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Directory of Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders (2001)

We have gathered information for a new Directory of Programs.

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Program Index

James W. Mustin
Editor

Donna D'Arville
Assistant Editor

August 2001

This project was supported by the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

National Institute of Corrections

Morris L. Thigpen, Director

George M. Keiser, Chief
Community Corrections Division

Rick Faulkner, Project Manager

Introduction

Family and Corrections Network prepared this directory to update the Directory of Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders dated October 1998. This revised directory lists programs in the United States and a link to a list of programs in Canada offering services specifically for families of adult offenders. Entries were identified by sending survey forms to directors of departments of corrections in the United States, to programs listed in the 1998 directory, and to other programs known to the Family and Corrections Network.

Questions about this Directory should be addressed to Jim Mustin, Executive Director, Family and Corrections Network, 32 Oak Grove Road, Palmyra, VA 22963, 434/589-3036, fcn@fcnetwork.org, www.fcnetwork.org.

This document is available for free download at www.nicic.org and www.fcnetwork.org.

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Directory of Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders - 2001 

Programs in the United States

Alabama

S.K.I.P., Inc. Community Resource Services (Save Kids of Incarcerated Parents)
(334) 284-8103
669 Bush Drive
Hope Hull, AL 36043
skipinc@mindspring.com www.skipinc.org
Contact: Gloria Jean Canty
Area Served: Montgomery, Alabama

Provides parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, mentoring, group activities and gifts for children, religious ministry, public education and advocacy.

Arizona

Middle Ground Prison Reform
(480) 966-8116
139 East Encanto Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
middleground@quest.net, www.mgprisonreform.org
Contact: Donna Leone Hamm, Executive Director
Agency Head: Donna Leone Hamm, Executive Director
Area Served: Arizona
Established: 1983

Provides advocacy for rights and responsibilities of jail and state prisoners and their supporters.

Pima Community College
(520) 574-0024 ext. 4328
401 North Bonita Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85709-5015
Contact: Bernie Bennett, Regional Director
Area Served: Arizona
Established: 1998

Provides parenting courses to female inmates at Southern Arizona Release Center.

Arkansas

FrontLine Ministries
(501) 927-2525
2107 Dogwood Place
Springdale, AR 72762
frontline100@hotmail.com
Contact: Tom Connolly, Pastor
Agency Head: Tom Connolly, Pastor
Area Served: Northwest Arkansas
Parent Organization: Grace Christian Fellowship
Established: 2000

Provides drug and alcohol rehabilitation, family, marriage, and parenting counseling.

Publication: resource book for relative caregivers.

Parent Center
(501) 660-6886 ext. 3121
5905 Forest Place
Little Rock, AR 72207
lujo@aristotle.net
Contact: Dee Ann Newell, Program Manager
Agency Head: Doug Stadter, CEO
Area Served: Arkansas
Parent Organization: Centers for Youth and Families
Established: 1991

Provides parenting from prison (in women's unit and one men's unit) and after release, formal and informal kinship caregiver groups, public education, case management and advocacy.

Second Genesis Ministries, Inc.
(501) 666-6831
4823 Woodlawn
Little Rock, AR 72205
Secondgenesis@aol.com
Contact: Dianne Swain, Executive Director
Area Served: Arkansas
Established: 1989

Provides transitional housing and emergency shelter for women leaving prison. Services include information, referrals, child care, family reunification support, and family therapy.

California

California Department of Corrections - Office of Community Services
(916) 323-0125
P.O. Box 942883
Sacramento, CA 94283
Contact: Marc Stambuk, CCII
Agency Head: Merrie Koshell, Assistant Deputy Director
Area Served: California
Established: 1985

Provides the Community Prisoner Mother Program, four facilities that house inmate mothers and their children under 6 years old in community treatment centers - 94 beds total. Also provides the Family Foundations Program, two facilities housing female inmates and children under 6 years of age in community treatment program - 70 total beds.

Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
(626) 449-8796
P.O. Box 41-286
Eagle Rock, CA 90041
ccipdj@aol.com, www.e-ccip.org
Contact: Denise Johnston, Director
Agency Head: Denise Johnston, Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 1989

Provides parent education, self-help support groups, information, referrals, mentoring, family reunification support, family therapy, public education, legal assistance and advocacy. Provides technical assistance, training, policy development and research services in a variety of areas related to children of prisoners.

