1 in every 28 children in the United States has an incarcerated parent.*
In North Carolina, more than 18,000 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.
Thank you to WECT News for helping us share this incredible news: Coastal Horizons has secured $6 million in state funding to build New Hanover County’s first Behavioral Health Urgent Care!
The facility will provide children and adults experiencing mental health or substance use crises with immediate, walk-in access to trauma-informed care—offering a much-needed alternative to hospital emergency departments.
We are deeply grateful to Senator Michael Lee and our legislative partners for recognizing this critical need, and to Coastal Horizons President and CEO Margaret Stargell for her tireless leadership and advocacy in bringing this vision closer to reality.
This is a transformational investment in the health and well-being of our community!
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Coastal Horizons secures $6M to build first behavioral health urgent care in SENC
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Coastal Horizons CEO Margaret Weller Stargell worked extensively with lawmakers during budget negotiations to secure the funding, according to Estes.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Today, Coastal Horizons celebrated a remarkable milestone: the 10th anniversary of Child First becoming part of our continuum of care. During the celebration, President and CEO Margaret Weller-Stargell proudly shared that Coastal Horizons is the largest provider of Child First services in North Carolina—and across the entire United States. Child First is a nationally recognized, evidence-based infant and young-child mental health treatment and prevention program. Through home-based services, Child First helps families reduce stress, strengthen stability, connect with community resources, and develop healthy, nurturing relationships between young children and their caregivers. “The Child First guiding principle states, ‘To help a child, we must help the family,’” shared Tiffany Salter, Child First Assistant Director. “Every child deserves to feel safe, supported, and loved, and every family deserves access to the resources, encouragement, and compassion they need to thrive.” Child First serves eligible children from birth through age five-and-a-half who are experiencing emotional, social, or developmental challenges or whose families are navigating trauma, caregiver mental health or substance use concerns, domestic violence, poverty, incarceration, separation, or other sources of chronic stress. To learn more about Child First or make a referral, email [email protected].
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Our Children's Place is sending out belated but heartfelt Happy Anniversary wishes to ScholarCHIPS for 15 years of amazing, thoughtful work helping children impacted by parental incarceration imagine and achieve their dreams of attending college. We're so fortunate to have strong advocates like Yasmine and her team!
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