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Families in Crisis, Inc.
860-727-5800
FIC is a private non-profit agency that provides family counseling and case management services, family reunification support, domestic violence intervention, parent education and transportation for families to visit loved ones in prison in Connecticut.
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Fresh Start Community Reentry Program
203-838-0496
Family ReEntry’s efforts are aimed at comprehensively and effectively addressing the enormous social problems related to crime, violence, abuse, and the unprecedented rates of costly incarceration.
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Family and Community Service of Delaware County
610-566-7540
Social services including STAP (Second Time Around Parents) - a program for grandparents raising grandchildren due to parental substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, incarceration, homicide, HIV/AIDS, and, more recently, military deployment.
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Relations of Inmates Supporting Eachother (R.I.S.E.)
A Florida based family advocacy group for friends and families of incarcerated persons.
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Families with Loved ones In Prison (FLIP)
904-254-8453
FLIP is a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining strong family relationships in Florida's prison families. Their purpose is to help reestablish and repair broken family ties brought on by incarceration.
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Forever Family
Support for children and families of inmates as they, their parents, caregivers and extended families work to remain a family.
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Supporting Families Affected by Incarceration
1(808) 843-2502
Services for children, caregivers, and incarcerated parents through mentoring, parenting classes, and parent-child interactive sessions to help families maintain bonds and children to thrive despite being affected by incarceration.
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State of Hawaii Department of Health
(808) 586-4416
Social services including behavioral health
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Idaho Care Line 2-1-1 Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP)
211 or 1-800-926-2588
COIP works to create awareness and act to assist agencies that serve children of incarcerated parents; to strengthen and meet the fundamental needs of these children; and to stop the cycle of criminality within families.
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Idaho Department of Correction
(208) 658-2000
A general guide to assist family and friends of individuals sentenced to felony probation, parole or incarceration.
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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
847.390.1409
Provides support to incarcerated men and women, and their children and caregivers.
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Women of Power Alumni Association
773-674-2276
WOPAA offers recovery coaching, spiritual support, parenting support groups, an annual health fair, clothing drives and an annual conference focused on formerly incarcerated and at-risk women. WOPAA provides advocacy for formerly incarcerated women.
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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
847-635-4600
Provides support to incarcerated men and women, and their children and caregivers. Services include transportation for visits to moms (incarcerated in Illinois); family literacy programs for incarcerated mothers and fathers at 19 jails and prisons to record storybooks that are sent to their children; support groups for caregivers; re-entry and family reunification support, information and referral; collaborates with prisons and Habitat for Humanity to enable incarcerated adults and juveniles to construct components for homes for low-income families, and connects previously incarcerated ‘home builders’ with Habitat for Humanity.
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The Storybook Project
601-352-7125
Helps to build relationships between incarcerated non-custodial parents and their children through books. They package and mail books, written messages, and CD recordings of parents reading to their children.
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Family Participation Program
www.familyparticipationprogram.com
517-515-5787
Every day, loved ones of incarcerated individuals must find their way through the prison system in Michigan and are left with unanswered questions and concerns. The stigma, shame and trauma from the experience is overwhelming. Families often feel alone, unsupported and unsure where to turn. Tools and information necessary to navigate the system are not always easy to find. Learning how to become the best advocate for a prisoner is crucial.
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Region IV Area Agency on Aging
800-442-2803
Grandparents and relatives raising children with incarcerated parents receive a broad array of support services
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