Publications: provides a clearinghouse for publications and audiovisuals to prisoners (free) and others (at cost). Contact Center for list.

Friends Outside in Contra Costa County
(925) 228-0644
1127 Escobar Street
Martinez, CA 94553
friendsoutside@aol.com
Contact: Mary Ann Van Buren, Executive Director

Agency Head: Mary Ann Van Buren, Executive Director
Area Served: Contra Costa County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1969

Provides camping for children, holiday gifts and meals, emergency food pantry, clothing, money management, employment assistance, public education, self-help support group, case management, information and referrals.

Friends Outside in Los Angeles County
(626) 795-7607
464 East Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
fo.lac@gateway.net, www.friendsoutside-la.org
Contact: Mary Weaver, Executive Director
Agency Head: Mary Weaver, Executive Director
Area Served: Los Angeles County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1982

Provides self-help support group, information, referrals, case management, group activities, family liaison, counseling, employment assistance and transportation support.

Friends Outside in Orange County
(714) 288-5600
2525 North Grand, #N
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Contact: Chris Keena, Care Coordinator
Agency Head: Sandi Burns, Program Director
Area Served: Orange County
Parent Organization: St. Vincent de Paul
Established: 1977

Provides self-help support group, information and referrals, mentoring and family reunification support.

Friends Outside in Sacramento County
(916) 446-3838
2324 "L" Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Contact: Dorothy Montgomery, Executive Director
Agency Head: Dorothy Montgomery, Executive Director
Area Served: Sacramento County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1974

Provides self-help support group, information, referrals, case management, group activities and gifts for children, technical information, family reunification support, public education and advocacy.

Friends Outside in San Bernardino County
(909) 597-5428
P.O. Box 393
Chino, CA 91710
Contact: Cynthia Carey, Executive Director
Agency Head: Cynthia Carey, Executive Director
Area Served: San Bernardino County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1954

Provides transportation and hospitality center for prison visitors, children's center in visiting room, information, referrals and childcare.

Friends Outside in San Luis Obispo County
(805) 543-3888
1701 Fredericks Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Contact: Kathleen Richen, Executive Director
Agency Head: Kathleen Richen, Executive Director
Area Served: San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria Counties
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1975

Provides programs and services for families of men incarcerated in California Men's Colony State Prison and youth incarcerated in juvenile detention facilities.

Friends Outside in Santa Clara County
(408) 295-6033
551 Stockton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126
FOinSCC@AOL.com
Contact: Jennifer Tait, Executive Director
Agency Head: Jennifer Tait, Executive Director
Area Served: Santa Clara County

Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1955

Provides parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, mentoring, group activities and gifts for children, family reunification support, public education and advocacy.

Friends Outside in Santa Cruz County
(831) 427-5070
1010 Emeline Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
scruz@scvolunteercenter.org
Contact: Dan Alpes, Coordinator
Agency Head: Laura Novak, Executive Director
Area Served: Santa Cruz County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1989

Provides information, referrals, mentoring, gifts for children and family reunification support.

Friends Outside in Sonoma County
(707) 526-7318
P.O. Box 3905
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
friendsoutside@msn.com, www.friendsoutsidesonoma.org
Contact: Steve McGirr, Program Manager
Agency Head: Lona Jones, Executive Director
Area Served: Sonoma County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1982

Provides parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, mentoring, group activities and gifts for children, religious ministry, technical information, family reunification support, public education and advocacy.

Friends Outside in Stanislaus County
(209) 522-2209
922 "J" Street #217
Modesto, CA 95354
lynngold@ainet.com
Contact: Lynn Goldstein, Director
Agency Head: Lynn Goldstein, Director
Area Served: Stanislaus County
Parent Organization: Friends Outside National Organization
Established: 1954

Provides job development, parent education, information, referrals, gifts for children, public education, advocacy, family support groups and inmate/family communication support.

Friends Outside National Organization
(209) 955-0701
PO Box 4085
Stockton, CA 95204
Contact: Gretchen Newby, Executive Director
Agency Head: Gretchen Newby, Executive Director
Area Served: California
Established: 1955

Provides case management services and visitor centers in 33 prisons in California. Provides parenting program for female/male inmates in state prisons. Provides conflict resolution workshops in state prisons, jails and in the community and family reunification programs in partnership with the Department of Social Services.

Provides oversight for 10 separately incorporated chapters.

