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Resources for families impacted by incarceration and those who work with them.

• Agape Houses
  "Little House with a Big Heart"
  The mission of Agape House is to provide affordable overnight lodging to families of offenders.

  Agape House of Vandalia
  206 S. Walnut Street
  (Vandalia is 16 miles west of Bowling Green on Highway 54)
  Vandalia, Missouri 63382
  Phone: 573-594-6755

  Agape House of Jefferson City
  810 E High Street
  Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
  Phone: 573-636-5737

• Ava's Grace Scholarship Foundation
  Educational scholarships for children of federal prisoners

• A Sentence of their Own
  A fact sheet with information about prisoners’ families

• Caregivers Guidebook (PDF)
  Provides information on how to manage money for youth ages 5-18

• Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights (PDF)
  Explains the rights of children whose parents are incarcerated

• Children of Incarcerated Parents: What is the Caregiver's Role?
  Discusses children’s emotional state when parents are incarcerated and how the caregiver can help

• Children of Incarcerated Parents (PDF)
  California Research Bureau, written by Charlene Wear Simmons

• Guardianship Laws (PDF)
  Information about national subsidized guardianship laws

• Guide to Collecting Child Support (PDF)
  Information to help women pursue unpaid child support through the public child support enforcement program

• How to Explain Jails and Prisons to Children: A Caregivers's Guide (PDF)
  Oregon Department of Corrections Children of Incarcerated Parents Project

• Incarcerated Fathers Reaching Outside (PDF)
  Discusses issues about male offenders’ relationships with their families, and children's emotional, developmental, and behavioral responses to the parent being incarcerated based on age

• Parenting from Prison (PDF)
  Rise Magazine by and for parents in the child welfare system, Issue #10, Summer 2008

• Suggested Reading (PDF)
  List of books and articles for caregivers, families and children of offenders
   

• University of Missouri Extension Resources for Families (PDF)
  Information about University of Missouri Extension programs and contact information for local Extension centers

• What About Me - Children with Incarcerated Parents (PDF)
  Information about Family Impact Seminars in Michigan.  The seminars are nonpartisan educational forums on family issues for state policymakers

• Why Maintain Relationships (PDF)
  Information about maintaining children's relationships with their incarcerated parents, and the effects and benefits of doing so

• Working with children with parents in prison
  Information on various topics on how to deal and work with children whose parents are incarcerated

Last Revised 11-Apr-12