Mentoring Children of Prisoners
More than 1.5 million American children - over half of them under the age of 10 - have a parent or parents in prison. Discover resources and support for programs striving to give these children the benefit of a reliable adult in their lives through a mentoring relationship. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
- CNCS Mentoring Children of Prisoners Initiative
- Faith Community and Criminal Justice Collaboration: A Collection of Effective Programs
- Performance Measurement Tools:
Effective Practices
- Designing and implementing a mentoring program for children of prisoners
- Supporting children of prisoners and their caregivers
- Assessing risk factors for children and families of prisoners
Online Library Items
- Building from the Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs to Mentor Children of Prisoners
- Amachi: Mentoring Children of Prisoners in Philadelphia
- People of Faith Mentoring Children of Promise: A Model Partnership Based on Service and Community
- Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Bill of Rights
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