Visitors Centers
1. Friends Outside Hospitality Center
California Institution For Men
P.O. Box 393
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 597-5428

2. CSATF Visitor Center
California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Corcoran
P.O. Box 608
Corcoran, CA 93212
(559) 992-9756

3. Friendship House
California Rehabilitation Center
P.O. Box 1884
Vacaville, CA 95696
(707) 469-9345

4. Hospitality Place
California Rehabilitation Center
P.O. Box 120
Norco, CA 92860
(909) 737-7010
5. Welcome House Visitor Center
California State Prison, Sacramento
P.O. Box 29
Represa, CA 95671
(916) 985-2372

6. Friendship Place #1
California Correctional Center
P.O. Box 1701
Susanville, CA 96130
(530) 257-2211

7. Centinela Visitor Center
Centinela S. P.
P.O. Box 220
Seeley, CA 92273
(760) 352-2466

8. Esperanza
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 1465
Blythe, CA 92226
(760) 921-8294

9. The Gathering Place
Deuel Vocational Institution
P.O. Box 1953
Tracy, CA 95378
(209) 835-4141 x5645

10. Oasis Visitor Center
Avenal S. P.
P.O. Box 340
Avenal, CA 93204
(559) 386-4370

11. Casa Frontera
California Institution For Women
1234 Mountain Ave., Suite N234
Chino, CA 91710
(909) 597-0234

12. Tehachapi Visitor Center
California Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 272
Tehachapi, CA 93581
(661) 822-3407

13. Friends Outside Visitor Center
California Men's Colony
1701 Fredericks Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
(805) 543-3888

14. Bienvenidos
California State Prison, Corcoran
P.O. Box 68
Corcoran, CA 93212
(559) 992-4499

15. Lancaster Visitor Center
California State Prison, Los Angeles County
P.O. Box 5712
Lancaster, CA 93539
(661) 728-0844

16. Sorensen Visitor Center
Calipatria S. P.
P.O. Box 1108
Calipatria, CA 92233
(760) 348-2232

17. The Lighthouse
Central California Women's Facility
2295 West Cleveland Avenue, Suite C#125
Madera, CA 93637
(559) 665-4617

18. El Puente
Correctional Training Facility & SVSP
154 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93909
(831) 678-1236

19. Friendship Place #11
High Desert State Prison
P.O. Box 1701
Susanville, CA 96130
(530) 257-5581

20. Desconso Visitor Center
Ironwood State Prison
P.O. Box 1113
Blythe, CA 92225
(760) 921-1964

21. North Kern Visitor Center
North Kern State Prison
P.O. Box 1527
Delano, CA 93216
(661) 725-3833

22. Hospitality House Visitor Center
Pelican Bay State Prison
P.O. Box 366
Fort Dick, CA 95538
(707) 465-6269

23. Su Casa Visitor Center
R J Donovan Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 432340
San Ysidro, CA 92143
(619) 710-1645

24. The House on the Hill
San Quentin State Prison
P.O. Box 396
San Quentin, CA 94964
(415) 482-8509

25. Valley State Visitor Center
Valley State Prison for Women
2295 West Cleveland Avenue, Suite C#122
Madera, CA 93637
(559) 665-1913

26. Debra Williams, Regional Director/South
Friends Outside Visitor Centers
P.O. Box 900282
Palmdale, CA 93590
(661) 285-5629

27. Peter Martinez, Regional Director/North
Friends Outside Visitor Centers
P.O. Box 900282
Palmdale, CA 93590
(661) 285-5629

28. New Beginnings Visitor Center
Mule Creek State Prison
P.O. Box 667
Ione, CA 95640
(209) 274-4749

29. Rainbow Visitor Center
Northern Calif. Women's Facility
P.O. Box 30366
Stockton, CA 95213
(209) 944-9160

30. Pleasant Valley Visitor Center
Pleasant Valley State Prison
P.O. Box 617
Coalinga, CA 93210
(559) 935-0660

31. Salinas Valley Visitor Center
Salinas Valley State Prison
154 Central Avenue
Salinas, CA 93909
(831) 678-1236

32. Mother Lode Visitor Support Center
Sierra Conservation Center
P.O. Box 1448
Jamestown, CA 95327
(209) 984-5523

33. Casa de Rosas
Wasco State Prison
P.O. Box 829
Wasco, CA 93280
(661) 758-8332

34. Noe Perez, Regional Director/Central
Friends Outside Visitor Centers
P.O. Box 705
Coalinga, CA 93210-0707
(559) 935-8939

