ScholarCHIPS Resource List

 

Greetings! We have received your emails asking for additional resources in paying for college or broader support for families with incarcerated individuals.  The following list will hopefully answer your questions or respond to your needs.  We recognize that there are many other additional resources available and further believe that the combination of the following organizations working together will help to reverse the cycle of intergenerational incarceration and alleviate the financial burdens on families with incarcerated individuals. If you know of any resources we missed, please let us know so we may add them.

 

Extensive Resources for Children of Incarcerated Parents by Rutgers University

Includes additional scholarships! 

• College and Children of Incarcerated Parents Information

 

Mentoring/Support for Children

• Amachi

• Angel Tree: Prison Fellowship

• Arkansas Voices for the Children left Behind

• Extended Family for Kids

• Hope House DC

• Our Children’s Place

• Sesame Street: Little Children, Big Challenges Toolkit

• The Prison Alphabet: An Educational Coloring Book for Children of Incarcerate Parents

• U.S. Dream Academy

 

 

Scholarships for College Students with Incarcerated Parents

• Ava’s Grace (St. Louis)

• Children of Promise (NYC)

• College Success Foundation (DC & WA)

• Creative Corrections Education Foundation (Texas)

• Forever Family (Atlanta)

• Pain of the Prison System (Los Angeles)

• The Scholarship Academy (Atlanta)

• Willy the Plumber Scholarship (Utah)

 

 

Scholarships for GED Students

• A List of GED Scholarships

• Crowder College

• Georgia’s HOPE GED Grant

• Kaplan GED Tests, Strategies, Practice and Review Book

• National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation GED Scholarship

• Southeast Missouri State University

 

Continuing Education After Prison

• Back to School Guide: A Guide to Continuing Your Education After Prison

 

 

Reentry Programs

• A Guide for Prisoner Reentry Programs

• Houses of Healing: A Prisoner’s Guide to Inner Power and Freedom

• InnerChange Freedom Initiative

• Prisoner Reentry Toolkit for Faith-based and Community Organizations

• Project Return

• Second Chance Center, Inc.

• The Lionheart Foundation

 

 

Training and Support for Parents/Families

• Alameda County Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership

• Extended Family: A Support System for Families of Prisoners

• Hour Children

• Living Stones International

• Oakland Housing Authority

• The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated (NRCCFI)

 

 

Advocacy/Legal Assistance

• Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM)

• Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA)

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program (OJJDP)

• The Legal Action Center

• The Osborne Association

Reading Guide 

• This is a guide to readings written by inspiring black men and women whose lives have been touched by incarceration in some way.