Want to learn more about youth with incarcerated parents?

The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated at www.fcnetwork.org is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. focused on children and families of the incarcerated and programs that serve them.

Want to directly help youth with incarcerated parents?

One great way to help youth with incarcerated parents is to become a mentor. There are plenty of great mentoring programs in the U.S. One program, specifically for kids with incarcerated parents, is Amachi.

http://www.amachimentoring.org/locations.html

Want to slow the tide of parents going to prison?

Many parents spent longer periods of time in prison as a result of mandatory minimum sentences. Learn more about how you can get involved to advocate for sentencing reform by visiting and joining Families Against Mandatory Minimums www.famm.org