Office/Case Managers
1. Calipatria State Prison
P.O. Box 5001
Calipatria, CA 92233
(760) 348-7000 ext. 5720

2. California Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 1031
Tehachapi, CA 93561
(661) 822-4402 ext. 4383

3. Centinela State Prison
2302 Brown Road
Imperial, CA 92251
(760) 337-9597

4. California Institution for Women
P.O. Box 6000
Corona, CA 91718
(909) 597-3605

5. California Medical Facility
P.O. Box 2000
Vacaville, CA 95696
(707) 451-4061

6. California State Prison, Corcoran
P.O. Box 8800
Corcoran, CA 91760
(559) 992-8800 ext. 7719

7. California State Prison, Sacramento
P.O. Box 29
Represa, CA 95671
(916) 985-8610 ext. 7779

8. CTF, Soledad
P.O. Box 686
Soledad, CA 93280
(831) 675-3328

Internet Friends Outside
(408) 238-6091
2533 Glen Dundee Way
San Jose, CA 95148
lbolden@aol.com, www.reentry.org
Contact: Jan L. Boldon, Director
Agency Head: Jan L. Boldon, Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 1997

Provides an online inmate/family support group that sends cards and letters to inmates.

Publication: Bibles.

New Beginnings Visitor Center
(209) 274-4749
P.O. Box 667
Ione, CA 95640
www.voa-sac.org
Contact: Flora Phillips, Program Director
Agency Head: Leo McFarland, President/CEO
Area Served: Stockton/Ione
Parent Organization: V.O.A. Greater Sacramento and Northern Nevada
Established: 1989

Provides transportation, hospitality center, children's center in visiting room, parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, childcare, mentoring, gifts for children, marriage preparation and support, public education and advocacy to families of inmates in Mule Creek State Prison.

Prison Activist Resource Center
(510) 893-4648
P.O. Box 339
Berkeley, CA 94701
parc@prisonactivist.org, www.prisonactivist.org
Contact: Vanessa Agard-Jones, Coordinator
Agency Head: Vanessa Agard-Jones, Coordinator
Area Served: USA
Established: 1994
Provides information, referrals, public information and advocacy.

Re-Entry Prison and Jail Ministry
(619) 426-4557
P.O. Box 620
Chula Vista, CA 91912
reentry@reentry.org, www.reentry.org
Contact: Art Lyons, Chaplain
Agency Head: Art Lyons, Executive Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 1980

Provides parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, mentoring, religious ministry, community residential program, public education, advocacy, legal services and information for inmates transitioning back into society.

Set Free Prison Ministries, Inc.
(909) 787-9907
P.O. Box 5440
Riverside, CA 92517
sfpmkyr@juno.com
Contact: Kathy Rees, Business/Finance Manager
Agency Head: Philip Wagner, Director
Area Served: USA and Canada
Established: 1970

Provides free Bible correspondence school for inmates and their families.

Publication: Bible correspondence course.

Welcome House Visitor Center
(916) 985-2372
P.O. Box 29
Represa, CA 95671
leo@voasac.org, www.voa-sac.org
Contact: Shirley Neff, Program Director
Agency Head: Leo McFarland, President/CEO
Area Served: Sacramento, Folsom
Parent Organization: V.O.A. Greater Sacramento and Northern Nevada
Established: 1989

Provides transportation, hospitality center, children's center in visiting room, parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, childcare, mentoring, group activities, gifts for children, marriage preparation and support, public education and advocacy to families of inmates in Folsom State Prison.

Colorado

Empowerment Program, The
(303) 320-1989
1600 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
womenwonde@aol.com
Contact: Carol Lease, Director
Area Served: Denver
Established: 1986

Provides transportation, case management, housing, employment, health and education services to women who have been released from prison or jail.

FOCUS (Families and Friends of Convicts United for Support)
(719) 275-9570
P.O. Box 2194
Canon City, CO 81215-2194
Contact: Linda Davis, Vice Chairperson
Agency Head: Clara Klemm, Chairperson
Area Served: Colorado
Established: 1982

Provides information and referrals and operates children's activity centers at two state correctional facilities.

Connecticut

Families in Crisis, Inc.

