1 in every 28 children in the United States has an incarcerated parent.*
In North Carolina, more than 20,000 children have a parent in prison. According to The Annie E. Casey Foundation, an estimated 160,000 children in the state have experienced parental incarceration and the resulting consequences.
Our Children’s Place of Coastal Horizons Center is a statewide program committed to the well-being of these children through advocacy, education, and outreach.
In order to support children with an incarcerated parent and help them persevere through such a challenging experience, Sesame Workshop launched the Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration initiative. The bi-lingual (English/Spanish) resources include videos and a storybook for children to help support and comfort them, videos and guides for parents and caregivers to help them find the language to talk about incarceration with their children, and a resource for the incarcerated parent that highlights the importance of communication.
For more information, visit the Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration website or contact Our Children's Place.
A Bill of Rights for the Children of Incarcerated Parents
The San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (SFCIPP) created this downloadable bill of rights. Click either link below to download your copy.
❄️ Weather Update | Tuesday, February 3 ❄️
Due to continued weather-related conditions, Coastal Horizons will operate on a modified schedule tomorrow:
All OTP locations will open at 11:00 a.m.
Pender and Columbus County offices will remain closed
Brunswick and New Hanover County services will open at 10:00 a.m.
Please continue to monitor our social media channels for any additional updates. As a reminder, Coastal Horizons operates on the same schedule as the county in which each physical office is located.
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Our Children's Place is pleased to be part of this Humanities Action Lab convening at Hunter College in New York this week. Our panel participation means we can work to make sure the subject of children and families is included in the conversation about mass incarceration.
States of Incarceration Convening
www.humanitiesactionlab.org
Bringing together faculty, students, community advocates, and directly impacted leaders from across the country to Hunter College in New York City to explore the intertwined systems of immigration detention and mass incarceration—and the movements ...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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