Mentoring & Volunteering
This page is for professional & volunteer reentry mentors as well as volunteers & visitors. Mentors & volunteers demonstrate maturity. They are friendly advisors, disciplined & honest, & they understand boundaries. Information here assists in recruiting, orienting, supporting, problem-solving, & managing reentry programs. [Mentoring][Manuals][Privacy & Confidentiality Guidelines] "FB" = faith-based organization or program.
Also, check out Bob Crystal's ministry blog at Prison Ministry Reflections.
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Mentoring
Judicial Process Commission (JPC) "FB": high quality, free training for mentors of incarcerated & reentering men & women. 585-325-7727. Information on mentor training, click here.
JPC's Faith Community Adult Mentoring Project (FCAMP) "FB", recruits, trains, assigns, & supports mentors for incarcerated & reentering persons.
Mentoring children of prisoners: Children of Prisoners Embraced, COPE/HOPE Initiatives, CDC "FB". 506 W. Broad St., Rochester, NY 14608. Peter Shaw, Program Dir., 585-325-5325 x14. pshaw@bethelcf.com. Children 4-15 years with incarcerated parent, mentors & family support available.
Mentoring Women in Reentry: A WPA Practice Brief, Oct. 2008. Publication of the Institute of Women's Prison Association, Women & Criminal Justice.
New Beginnings for Women, "FB". Contact: Karen Lafian Alo, 585-746-7730
newbeginnings@rochester.rr.com. Pre- & post-release mentoring & recovery for women.
Recruiting Mentors: A Guide to Finding Volunteers to Work with Youth (2001): 42 pp., by the National Mentoring Center, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents, 2004 Toolkit for Senior Corps Directors, Corporation for National & Community Service, a US government agency. Local example doing this: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta (GA). [Top]
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Manuals
Spritius Christi Prison Outreach volunteer manuals for women, men.
Red Cross guide for interviewing potential volunteers, 4 pp., 2004.
Conducting Volunteer Interviews: Comprehensive guide for extension educators by The Ohio State University Extension (25 pp., ca. 2005). [Top]
New York State Department of Correctional Services, Coming Home, A Family's Guide to Reunification, in Spanish & English.
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Privacy & Confidentiality
On privacy and confidentiality: Authoritative statements on vital issues.
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