(860) 236-3593
30 Arbor Street - North Wing
Hartford, CT 06106
quinlin@familiesincrisis.org
Contact: Susan Quinlan, Executive Director
Agency Head: Susan Quinlan, Executive Director
Area Served: Connecticut
Established: 1977

Provides transportation, children's center in visiting area, parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, gifts for children, technical assistance, family reunification support, family therapy, community residential program, counseling and support services to offenders and their families.

Family ReEntry, Inc.
(203) 838-0496
9 Mott Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
reentry@earthlink.net
Contact: A. Stephen Lanza, Executive Director
Agency Head: A. Stephen Lanza, Executive Director
Area Served: Southwestern Connecticut
Established: 1984

Provides counseling and therapy services, parent education, information, referrals, mentoring and gifts for children, offenders and their families across a variety of sites (e.g. adult probation, day incarceration centers, alternative to incarceration centers, residential substance abuse treatment facilities, pre-release prison programs).

Fresh Start
(860) 560-5805
17 Essex Street
Hartford, CT 06114
Damitak@crtct.org, www.crtct.org
Contact: Damita Kimble, Program Manager
Agency Head: Paul C. Puzzo, President/CEO
Area Served: Greater Hartford
Parent Organization: Community Renewal Team, Inc.
Established: 1995

Provides a community residential alternative to incarceration for mothers with their children. Services include transportation, parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, case management, childcare, group activities and gifts for children, technical assistance and family reunification support.

Isaiah 61:1, Inc.
(203) 368-6116
P.O. Box 1399
Bridgeport, CT 06604
marylmft@cs.com
Contact: Mary Sandor, Clinical Director
Agency Head: Ed Davies, Executive Director
Area Served: Connecticut
Established: 1985

Provides community residential treatment programs for men and women under supervision of Connecticut Department of Correction. Services include parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, case management, gifts for children, religious ministry, technical information, technical assistance, family reunification support, and family therapy.

People Empowering People
(860) 345-4511
1066 Saybrook Road
Haddam, CT 06438
cczuba@canr.uconn.edu, www.canr.uconn.edu/ces/pep
Contact: Cheryl E. Czuba, Extension Educator, Community Development
Agency Head: Dean Kirklyn Kerr, Dean and Director of the College of Agriculture
Area Served: Connecticut
Parent Organization: University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension
Established: 2000

Provides life skills and leadership training, mentoring, and support to families and friends of offenders.

District of Columbia

Angel Tree/Angel Tree Camping
(703) 478-0100
P.O. Box 17500
Washington, DC 20041
angeltree@pfm.org, www.angeltree.org
Contact: Carolyn Meraw, National Director of Angel Tree
Agency Head: Tom Pratt, President
Area Served: USA
Parent Organization: Prison Fellowship Ministries
Established: 1982

Provides religious ministry and support to the children and families of prisoners by distributing holiday gifts to children of prisoners and providing a children's camping program.

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
(202) 942-0270
440 First Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
cseymour@cwla.org, www.cwla.org
Contact: Cynthia Seymour, General Counsel
Agency Head: Shay Bilchek, Executive Director
Area Served: USA

Provides information and referrals, technical assistance to child welfare agencies and public information and advocacy.

Publications: Working with Children and Families Separated by Incarceration - A Handbook for Child Welfare Agencies, $18.95; Parents in Prison: Children in Crisis; State Agency Survey on Children with Incarcerated Parents; Children with Incarcerated Parents: A Fact Sheet.

CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants)
(202) 789-2126
P.O. Box 2310
Washington, DC 20013
www.curenational.org
Contact: Charles Sullivan, Executive Director
Agency Head: Charles Sullivan, Executive Director
Area Served: USA
Established: 1972

Provides advocacy to bring about prison reform including equitable rates for inmate phone calls. Provides information on reform and rehabilitation to offenders and their families. For a list of CURE's state chapters and affiliates, see the CURE web site at www.curenational.org.

Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
(202) 822-6700
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20006
famm@famm.org, www.famm.org
Contact: Tom Burkert, Office Manager
Agency Head: Julie Stewart, President
Area Served: USA
Established: 1991

Provides advocacy for sentencing reform.

