Professional Organizations

Active Parenting Publishing

Categories: Family
This curriculum publisher has a variety of books and resources specifically designed for the children and families of inmates. Mamma Loves Me From Away and A Visit With Daddy are two of their large selection.
http://www.activeparenting.com/prisonprograms.htm
cservice@activeparenting.com
(800) 825-0060
1955 Vaughn Rd, NW
Suite 108
Kennesaw Georgia 30144-7808 United States of America

All of Us or None

Categories: Prison Ministry, Reentry
All of Us Or None is a national organizing initiative of prisoners, former prisoners and felons, to combat the many forms of discrimination that we face as the result of felony convictions.
http://www.allofusornone.org/
(415) 255-7036
1540 Market St.
Suite 490
San Francisco California 94102 United States of America

American Correctional Association (ACA)

Categories: Correctional Officers, Prison Ministry
ACA serves all disciplines within the corrections profession and is dedicated to excellence in every aspect of the field. From professional development and certification to standards and accreditation, from networking and consulting to research and publications, and from conferences and exhibits to technology and testing. ACA is your resource and the world-wide authority in corrections.
http://www.aca.org/
(703) 224-0000
206 N. Washington St.
Alexandria Virginia 22314 United States of America

American Correctional Chaplains Association (ACCA)

Categories: Prison Ministry
ACCA is an affiliate of the American Correctional Association (ACA) and serves as a professional organization for pastoral care personnel in the corrections field.
http://www.correctionalchaplains.org/
Anthony.Bruno@po.state.ct.us
Anthony Bruno
(860) 692-7577
24 Wolcott Hill Rd.
Wethersfield Connecticut 06109 United States of America

Amnesty USA

Amnesty USA's purpose is to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. We investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world. Their cite particularly provides information regarding the treatment of women in correctional facilities.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/custody
aimember@aiusa.org
(212) 807-8400
5 Penn Plaza
New York New York 10001 United States of America

Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry
CCIP's mission is the prevention of intergenerational crime and incarceration. Its goals are the production of high quality documentation on and the development of model services for children of criminal offenders and their families. CCIP provides research and resource information in four pivotal areas: education (parenting classes, etc.), family reunification, therapeutic services and information.
http://e-ccip.org/index.html
ccip@earthlink.net
(626) 449-2470
P.O. Box 41-286
Eagle Rock California 90041 United States of America

Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

Categories: Family
The Center for Neighborhood Enterprise was founded in 1981 by Robert L. Woodson, Sr., to help residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities. CNE's mission is to empower neighborhood leaders to promote solutions that reduce crime and violence, restore families, revitalize low-income communities, and create economic enterprise.
http://www.cneonline.org/
info@cneonline.org
(202) 518-6500
1625 K. Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington District Of Columbia 200006 United States of America

Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice

The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) was established to promote balanced and humane criminal justice policies that reduce incarceration and promote long-term public safety. CJCJ's mission is pursued through the development of model programs, technical assistance, research/policy analysis, and public education.
http://www.cjcj.org/
California United States of America

Child Welfare League of America

Categories: Family
The Juvenile Justice Division focuses on achieving the goal of reducing the incidence of juvenile delinquency nationwide and reducing the reliance on incarceration of accused or adjudicated delinquent youth.
http://www.cwla.org/
(703) 412-2400
2345 Crystal Drive
Suite 250
Arlington Virginia 22202 United States of America

Christian Literacy Associates

Categories: Prison Ministry
Christian Literacy Associates has designed training material to enable an adult to reach a functional literacy level (approximately 6th grade)with the assistance of a non-professional volunteer tutor. The Christian Literacy Series Complete Set begins with the alphabet, teaches the 40 most common English words in context, and provides drills and stories, both secular and Bible-content, to present sound and symbol relationships. This One-on-one reading tutoring provides literate Christians with a wonderful opportunity to share their faith. All of our materials and techniques are professionally designed for use by non-professionals; anyone who can read well and has the patience and desire to help someone else can use our materials to teach a child or an adult how to read. Because the materials are based on an easy to use sample lesson format, volunteers can effectively be trained as tutors during a single four-hour workshop.
http://www.christianliteracy.com/index.html
drliteracy@aol.com
William E. Kofmehl, Jr., Ph.D
(412) 364-3777
541 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15229-1851 United States of America

Comix 35/Rox 35 Media, Inc.

