychosocial support, information and referrals.
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.
Western Carolinians for Criminal Justice/ Women At Risk Program Telephone: 828-252-2485 Address: P.O. Box 7472 Asheville, NC 28802 E-mail: info@wccj.org Web site: www.wccj.org Contact: Brenda Carleton, Program Director Ellen Clarke, Executive Director Area Served: Western North Carolina Established: 1984
Provides alternative sentencing plans, mental health and substance abuse treatment for women at risk of going to jail or prison. Provides advocacy, case management, counseling, re-entry support, information and referrals.
Allen Correctional Institution Telephone: (419) 224-8000 Address: 2338 N. West St. Lima, OH 45801 E-mail: matthew.schweyer@odrc.state.oh.us Contact: Matthew T. Schweyer MA CCDCIII-E LSW Recovery Services Director Mr. Jesse J. Williams, Warden Area Served: Ohio Parent Organization: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Established: 1998
Provides parenting classes, drug abuse education, re-entry planning and release preparation. The institution sponsors a Girl Scout troop for incarcerated fathers and their daughters. The visiting room has a separate children's play area in which families can read books together.
Telephone: (440) 255-1700 Address: 8455 Munson Rd Mentor, OH 44060 E-mail: samanthac@crossroads-lake.org Web site: www.crossroads-lake.org Contact: Samantha Call, Prevention Specialist Suzanne Plumbe, Executive Director Area Served: Lake County Established: 1971
Provides counseling, case management, family stabilization support, parent education, information and referrals.
Economic Opportunity Planning Association (EOPA) Telephone: 419-242-7304 Address: 505 Hamilton Street Toledo, OH 43602 Contact: Dr. Oscar B. Griffith Jr., Executive Director Area Served: Lucas County Established: 1965
Provides case management, family reunification support, information and referrals, re-entry support, religious ministry, and self-help support groups.
Telephone: 614-445-8600 Address: 1800 Harmon Avenue Columbus, OH 43223 Contact: Rosey Woodson, Parenting Coordinator Tracey Tyson-Parker, Warden Area Served: Franklin County Established: 1999
Provides parent education, books and tapes for women to read and send to their children, mother-daughter scouting, literacy tutoring and mentoring to children in visiting room and activities for prison visitors.
Ohio State University Extension Telephone: 800-628-7460 Address: 135 Main Street, Suite A Wintersville, OH 43953 E-mail: maiorano.2@osu.edu Web site: http://jefferson.osu.edu/fcs/fathers.htm Contact: Joseph J. Maiorano, Extension Educator Area Served: Ohio Established: 1999 Publications: Fit 2-B FATHERS Curriculum.
Provides a parent education curriculum for use with incarcerated fathers.
Telephone: 937-262-5828 Address: 376 Geneva Road Dayton, OH 45417 E-mail: ToInformCraig@aol.com Web site: www.PowerNetOnline.org Contact: Craig Powell, Coordinator Area Served: Montgomery County Established: 2002
Provides prisoner re-entry support, employment, housing and family reunification support. Provides public information and advocacy.
Division of Community Corrections Telephone: 405-523-3075 Address: 3700 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 110 Oklahoma City, OK 73118-2863 E-mail: ppcc.admin@doc.state.ok.us Web site: www.doc.state.ok.us Contact: Karen White, Operations Manager Justin Jones, Deputy Director Area Served: Oklahoma Parent Organization: Oklahoma Department of Corrections Established: 1967 Publications: Going Home: PROTECT Partnership for Reintegration of Offenders Through Employment and Community Treatment.
Provides pre- and post-incarceration services for prisoners. Parent education using NFI's Long Distance Dads model.
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.
Telephone: 918-582-4128 ext. 123 Address: 501 S. Cincinnati Tulsa, OK 74103 E-mail: jgann@trinitytulsa.org Contact: The Rev. Judy Gann, Director Area Served: Oklahoma Established: 1992
Provides a residential camping program for children of prisoners. Provides mentors, support groups, transportation to visit loved ones in prison, Christmas gifts and emergency funds.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Portland Telephone: 503-249-4859 Address: 1478 NE Killingsworth Portland, OR 97211 Web site: www.bbbsportland.org Contact: Danette Gillespie, Amachi Enrollment Specialist Lynn Thompson, CEO Area Served: Portland Parent Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters Established: 2004
Provides children of incarcerated parents with volunteer mentors from faith-based communities.
Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth Telephone: 541-388-6651 Address: 63333 West Highway 20 Bend, OR 97701 E-mail: COPY@deschutes.org Contact: Bob Moore, Project Coordinator Les Stiles, Sheriff Area Served: Deschutes County Parent Organization: Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Established: 2003
Provides mentors for children (ages 5 to 15) with parents in prison.
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.
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility Telephone: 503-570-6400 Address: 24499 SW Grahams Ferry Road, P.O. Box 9000 Wilsonville, OR 97070 E-mail: lory.a.humbert@doc.state.or.us Web site: www.doc.state.or.us Contact: Lory Humbert, Asst. Superintendent of Programs Bill Hoefel, Superintendent Area Served: Oregon Parent Organization: Oregon Department of Corrections Established: 2001
Provides an array of services to incarcerated women in Oregon, their children and caregiver families (at the correctional institution). Services include parent education, family literacy services, Early Head Start, Even Start and Girl Scouts Beyond Bars.
