• In the Words of Our Children
    Their moms, dads or both are behind bars. What happens to the children of the people who crowd our jails and prisons? Here you will hear the children answer that question in their voices. They discuss their needs, challenges, successes.
     
  • Care for Our Children
    Too often, when parents are imprisoned, their children are left confused and pained. Our network provides opportunities for these children to be cared, supported, and inspired by responsible adults, helping professionals, and others in their communities.
     
  • Focus on Our Children
    When policy makers discuss prison reform, they typically talk about the public’s safety. The conversation is rarely about the struggles of those who lose a parent to a prison sentence. There’s nearly two million children of prisoners in the U.S., many grappling with problems like depression.
     
  • Mentoring Our Children
    Many children of prisoners are growing up without the benefits of guidance from reliable adults. Our mentoring initiatives match children with caring adults to improve academics, behavior, and family relationships.
     
    

More than 15,000 children in Miami have a parent in prison or jail. The incarceration of parents has severe, unseen consequences for children who are often left confused and uncertain about their future. Our network of faith-based and professional organizations coordinates services to strengthen the bond between children and their imprisoned parents and mitigate the trauma caused by the separation.
  • March 12-16: Spring Break Family Bonding visit to Florida Correctional Institutions.  Specific dates to be announced shortly 
  • April 26, 2012 - Children of Inmates Symposium featuring Rev. Dr. Wilson Goode, former Mayor of Philadephia and founder of Amachi, a mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents and Dr.  Maria  Herczog, elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.  To learn more and register, please call 877-788-4235.
  • June 25-29: Summer Family Bonding visit to Florida Correctional Institutions.  Specific dates to be announced shortly.