Teen Welcome Week! Do you or someone you know have a parent or family member who was or is currently in jail or prison? #AmachiPgh

Teen Welcome Week! Amachi has special programs just for kids & teens with parents or family members behind bars. #AmachiPgh

Teen Welcome Week! #AmachiPgh

Children are incarceration’s “collateral” victims. bit.ly/2pJNA3q #childrenofinmates #massincarceration #cjreform

Great video from Annie E. Casey Foundation! Help us #FosterLove by advocating for permanency for all youth in #fostercare. #NFCM2017 youtube.com/watch?v=Peg8V6…

AG launches program to help formerly incarerated transition back into civilian life wesa.fm/post/ag-shapir…

Audio now available: Reentry Project Jean Friedman-Rudovsky joins discussion on women and reentry this morning on Radio Times Archive whyy.org/cms/radiotimes…

#Casestudy explores how #culture affects programs aiming to level life’s playing field for kids of color. bit.ly/2pMfD2v

Did you know that 15-20% of kids entering the foster system have an incarcerated parent. #coip #parentalincarceration #children x.com/AECFNews/statu…

Did you know that in the United States, 2.7 Million children have an incarcerated parent? #children #incarceration #COIP #victimsnomore

“Having an incarcerated parent is unique and separate from any other kind of adverse childhood event . . .” -Carol Burton, Dir .ACCIPP

“With (parental) incarceration there is disenfranchised grief... kids are told not to talk about it.” -Carol Burton ACCIPP

It's good that #children suffering with trauma, particularly those with an #incarcerated parent, are not going unnoticed in some schools. x.com/KidsOfInmates/…

Jazree is one of 2.7 million kids growing up with an incarcerated parent. This is her story. ow.ly/7fkx30c2Brn

Check out the findings from the PA Zero Tolerance Committee on school discipline policies: bit.ly/2rYVSma #zerotolerance

Did You Know?

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation , children with an incarcerated parent, particularly a father, experience a drop in their family income.

“Having an incarcerated parent is unique... because of the trauma experienced by many kids.” - Carol Burton, Director of ACCIPP

"For each parent incarcerated, there’s at least one forgotten victim: a child." - Alyssa Dandrea

"While mom or dad is behind bars, the child’s sentence is to live with the absence of a parent." -Concord Monitor