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Organizations that focus on the children of
incarcerated parents and their families
The Center for Children of
Incarcerated Parents (CCIP) This organization was founded in 1989 with the objective of preventing of intergenerational crime and incarceration. Organizational goals are the production of high quality documentation on and the development of model services for children of criminal offenders and their families. The organization focuses on parent education, family reunification support, and therapeutic intervention services for incarcerated parents and their children. They also manage an information component that is comprised of an information clearinghouse component offering a collection of over 3500 documentary and audiovisual items that can be purchased online or by mail, and a research component that has conducted 15 major research projects since 1990. The clearinghouse on line catalogue can be downloaded at http://www.e-ccip.org/ccip_catalog.pdf. The Family and Corrections Network (FCN) The Family and Corrections Network is for and about families of offenders. It offers information, training and technical assistance on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, keeping in touch, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, and prison marriage. With over 140,000 visitors a year, this site is the gateway to practice, policy and research on families of offenders. An important feature of the site is the Incarcerated Fathers Library, which provides pamphlets and other downloadable resources for incarcerated fathers and those who work with them. In addition, the FCN's Reading Room contains links to research publications on incarcerated parents and their children, links to publications related to "principles, policies and practices", and a reading list of general materials on incarceration. A Links section contains links to dozens of organizations that work with the incarcerated population and their families. The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) The CWLA is an association of more than 1,100 public and not-for-profit agencies devoted to improving life for more than 3.5 million at-risk children and youths and their families. Member agencies are involved with prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, and they provide various services in addition to child protection -- kinship care, family foster care, adoption, positive youth development programs, residential group care, child care, family-centered practice, and programs for pregnant and parenting teenagers. Other concerns of member agencies include managed care, mental health, chemical dependency, housing and homelessness, and HIV/AIDS. The CWLA maintains a webpage on the children of incarcerated parents that contains statistics, information on the CWLA's initiatives in the area, information on CWLA publications on working with the children of incarcerated parents, related non-CWLA publications lists, and links to other organizations working in the field. Other Resources A Sentence of Their Own "A Sentence of Their Own" is a documentary that chronicles a family's annual visit to a New Hampshire State Prison. As the film documents the challenges and problems that the family faces while the father is incarcerated, it highlights the negative impacts that incarceration can have on families. The film calls for society to examine its growing use of incarceration in light of its impact on families, communities, and society as a whole. When The Bough Breaks When The Bough Breaks examines the impact of a parent's incarceration on the children and other family members who are left behind. This documentary on the families' lives shows how the incarceration of parents for non-violent or drug-related crimes can perpetuate the problems it seeks to prevent. The film conveys the stories of three Missouri families and their experiences with social workers, foster parents, grandparents, and their mothers in prison. |
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Tammy Gillespie, director of the 4-H LIFE Program, can be reached at 573-882-3316 or gillespiet@missouri.edu. The original 4-H LIFE project evaluators provided
the research and design for this web display. Video footage by William Helvey, Ag. & Extension Information
Center, Lincoln University, and This program is supported by
the University of Missouri Extension and the
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