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry
COMIX 35 can provide in-prison graphic arts workshops, provide non-traditional materials that are relevant to youth and other and provide technical development support in the are of comic literature.
http://comix35.org/
comix35@comix35.org
Nate Butler
P. O. Box 4458
Albuquerque New Mexico 87196 United States of America

Community Collaboration Inc. (CCI)

Categories: Reentry
CCI helps communities establish a culture of accountability through collaboration among all aspects of the human services delivery sector. CCI enables effective, safe collaboration among faith-based organizations and social services and comprehensive case management used in reentry programs.
http://www.cciunites.org/
(815) 316-6390
605 Fulton Ave.
Rockford Illinois 61103 United States of America

Correctional Education Association (CEA)

Categories: Prison Ministry
The Correctional Education Association (CEA), founded in 1945, is a non-profit, professional association serving educators and administrators who provide services to students in correctional settings.
http://www.ceanational.org/
(800) 783-1232
8182 Lark Brown Road
Suite 202
Elkridge Maryland 21075 United States of America

Family & Corrections Network (FCN)

Categories: Family
FCN is an organization for and about families of prisoners. We offer information, training and technical assistance on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, keeping in touch, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, prison marriage.
http://www.fcnetwork.org/
fcn@fcnetwork.org
(215) 576-1110
93 Old York Road
Suite 1 #510
Jenkintown Pennsylvania 19046 United States of America

Family Resource Coalition

Categories: Correctional Officers, Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry, Victims
The Family Resource Coalition is a national membership, consulting, and advocacy organization that has been advancing the family support movement since 1981. The family support movement and FRC seek to strengthen and empower families and communities so that they can foster the optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members. FRC builds networks, produces resources, advocates for public policy, provides consulting services, and gathers knowledge to help grow the family support movement.
http://www.fww.org/articles/misc/frc.htm
(312) 341-0900
200 S. Michigan Ave., 16th Floor
Chicago Illinois 60604 United States of America

Forum on Child & Family Statistics

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, or the Forum, is a working group of Federal agencies that collect, analyze, and report data on issues related to children and families. The Forum has partners from 22 Federal agencies as well as partners in private research organizations.
http://www.childstats.gov/
United States of America

Hepatitis C Awareness Project

Categories: Correctional Officers, Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry, Victims
Newsletter, info packet. Offers seminars, workshops and support groups both in and out of prison for those impacted by Hepatitis C.
http://www.madimi.com/hepc.html
P. O. Box 41803
Eugene Oregon 97404 United States of America

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry, Victims
Legal help and advocacy for immigrants (including detainees and prisoners).
http://www.ilrc.org/index.php
1663 Mission Street
Suite 602
San Francisco California 94103 United States of America

Impact Publications

Categories: Reentry
Impact Publications is a one-stop center for hundreds of ex-offender re-entry and correctional resources (books, videos, posters, games, instruments), including many faith-based resources. They regularly work with prison ministries in providing useful resources to assist them in working with ex-offenders and their families.
http://www.exoffenderreentry.com/
query@impactpublications.com
(703) 361-7300
9104 Manassas Drive
Suite N
Manassas Park Virginia 20111 United States of America

Justice Fellowship

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry, Victims
Justice Fellowship is the criminal justice reform arm of Prison Fellowship Ministries. Justice Fellowship works with key state and federal policymakers to reform the criminal justice system according to the principles of restorative justice found in the Bible. In some jurisdictions, Justice Fellowship advances a single piece of legislation. In other places, our approach is more comprehensive as we look at system-wide solutions to the problems of crime. Our work sometimes places us in an advisory or technical assistance role to an official commission on some criminal justice subject.
http://www.justicefellowship.org/
(877) 478-0100
44180 Riverside Parkway
Lansdowne Virginia 20176 United States of America

Lionheart Foundation

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry
The Lionheart Foundation, established in 1992, is a 501[c][3] nonprofit organization dedicated to providing emotional literacy education programs to incarcerated adults and highly at-risk youth in order to significantly alter their life course. Lionheart provides: exceptional quality rehabilitative resources to be used directly by incarcerated adults and adolescents; resources and training for professionals who work with these populations in a prevention and rehabilitation capacity; and direct emotional literacy education programs for adults in prison; at-risk youth in juvenile institutions and public and private programs and schools; and at-risk teen parents in shelters, hospitals, social service agencies, schools and other community programs.
http://www.lionheart.org/
questions@lionheart.org
(781) 444-6667
PO Box 194 Back Bay
Boston Massachusetts 02117 United States of America

