Family & Corrections Network

     

Affiliated Consultants Service

 

It's not always easy working with families of prisoners.  We can help.

FCN's Affiliated Consultants are leaders with many years of experience in program design, policy development and training related to families of prisoners. We have experience with programs operating inside jails and prisons and within communities. We are a diverse group of highly qualified individuals who have agreed to provide consulting services through Family and Corrections Network.

Whether you are starting a new program, expanding services, evaluating or troubleshooting existing programs, FCN's Affiliated Consultant Service can help. FCN can help focus and prioritize resources. FCN can help you examine existing program models and curricula, assess and design for you according to your specific needs.

We provide agencies with training and technical assistance on families of prisoners children of prisoners and their caregivers, incarcerated fathers, incarcerated mothers, and prisoners returning to the community

Why use FCN's Affiliated Consultants Service ?

  • Efficiency - FCN serves as a single contact
     
  • Quality - FCN provides access to top consultants in the field
     
  • Diversity - FCN consultants represent a broad variety of backgrounds, perspectives and expertise
     
  • Capacity - FCN can handle any size project from simple to complex, from local to state, from regional to national. For complex projects, FCN can create a diverse team drawing on the best consultants from throughout the field. FCN will help you determine the scope of work and provide ideas for funding your technical assistance or training needs.
     
  • Experience and longevity - FCN can match the best consultant(s) to your needs, drawing on FCN's full range of knowledge and experience in the field of families and children of prisoners.
     

Who can benefit from FCN's Affiliated Consultants Service ?

  • Agencies serving children and/or families: such as schools, social services, child abuse prevention programs, parenting programs, mental health, and public health agencies
     
  • Criminal justice agencies: community corrections, jails, prisons, law enforcement, courts, criminal justice planners, crime prevention groups
     
  • Faith-based organizations and community groups seeking to help prisoners, their families or their children.
     

Why seek training and technical assistance?

  • Base decisions on full knowledge of the field
     
  • Respond to families of prisoners with services targeted to meet their complex needs
     
  • Avoid re-inventing the wheel
     
  • Make best use of resources
     
  • Avoid pitfalls and dead ends
     
  • Benefit from experiences of others
     

To learn more about FCN's Affiliated Consultants Service, or to initiate services, contact:

Jim Mustin, Executive Director
Family and Corrections Network
32 Oak Grove Road
Palmyra, VA 22963

434/589-3036
434/589-6520 Fax

fcn@fcnetwork.org
www.fcnetwork.org