Girl Scouts of Santiam Council Telephone: 503-581-2451 Address: 1922 McGilchrist Salem, OR 97302 E-mail: rmiller@girlscoutsofsantiam.org Web site: www.girlscoutsofsantiam.org Contact: Rachel Miller, Program Manager Stephanie Smetana, Executive Director Area Served: Salem area Established: 2000
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.
Girl Scouts-Columbia River Council Telephone: 503-598-6560 Address: 15171 SW Bangy Road Lake Oswego, OR 97035 E-mail: hayess@juliette.org Web site: www.girlscoutscrc.org Contact: Susan Hayes, Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Program Manager Joan Brown-Klein, CEO Area Served: NW Oregon and SW Washington Parent Organization: Girl Scouts of the United States of America Established: 1998
Provides scouting experience for girls (ages 5-17) whose mothers are incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, Oregon.
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.
Family Services of Western PA/ Families Outside Telephone: 412-661-1670 Address: 6401 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206 E-mail: fswp@fswp.org Web site: www.fswp.org Contact: Mary Graczyk, Families Outside Coordinator Donald Goughler, CEO Area Served: Western Pennsylvania Established: 1979
Provides low-cost transportation for prison visitors, video-visiting, case management, support groups, re-entry assistance, counseling and family therapy.
Telephone: 412-471-3410 Address: 711 Penn Avenue, Suite 706 Pittsburgh, PA 15227 E-mail: info@lydiasplace.org Web site: www.lydiasplace.org Contact: Vicki Sirockman, Executive Director Area Served: Allegheny County Established: 1993
Provides gifts, group activities and support groups for children. Provides mothers and families with parent education, family reunification support, support groups, counseling, family outings, information, referrals and religious ministry.
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.
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Telephone: 717-975-4859 Address: P.O. Box 598 Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598 E-mail: jabell@state.pa.us Web site: www.cor.state.pa.us Contact: James Harvey Bell, Pardons Case Specialist/Family Services Jeffrey A. Beard, Ph.D., Secretary of Corrections Area Served: Pennsylvania Parent Organization: Pennsylvania State Government Established: 1986 Publications: I Love You This Much - booklets for parents of children ages 3-5 and 6-12, order from Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Correctional Industries.
Provides parent education, transportation for prison visits, self-help support groups, family literacy, video-visiting, mentoring children of prisoners, family financial education, family violence prevention training, information and referrals.
Telephone: 724-837-5410 Address: 409 Coulter Avenue Greensburg, PA 15601 E-mail: tkatzman@parentwiseinc.com Web site: www.parentwiseinc.com Contact: Terri Katzman, Executive Director Area Served: Westmoreland County Parent Organization: Affiliated with Parents Anonymous Established: 1976
Provides support groups and parent education for parents in the community.
Philadelphia Society for Services to Children Telephone: 215-875-3400 Address: 415 S. 15th Street Philadelphia, PA 19146 E-mail: brich@pssckids.org Web site: www.pssc@libertynet.org Contact: Brenda Rich Program Director Kids'n'Kin Helen Dennis, Executive Director Area Served: Philadelphia County Established: 1990
Provides home visitor support and workshops to caregivers. Provides family therapy, legal assistance and support groups for children. Provides clients with transportation for prison visits.
Riverside Correctional Facility Telephone: 215-685-6972 Address: 8151 State Road Philadelphia, PA 19111 E-mail: dawn.middleton-bryant@prisons.phila.gov Contact: Dawn Bryant, Lieutenant Clyde Gainey, Warden Area Served: Philadelphia County Jail for Women Parent Organization: Philadelphia Prison System
Provides gifts for children, enhanced visiting environment, case management, support for communication between prison and home, counseling, re-entry support, self-help support group, information and referrals.
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Directory of Programs
Provides support groups for children with incarcerated parents. ... Provides a current listing of programs serving families of adult offenders in Canada ...
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Vol. 7, No. 1: Working With Children With Parents In Prison
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Programs and Services
Programs and Services for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children ... religious ministry, and family reunification support. ...
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CCIP - The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents - Services
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Information Gateway Library Search
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Directory of Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Parenting Programs
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Directory of Programs (2001) SD-WI
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Organizations that focus on the children of incarcerated parents ...
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DCS - Protecting Children
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Children of Prisoners Library
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Welcome to Children and Family Networks
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Directory of Programs (2001) National-Index
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Mail Index
family reunification in incest cases. From : Vincent Fish; Programs for 'acting out' young children ... Child Maltreatment Internship Site Listing ... incarcerated parents & undocumented parents/caregivers
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Centerforce - Families - Support Groups
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Children of Incarcerated Parents
incarcerated parents and their families: meeting immediate shelter concerns,. preventing delinquency, and/or supporting reunification efforts. ...
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