National Resource Center on Children & Families of the Incarcerated

International Programs

The Directory of Programs Serving Children and Families of the Incarcerated is an update of the Directory of Programs Serving Families of Adult Offenders, dated October 2001. This revised directory lists programs in the United States and around the world that offer services specifically for children and families of the incarcerated.

Canada

Canadian Families and Corrections Network

Telephone: 613-541-0743
Address: Box 35040
Kingston, Ontario K7L 5S5
E-mail:national@cfcn-rcafd.org
Web site: www.cfcn-rcafd.org

Provides a current listing of programs serving families of adult offenders in Canada through its website at www.cfcn-rcafd.org.

FEAT

Website: http://featforchildren.org/
“FEAT is dedicated to providing supportive programming that fosters self-esteem and security for children affected by parental incarceration.”

O.U.R.S. (Opportunities, Understanding, Respect, Success)

Area Served: Vancouver’s Lower Mainland
Parent Organization:  The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Telephone:  604-520-1166
Address: 402 E. Columbia Street
New Westminster, Canada V3L 3X1
Email: info@elizabethfry.com
Website: www.elizabethfry.com
Established: 2007
Volunteer Opportunities?: Yes

England

Partners of Prisoners (POPs)

    • Official Website: http://www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk/ 
      • “POPS, established by offenders’ families for offenders’ families. Identifying needs and finding the solutions: being the solution.”

Europe

Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE)

    • Official Website: https://childrenofprisoners.eu/

      • “Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) is a pan-European network working with and on behalf of children with imprisoned parents.”

New Zealand

PILLARS

Website:  https://www.pillars.org.nz/

Provides a wide variety of services for prisoners and their families in New Zealand

United States

International CURE

Address: PO Box 2310
Washington, DC 20013
E-mail: cure@curenational.org
Website: https://www.internationalcure.org/
Phone: 202-789-2126
Established: 1972
Volunteer Opportunities? No

International CURE organizes people incarcerated and their loved ones to bring about prison reform. These reforms will reduce crime.

POPS the Club 

Parent Organization: POPstheclub.com, Inc.
Telephone: 310-709-2484
Address: 4160 Lyceum Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066
E-mail: popsvenice@gmail.com
Web site: www.popstheclub.com
Secondary Office: POPStheclub.com, Inc. c/o Dennis Danziger Venice High School 13000 Venice Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90066
Contact: Amy Friedman
Email: amy@amyfriedman.net
Established: 2013
Volunteer/Internship Opportunities?: Yes

POPStheclub.com, Inc. is a nonprofit dedicated to creating and supporting clubs in high schools across the country for students whose lives have been touched by prison. We are arts-based, publishing POPS students’ works (writing and artwork) in annual anthologies. We support in-school clubs that offer camaraderie, nurturing, compassion, and community for those who too often carry around the pain associated with having an association to prison–those with loved ones who are or have served time and those who have themselves served time.