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Project AVARY
415-382-8799
Project AVARY offers longterm support and enrichment for children and youth with a parent in prison or jail.Our program services include a summer camp, monthly outings, leadership training, and family support.
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Promises for Families
1-877-940-2267
Promises for Families is dedicated to providing quality summer camp, after- school mentoring programs and academic tutoring for children with a parent in prison, enabling them to work through the grieving process in a positive and healing manner.
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Wings for L.I.F.E. (Life-skills Imparted to Families through Education)
575-317-2042
Life-skills, substance abuse/recovery, educational topics and parenting at both adult and juvenile detention centers. After-school program for children.
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Virginia C.U.R.E. K.I.D.S.
804-562-7414
We offer services and resources to children with an incarcerated parent and their families.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada
775-352-3202
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. The one-to-one relationship creates positive outcomes for the child.
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Community Mentoring Connections
209-533-1397
Community Mentoring Connection is a regional program matching youth with incarcerated parents with caring adult mentors.
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TRUE (Together Building Resiliency, Understanding and Empowerment) Friends
541-344-0833
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.
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Children of Incarcerated Parents
301-473-4103
We are an inter-agency group that works to inform members of the community of the plight children with incarcerated parents. We distribute resources and useful items to children and their caregivers.
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Arts in Prison, Inc.
913-403-0229
Arts in Prison, Inc. works to facilitate personal growth through the arts for the incarcerated and their families.
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Someone To Watch Over Me
504-908-6277
CSC provides holistic services to assist people coming out of prison and their families in the re-entry process. Someone To Watch Over Me also provides services to the children with recently released parents.
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MentorKids USA
480-767-6707
MentorKids USA is a faith-based organization dedicated to providing at-risk youth (including children of incarcerated parents) with caring adult mentors.
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SKIP (Support for Kids of Incarcerated Parents)
336-547-7461
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.
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Mentoring Children of Prisoners
757-963-5795
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.
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BBBSHR
540-433-8886
BBBSHR provides volunteer mentors to interested children, including children who have an incarcerated parent. The staff received training from the Family Corrections Network.
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Catholic Community Services
907-463-6100
To enhance opportunities for positive life experiences and outcomes for children and youth whose parent have experienced incarceration.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
206-763-9060
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.
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Family Resource Center
480-834-9424
Parenting and parent support services for any family, including those with an incarcerated parent. Our work also includes programming for relatives as parents.
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Father and Child Resource Center
Services designed to help fathers play a productive role in their children’s lives
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