Federal Bureau of Prisons
(202) 307-3226
320 First Street, NW
Washington, DC 20534
webmaster@bop.gov, www.bop.gov
Contact: Michael Gooksey, Assistant Director
Agency Head: Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director
Area Served: USA
Parent Organization: Department of Justice

Provides parent education, family living skills and family literacy education at most institutions. Provides prenatal care and information to pregnant prisoners. Provides MINT (Mothers and Inmates Together) to qualifying inmates. MINT places pregnant prisoners in a community facility in the last two months prior to delivery. They remain there with their children for three months after delivery when the child is placed with family members.

Message of Love
(301) 340-1146
P.O. Box 65137
Washington, DC 20035-5137
info@aleibar.com, www.messageoflove.com
Contact: Michele Aleibar, President
Agency Head: Michele Aleibar, President
Area Served: USA
Parent Organization: A Message of Love
Established: 2001

Provides subscription service that sends monthly inspirational greeting cards to prisoners on behalf of family members.

Our Place, DC
(202) 548-2400
1236 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Contact: Susan Galbraith, Executive Director
Agency Head: Susan Galbraith, Executive Director
Area Served: Washington
Established: 1999

Provides transportation, overnight lodging, self-help support group, drop-in center, information, referrals, gifts for children, family reunification support, public education, advocacy, legal services for incarcerated and recently released women and their families.

Urban Family Institute
(202) 234-5437
1300 Allison Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
kids@ufi.org, www.ufi.org
Contact: Heidi Colbert, Program Director Corrections Institution
Agency Head: Kent Amos, President
Area Served: USA
Established: 1998

Provides self-help support, information, referrals, technical assistance and family reunification support through "nurturing villages" such as Kids House and the Urban Family University.

Florida

Agape Women's Center
(305) 235-2616
22790 SW 112 Avenue
Miami, FL 33170
csl-agape@miami.com
Contact: Cheryll Levarity, Director of Adult Programs
Agency Head: Dorothy Adair, Managing Director
Area Served: Miami
Parent Organization: South Florida Jail Ministry
Established: 1985

Provides community residential program with family centered therapy for substance abusing mothers and their children, housing, parent education, case management, childcare, religious ministry and family reunification support.

Aleph Institute
(305) 864-5553
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, FL 33154
admin@aleph-institute.org
www.aleph-institute.org
Contact: Isaac M. Jaroslawicz, Executive Director
Agency Head: Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, Chairman
Area Served: USA
Established: 1981

Provides Jewish religious education, counseling, emergency assistance, and referrals for Jewish prisoners and their families.

Publication: Institutional Handbook of Jewish Practice and Procedure.

Kairos Outside
(407) 629-4948
140 North Orlando Avenue, #180
Winter Park, FL 32789
kairosjo@aol.com, www.kairosprisonministry.org
Contact: Jo Chapman, Coordinator, Women's Ministries
Agency Head: Ike Griffin, Executive Director
Area Served: USA and International
Parent Organization: Kairos, Inc.
Established: 1992

Provides mentoring, religious ministry, family reunification support and weekend retreats for female adults significant to the incarcerated.

Prison Connection, Inc.
(888) 218-8464
1859 Polo Lake Drive East
Wellington, FL 33414
seeacon@aol.com, www.theprisonconnection.com
Contact: Darrell Carbone, Registrar
Agency Head: Sal Tarantola, President
Area Served: USA
Parent Organization: Concom, Inc.
Established: 1981

Provides bus transportation and meals for prison visitors. Also provides gifts for children of prisoners.

Tampa Crossroads, Inc.
(813) 238-8557
5120 North Nebraska Avenue
Tampa, FL 33603
dan@tampa-crossroads.com, www.tampa-crossroads.com
Contact: Dan Kane, Executive Director
Agency Head: Dan Kane, Executive Director
Area Served: Hillsborough and Pinellas
Established: 1977

Provides parent education, self-help support group, information, referrals, case management, family reunification support, family therapy and a community residential program for offenders and their families.

Time for Freedom
(352) 351-1280
P.O. Box 819
Ocala, FL 34470
tff@gate.net
Contact: Mike Baxley, Program Counselor
Agency Head: Bernie DeCastro, President
Area Served: Florida
Established: 1987

Provides transportation, parent education, self-help support, information, referrals, mentoring, group activities, religious ministry, technical assistance, family reunification support, public education, advocacy for male inmates, ex-inmates and their families.
Publications: S.T.A.R.T. Curriculum workbooks and videos; Trauma of Transition (video); Bernie's Testimony Tract.