Re-entry, Family Support, & Continuing Eduction Resources

32 Rutland St. 4th Floor, Boston MA 02118 / Tel: (617) 536-0058 / E-mail: info [at] aim-ma [dot] org / Website: www.inmatemoms.org
We are an international organization working with women on the inside and outside. We help incarcerated mothers keep their families together, provide support and counseling for children, and also offer assistance with jobs and housing when women leave prison. You may write for further information.

P.O. Box 47200 Chicago IL 60647 / Tel: (773) 722-1144 / E-mail: info [at] breakthrough [dot] org / Website: Breakthroughministries.com / Contact for women: Breakthrough Joshua Center, Tel: (773) 722-0179
Limited job placement and training, addiction recovery programs, food, clothes. Limited overnight accommodations. Please call ahead before release.

Biddle Publishing Company and Audenreed Press, 13 Gurnet Road PMB 103 Brunswick, ME, USA 04011 / Website: www.biddle-audenreed.com
Any prisoner seeking to begin or continue their education behind bars will find this handbook to be an invaluable roadmap. The author, Jon Marc Taylor BS, MA, an inmate presently incarcerated in Missouri, is a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award winner. A partial list of what this handbook offers: 250 plus programs outline, free programs for the blind, prisoners tuition rates and discounts, 200 plus diploma/associate/baccalaureate degrees, 60 plus graduate degree programs, 25 cross-referenced indexes, bar exam qualified law schools, bonus articles on correctional education. Regular Price: $24.95 plus $6.00 priority shipping ($3.00 discount for prisoners).

PO Box 2207 Alexandria, VA 22304 / Tel: (877) 433-7827 / E-mail: edpubs [at] edpubs [dot] ed [dot] gov / Website: www.ed.gov/about/ordering.jsp
A national organization providing information and referral services. We specialize in human services and criminal ustice. We link people with resources in their community such as drug or alcohol programs, educational programs (assistance with reading, writing, and math), volunteer programs, employment assistance, temporary shelter and housing resources, counseling, and other services.

NRCCFI at FCN 93 Old York Rd. Suite 1 #510 Jenkintown, PA 19046 / Tel: (215) 576-1110 / E-mail: fcn [at] fcnetwork [dot] org / Website: fcnetwork.org
FCN is for and about families of prisoners. We offer training, technical assistance, and information on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, keeping in touch, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, and prison marriage. FCN publishes FCN Report, the only national publication devoted to families of prisoners. FCN provides no legal service. You are encouraged to get family, friends, relatives, or other professionals to go online and get the information for you. FCN is your getaway to practice, policy, and research on families of offenders.

PO Box 472223, Garland TX 75047-2223 / Tel: (972) 271-1971 / Toll free: (800) 966-1966 / E-mail: info [at] openinc [dot] org / Website: www.openinc.org
We offer the book 99 Days and Get UP free of charge to prisoners. THis book is one of the most widely used reentry handbooks in America. A powerful guide to successful social and emotional transition from prison into the community. Revised and expanded to cover the last six months pre-release and first six months post-release, 99 Days and Get Up gives honest, direct advice for dealing with the major barriers ex-offenders must overcome to achieve long-term success. We also offer other self-help handbooks and educational materials to improve your ability to readjust to society and strengthen family ties.

The Graduate Group, PO Box 370351, W. Hartford CT 06137-0351 / Tel: (860) 233-2330 / E-mail: graduategroup [at] hotmail [dot] com / Website: www.graduategroup.com
Opportunities for Newly Released Offenders, a book published by the Graduate Group, is an in-depth reference guide for those in prison, on parole, or probation. This book offers information on sujects such as: how to find food, shelter, clothing, legal aid, employment, counseling, educational loans and grants, business loans, assistance to women with children, free or inexpensive correspondence instruction and much more. Cost is $22.00 (includes postage). We will take checks, money orders or postage stamps as payment. Write for a list of other excellent prison related books.

1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia PA 19102 / Tel: (215) 241-7117 - no collect calls / E-mail: pvs [at] afsc [dot] org / Website: www.prisonervisitation.org
In 1972, PVS was granted permission by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to visit all federal prisons and prisoners in the U.S. In 1975, the Department of Defense granted PVS access to all military prisons and prisoners in the U.S. Today, PVS volunteers see any prisoner desiring a visit, including those in Special Housing Units (solitary confinement), those on death row, and those transferred from prison to prison. We are dedicated to human contact with those who seek visitors, we have no religious agendas, and offer no legal services. We do not visit state prisons.

6145 Imperial Avenue San Diego, CA 92114-4213 / Tel: (619) 234-8888 / E-mail: secondchance [at] secondchanceprogram [dot] org / Website: www.secondchanceprogram.org
Employment help and employment training skills. Free three-week job readiness training and placement. We work with everyone and anyone, including ex-felons. We can place you. No cost. We do not guarantee employment, but we do have an 80% placement rate. Write to Glenda Cortner for brochure information regarding our programs.

PO Box 41-286, Eagle Rock CA 90041 / Tel: (626) 449-2470 / E-mail: cciponline [at] yahoo [dot] com / Website: www.e-ccip.org
Our mission is the prevention of intergenerational crime and incarceration. Our goals are the production of high quality documentation on and the development of model services for children of criminal offenders and their families. CCIP offers our education projects in three formats. Correspondence courses are available to prisoners nationwide. Courses taught by CCIP staff are offered regionally. We also train instructors to teach CCIP curricula; this service is offered nationally. The Clearinghouse project offers a collection of over 3500 documentary and audiovisual items that can be purchased online or by mail through two catalogs. By mail, through the Catalog for Incarcerated Parents, we offer more than 200 items free of charge to prisoners and their families.