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| GA Inmates' Kids Get Help From Program |
| By daltondailycitizen.com |
| Published: 01/31/2011 |
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Georgia Mountains has kicked off its newest mentoring initiative: the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a local nonprofit agency that provides children with professionally supported adult mentors. Similar to the community and school-based mentoring programs already in place, the MCP program aims to create quality and lasting relationships for young people with caring adult role models. However, this program is unique in that the children targeted have been affected by the incarceration of a loved one. For example, many of the youth will have a father or mother serving time in a state or federal prison. Statistics from the Georgia Department of Corrections and Federal Bureau of Prisons indicate that an estimated 77,000 children in this state have a parent in prison. Research data indicates that children whose parents are or have been incarcerated have a 70 percent chance of following their parents’ footsteps. Read More. |
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