Mothers Reclaiming Our Children

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry
Working to create a nationwide program to provide support to families, attend court hearings and trails, and work with attorneys. Provides advocacy work for prisoners and their families.
4167 Normandies Ave.
Los Angeles California 90037 United States of America

National Black Women's Health Project

Categories: Correctional Officers, Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry, Victims
Health information (medical, social, political) available for African-American women. Newsletter available.
1237 Abernathy Blvd. SW
Atlanta Georgia 30310 United States of America

National Center for Fathering

Categories: Family
The National Center for Fathering strives to inspire and equip men to be the involved fathers, grandfathers and father figures their children need.
http://www.fathers.com/
(800) 593-DADS
P.O. Box 413888
Kansas City Mississippi 64141 United States of America

National Center for Juvenile Justice

Categories: Family
Since its inception in 1973, the Center has been a resource for independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to the field of juvenile justice.
http://www.ncjj.org/
ncjj@ncjj.org
(412) 227-6950
3700 South Water Street
Suite 200
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15203 United States of America

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry, Reentry
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, a nonprofit organization founded in 1987, is a resource and advocacy center for battered women charged with crimes related to their battering. Through its work, the organization aims to increase justice for — and prevent further victimization of — arrested, convicted, or incarcerated battered women. Collect calls from incarcerated battered women are accepted.
http://www.ncdbw.org/
125 South 9th St.
Suite 302
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107 United States of America

National ClearingHouse on Familes & Youth

Categories: Family
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY) is a free information service for communities, organizations, and individuals interested in developing new and effective strategies for supporting young people and their families.
http://www.ncfy.com/
(301) 608-8098
P.O. Box 13505
Silver Springs Maryland 20911-3505 United States of America

National Council on Crime & Delinquency

NCCD promotes effective, humane, fair and economically sound solutions to family, community, and justice problems.
http://www.nccd-crc.org/
(510) 208-0500
1970 Broadway
Suite 500
Oakland California 94612 United States of America

National Fatherhood Initiative

Categories: Family
A specialized version of National Fatherhood Initiative's most popular curriculum. This in-depth fathering skills program is perfect for your church or Christian organization to use to reach fathers in the prison.
http://www.fatherhood.org/
(301) 948-0599
101 Lake Forest Boulevard
Suite 360
Gaithersburg Maryland 20877 United States of America

National H.I.R.E. Network

Categories: Family, Reentry
National H.I.R.E. Network's mission is to increase the number and quality of job opportunities available to people with criminal records by improving public policies, practices, and public opinion.
http://www.hirenetwork.org/
(212) 243-1313
225 Varick Street
4th Floor
New York New York 10014 United States of America

National Incarcerated Parents & Families Network

Categories: Family, Reentry
The National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network (NIPFN) offers effective, reality-based training for people seeking to work with incarcerated parents in correctional facilities and with the family of these individuals in re-entry back into their lives and back into our communities.
http://www.incarceratedparents.org/
P. O. Box 6745
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17112 United States of America

National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network

Categories: Family, Reentry
The National Incarcerated Parents and Families Network (NIPFN) offers effective, reality-based training for people seeking to work with incarcerated parents in correctional facilities and with the family of these individuals in re-entry back into their lives and back into our communities.
http://www.incarceratedparents.org/
P. O. Box 6745
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17112 United States of America

National Institute of Corrections

NIC provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies. Through cooperative agreements, we award funds to support our program initiatives. NIC also provides leadership to influence correctional policies, practices, and operations nationwide in areas of emerging interest and concern to correctional executives and practitioners as well as public policymakers.
http://www.nicic.org/
(800) 995-6423
320 First St., N.W.
Washington District Of Columbia 20534 United States of America

National Youth Advocate Program

Categories: Family
NYAP is an energetic instrument of compassion and change in the lives of children, youth, and families and the systems, structures and practices affect them.
http://www.nyap.org/
(888) 688-9964
1801 Watermark Drive
Columbus Ohio 43215 United States of America

National Youth Gang Center

Categories: Family
The purpose of the NYGC is to assist policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources, practical tools, and expertise towards the development and implementation of effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. To accomplish this mission, the Center conducts assessments of the scope and characteristics of youth gang activity in the United States, develops resources and makes them available to the field, and provides training and technical assistance in support of community-based prevention, intervention, and suppression efforts.
http://www.iir.com/nygc
(850) 385-0600
Post Office Box 12729
Tallahassee Florida 32317-2729 United States of America

