Resources
For Incarcerated individuals & their families
Hope House
Area Served: National with a special focus on the DC Metro Area
Telephone: 301-408-1452
Address: PO Box 60682
Washington, DC 20039
Email: cfennelly@aol.com
Website: www.hopehousedc.org
Established: 1998
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Hope House has three main goals: (1) to strengthen families and in particular, the relational bonds between children and their fathers imprisoned far from home; (2) to reduce the isolation, stigma, shame and risk these families experience when fathers and husbands are imprisoned; and (3) to raise public awareness about this most at-risk population.
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Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Girl Scouts of USA
Telephone: (800) GSUSA 4 U (800-478-7248) or (212) 852-8000
Address: 420 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
Email: misc@girlscouts.org
Website: http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/our_partners/initiatives/gsbb.asp
Established: 1992
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
The goals of the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars (GSBB) program are to lessen the impact of parental separation due to incarceration, to foster the personal and social development of girls and their mothers, and to provide girls with the opportunity to participate with their parents in the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Parents and their daughters take an active leadership role in the planning and implementation of Girl Scout program activities and also participate in facilitated discussions about family life, conflict resolution, and the prevention of violence and drug abuse. After release, parents and daughters can continue to participate in troop meetings in their communities, making Girl Scouting a consistent presence in their lives.
KidsMates Inc.
Area served: National
Parent Organization: KidsMates Inc.
Address: 21218 St Andrews Blvd, #720 Boca Raton FL 33433 United States
Email: info@kidsmates.org
Website: www.kidsmates.org
Established: 2017
Volunteer/ internship Opportunities: Yes
KidsMates Inc. is a national non-profit organization co-founded by children of incarcerated parents. KidsMates Inc.’s advocacy raises awareness about the silent American epidemic of parental incarceration and its lifelong negative impacts to affected children. The organization implements initiatives aimed at improving outcomes, fostering resilience, and empowering children of incarcerated parents. Visit their website to find out more.
The Messages Project
Area Served: National
Address: PO Box 8325 9711
8th View St. Suite 11
Norfolk, VA 23503
E-mail: list@themessagesproject.org
Website: https://themessagesproject.org/
Phone: No Phone
Established: 1999
Volunteer Opportunities? Yes
The Messages Project is focused on the children left behind when a parent is incarcerated prisons in Virginia, Nebraska, and Missouri several times a year to create videotapes or DVDs from incarcerated parents to their children. The recordings are mailed home to children and families, often with a book that was read as part of the message.
National Parents and Families Network
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: NIPFN
Telephone: 717-943-2492
Address: P.O. Box 6745
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Website: https://www.nationalfamilysupportnetwork.org/standards-of-quality
Email: Cstuartconsult@aol.com
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
1. Responsible Parenting Training and Consulting 2. Re-Entry, Recidivism Training and Consulting 4. Community Engagement Training and Consulting. 5. Curriculum Writing and Consulting 6. Counseling and Consulting on Children of Incarcerated Parents. 7. Lecturing and Workshops on issues of Incarceration as it pertains to the family unit and society as a whole. 8. Consulting and Training on how to work with the prison and correctional system. 9. Consulting and Training on Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents.
WE GOT US NOW
Area served: National
Parent Organization: We got us now
Telephone: 9173304222
Address: 63 Hamilton Terrace Suite 36, New York, New York 10031, United States
Email: Ebony@wegotusnow.org
Website: https://www.wegotusnow.org
Established: 2017
Volunteer/ internship Opportunities: Yes
We Got Us Now is a national nonpartisan organization built by, led by and about children and young adults impacted by parental incarceration with the mission to ENGAGE, EDUCATE, ELEVATE & EMPOWER our historically invisible population through the use of digital narratives, safe + inclusive spaces & advocacy led campaigns to ensure our voices are at the forefront of strategic initiatives, practices and policies that will help to keep our families connected, create fair sentencing and end mass incarceration.
National CURE
Area Served: National
Address: PO Box 2310
Washington, DC 20013
Email: cure@curenational.org
Website: www.curenational.org
Phone: 202-789-2126
Established: 1972
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
International CURE organizes people incarcerated and their loved ones to bring about prison reform. These reforms will reduce crime.
PrisonMail.org
Area Served: National/International
Telephone: 814-742-7500
Address: PO Box 1602
Altoona, PA 16603
Email: info@prisonmail.org
Website: www.prisonmail.org
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: No
PrisonMail simplifies communication and encourages constant correspondence between prisoners and their families and loved ones. It uses the convenience of the internet to allow those with incarcerated loved ones to send messages on a regular basis.
Prisoner Visitation and Support
Area Served: National
Telephone: 215-241-7117
Address: 1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Email: pvs@afsc.org
Website: www.prisonervisitation.org
Established: 1968
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
PVS is the only nationwide, interfaith visitation program given access by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense to visit all federal and military prisoners. We have 300 volunteers across the U.S. who regularly visit at over 90 federal and military prisons
Parenting & Family Healing
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: Bethesda Family Services Foundation
Telephone: 570-523-0605
Address: 88 Bull Run Crossing, Suite 1
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Email: staff@bfsf.org
Website: www.bfsf.org
Secondary Office: None
Established: 1995
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
Provide parenting and family healing to incarcerated individuals; train counselors, educators, and others in Relational Healing and Peer Governance Models.
National Parents and Families Network
Area Served: National
Parent Organization: NIPFN
Telephone: 717-943-2492
Address: P.O. Box 6745
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Website: https://www.nationalfamilysupportnetwork.org/standards-of-quality
Email: Cstuartconsult@aol.com
Established: 2004
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes
1. Responsible Parenting Training and Consulting 2. Re-Entry, Recidivism Training and Consulting 4. Community Engagement Training and Consulting. 5. Curriculum Writing and Consulting 6. Counseling and Consulting on Children of Incarcerated Parents. 7. Lecturing and Workshops on issues of Incarceration as it pertains to the family unit and society as a whole. 8. Consulting and Training on how to work with the prison and correctional system. 9. Consulting and Training on Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents.