Mission

Providing services and programs aimed at restoring families and advocating for children impacted by incarceration.

Background

Our Family2Child Literacy Program aims to keep families impacted by incarceration connected, through reading. Men and women are recorded reading a book of their choice to children left behind. Each book includes a loving personalized inscription. The books, along with the audio recordings are mailed to the children, allowing them to hear the voice of their loved ones and read along with the recording. The program is present in 16 prisons throughout the state of California, and since 2011, over 8,700 men and women have participated, reaching over 18,000 children as far away as New York, Mexico, and India.

The Place4grace

Contact

Unverified Information

Length of Program
Certificate
Letter to Board of Parole
For Credits

Program Logistics

Modality

In-person

Expected Outcomes

  • Keeping family ties strong between the inmate parent and their child
  • reduce recidivism by addressing criminogenic risk factors
  • Utilize resources for mental health
  • Increase financial literacy, job training, and education, computer literacy, health insurance
  • Join a support network
  • Take advantage of marriage counseling, substance abuse counseling, etc.
  • Successful reentry into society after release.

Length of Program

For Camp Grace: 5 days, once per year

Formerly Incarcerated Staff

Yes


Reentry Services

Yes

Receives State Funding

Yes