Out 4 Life

Categories: Reentry
Each year more than 700,000 inmates return to their communities; two-thirds of them will be re-arrested within 3 years of their release from prison. Out4Life sponsors state-wide conferences to address the needs and challenges faced by returning inmates and how communities and ministries can meet those needs and enable individuals to stay out for life.
http://www.out4life.com/
(877) 478-0100
44180 Riverside Parkway
Lansdowne Virginia 20176 United States of America

Parents on a Mission

Categories: Family
This organization provides training to empower parents in preventing their children from joining gangs even in the midst of a gang infested environment. It is particularly designed for school personnel, law enforcement, community-based practitioners, pastors and church leaders.
http://www.richardrramos.com/
(805) 331-0902
11708 Reagan Rd.
Bakersfield California 93312 United States of America

PrisonMail

Categories: Family, Prison Ministry
PrisonMail believes that maintaining relationships with family and friends is vital both to the inmate as well as to those on the outside. Their service (for a monthly fee) makes communication a bit easier.
http://www.prisonmail.org/
prisonmail@gmail.com
Earl Garber
(814) 742-7500
P. O. Box 1602
Altoona Pennsylvania 16603 United States of America

Reentry Net

Categories: Reentry
Serving People from Arrest to Reintegration: ReEntry.net is the first clearinghouse of materials for attorneys, social service providers, and policy reform advocates on re-entry and the consequences of criminal proceedings.
http://www.reentry.net/
United States of America

Reentry Policy Council (RPC)

The Reentry Policy Council assists state government officials grappling with the increasing number of people leaving prisons and jails to return to the communities they left behind.
http://www.reentrypolicy.org/
editors@reentrypolicy.org
(212) 482-2320
100 Wall St
20th Floor
New York New York 10005 United States of America

Restorative Justice Ministry Network of North America (RJMN/NA)

Categories: Prison Ministry, Reentry, Victims
RJMN/NA is a Christ-centered, interdenominational criminal justice ministry. It seeks to bring healing to those who are highly impacted by the criminal justice system by conferencing interested citizens in regional one day conferences. These conferences promote dialogue between church leaders and managers of the criminal justice system.
http://www.rjmn.net/
1229 Avenue J
Suite 360
Huntsville Texas 77340 United States of America

TBN Second Chance

TBN's faith-based programming is a favorite with American audiences and millions of viewers across six continents. TBN Second Chance is an initiative dedicated to ministering hope and restoration to thousands of men and women incarcerated throughout America by providing the gift of rehabilitative TV programming.
http://www.tbnsecondchance.org/
(619) 276-7020
P. O. Box A
Santa Ana California 92711-2101 United States of America

The Center for Sex Offender Management

Categories: Reentry
http://www.csom.org/
8403 Colesville Rd
Suite 720
Silver Spring Maryland 20910 United States of America

The Sentencing Project

The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration.
http://www.sentencingproject.org/
(202) 628-0871
514 Tenth Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington District Of Columbia 20004 United States of America

Volunteers of America (VOA)

Categories: Reentry
Volunteers of American is a national, non-profit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. Through thousands of human service programs, VOA helps more than 2 million people in over 400 communities in 44 states.
http://www.voa.org/
(800) 899-0089
1660 Duke St.
Alexandria Virginia 22314 United States of America

Women's Prison Association (WPA)

Categories: Prison Ministry, Reentry
WPA is a service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories realize new possibilities for themselves and their families. This program's services make it possible for women to obtain work, housing, and health care; to rebuild their families; and to participate fully in civic life. Through the Institute of Women & Criminal Justice, WPA pursues a rigorous policy, advocacy, and research agenda to bring new perspectives to public debates on women and criminal justice.
http://www.wpaonline.org/
(646) 336-6100
110 Second Avenue
New York New York 10003 United States of America

Young Life

Young Life is a non-denominational, non-profit organization committed to impacting kids' lives and preparing them for the future. The program holds informal weekly meetings called Young Life clubs where high-school aged youth engage in a variety of activities that allow them to hear the gospel in a way they can understand and appreciate.
http://www.younglife.org/
(877) 438-9572
P. O. Box 520
Colorado Springs Colorado 80901-0520 United States of America