2004 Area of Emphasis
Helping the Community Address the Losses Experienced by Children Whose Parents are Incarcerated
Organization | Project Name/Purpose | Award | Duration |
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Coro Center for Civic Leadership | Community Research Project – a.) To design, manage & participate in interviews with law enforcement professionals, judges and probation officers b.) Research, plan and manage focus groups of children of incarcerated parents and their caregivers. c.) Prep of final report incorporating critical literature and research review, past & new research. d.) Communication plan for the report including outreach methodologies, dispersal list of media & contacts. |
$7,500 (2 equal payments of $3,500) |
Two Months |
Every Child, Inc. | Mentoring Children of Prisoners Training Project – To implement the Mentoring Children of Prisoners Training Project. This includes the costs of bringing in a national, leading authority on mentoring children of incarcerated parents. Every Child, Inc. will be developing a mentoring program for children with a variety of special needs who have incarcerated parents. | $5,000 | One Month |
Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth Services — MANY | Research Dissemination Project — To promote research findings and launch campaign on behalf of children of incarcerated parents. | $3,000 (2 Equal payments) |
Six Months |
The Pittsburgh Foundation | Warden Search — Joined with other grantmakers to fund the search for a new Allegheny County Jail Warden. | $1,000 | One Year |
The Pittsburgh Foundation | Offender Reentry Mapping Project — For Funders in Criminal Justice mapping project – phase I. | $2,000 | One Year |
University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems | National Research Review — Literature review of negative effects on a child from incarceration of the child’s parents. | $2,000 (Two equal payments) |
Three Months |
University of Pittsburgh GSPIA Nonprofit Clinic |
Public Education Campaign Planning — To assist in campaign on behalf of children of incarcerated parents. | $2,300 (Two equal payments) |
Six Months |