Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice Children whose parents are incarcerated face unique challenges and can benefit deeply from a mentoring relationship. Caregiver's Choice helps facilitate these relationships by connecting children of incarcerated parents with mentoring programs that serve this population. Caregiver's Choice gives the caregiver the power to choose from a group of approved programs and empowers these mentoring programs by providing support, training, and funding.
Through Caregiver's Choice, your mentoring program can tap into significant federal funding. For each new match that is made between a youth whose parent is incarcerated and a caring adult mentor, your program can receive up to $1,000 in federal funding.
Mentor Michigan is the lead partner for Caregiver's Choice in Michigan. Mentor Michigan can answer questions about program eligibility, provide assistance and support during the application process, and train program staff in the reporting requirements.
To apply to become an Approved Caregiver's Choice Provider,
click here
. Caregiver's Choice Informational Conference Calls If you are interested in learning more about Caregiver's Choice, please consider participating in an informational conference call. Upcoming dates are as follows:
- Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST
To register for a call, please contact Ben Gulker:
Email:
gulkerb@michigan.gov
Phone: 517-241-2716
Also, you can learn more about Caregiver's Choice by utilizing the following resources:
Resources for Mentoring Programs that Serve Children of Prisoners
The following resources provide information and research on working with children and families that have been impacted by parental incarceration.
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