Mentoring
Children of Prisoners
The
Mentoring Children of Prisoners program awards grants to community
organizations that provide 
children
and youth of incarcerated parents with mentors. Each mentoring
program is designed to ensure that mentors provide young people
with safe and trusting relationships, healthy messages about
life and social behavior, appropriate guidance from a positive
adult role model and opportunities for increased participation
in education, civic service and community activities.
Mentoring
children of prisoners program grant recipients must use their
funds to provide services, both directly and in collaboration
with other local agencies, to strengthen and support children
of incarcerated parents and their families. This includes preserving
families and connecting children with their imprisoned parent
if and when appropriate.
Further,
grant recipients are required to cultivate mentors from within
the child’s family and community, through recruitment,
screening and training and also conduct monitoring and evaluation.
Eligible
entities may include any public or private entity, including
faith- and community-based organizations, colleges and universities,
States and Federally recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Contact
Information:
Family
and Youth Services Bureau
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Portals Building
1250 Maryland Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20024
Telephone: 202-205-8102
Fax: 202-260-9333
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb
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Keywords:
mentors
mentoring; mentoring program; incarcerated parent(s).
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