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Supporting Families Youths; Mentoring
For local services, also see Reentry Services & Resources: #5, "For Families, Children, and Older Youngsters."
Contents
1. Standards & Actions for the Nation
2. Mentoring Children of Prisoners - Local
3. Mentoring Children of Prisoners - National
4. National & International Perspectives
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1. Standards and Actions for the Nation
Search Institute. Independent nonprofit organization provides leadership, knowledge, & resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. Generates & communicates knowledge; brings together leaders. The work focuses on 40 Developmental Assets.
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2. Mentoring Children of Prisoners - Local
Children of Prisoners Embraced, COPE/HOPE Initiatives, CDC. 506 W. Broad St., 14608. Peter Shaw, Program Dir., 585-325-5325 x14. pshaw@bethelcf.com. Children 4-15 years of age, with a parent in state or federal prison, many obtain mentors. Support available to families.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners (CFC),
259 Monroe Ave., 14607. 585-546-8280. Mentors for children 4-15 who have parents incarcerated in state or federal prisons. Enriching experience, friendship for youngsters, CFC support support to family members include referrals for mental health services, food & clothing, daycare.
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3. Mentoring Children of Prisoners - National
America’s Promise Alliance. Nation’s largest collaborative dedicated to the well-being of children and youth. Partners use the Five Promises framework. Alliance partners work on National Action Strategies.
Recruiting Mentors: A Guide to Finding Volunteers to Work with Youth
(2001). 42-pp. Publication of the National Mentoring Center at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. In PDF format at two locations: [one][two].
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4. National & International Perspectives
The Children's Defense Fund's important 2007 report, both summary and entire document, on American children prone to abuse, violence, ill health, inadequate education, and arrest.
US ranks near bottom compared to other wealthy countries in birthweight, mortality, & poverty; the U.S. surpasses all in number of incarcerated persons. Marion Wright Edelman writes of relationships in "Young, Black and Locked Up," one of a series of Child Watch® Columns on America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis. See America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Children's Defence Fund.
"Juvenile detention 'a revolving door,'" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 11/02/07, p. 5B, led us to Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York, a 11/01/07 press release, a support organization, The New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., & a 32 pp. report, "Getting Juvenile Justice Right in New York: Proven Interventions Will Cut Crime and Save Money."
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