2010 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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Amachi Pittsburgh | Ambassador Program: Step One — to conduct focus groups with children; produce and publish a report “What We’ve Learned from the Children”; and develop these youth to become champions of their own cause. | $3,926 | One Year |
Amachi Pittsburgh | Ambassador Program: Step One — supplemental funding based on consultant’s input on design/resources needed for focus groups. | $1,744 | One Year |
The Pittsburgh Foundation | Jail Collaborative Sub-Fund of the Human Services Integration Fund — for Jail Collaborative activities which foster the inclusion of families as equal partners in reentry planning and implementation and incorporate the needs and preferences of children whose parents are incarcerated and reentering the community. | $65,000 | One Year |
Point Park University School of Arts and Sciences | Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation Graduate Internship in Criminal Justice — to continue an internship program at Point Park University Graduate Program in Criminal Justice devoted to issues of children and families of arrested and incarcerated parents. | $12,000 | One Year |