Bridging the gap through Early Child Development Programs
The P.R.I.S.M. Program - Supporting Education
The negative relationship between parental incarceration and children’s behavioral and cognitive skills manifests in a number of ways. Children of incarcerated parents often lag behind their peers on measures of vocabulary development, reading comprehension, math performance and mathematic problem-solving. Their attention spans and recall abilities are affected, and they exhibit increased levels of aggression. Taken together, this body of evidence makes it clear that children wind up paying the highest cost for our broken justice system.
The Goal
This goal is for children born to incarcerated parents or separated from their parents due to incarceration to have the opportunity to develop and thrive. This is accomplished through a framework of supports and systems that help ensure that children and their families have access to high-quality services.
Expanding Access to Chest/Breastmilk to Babies Born to Incarcerated Mothers
Expanding Access to Chest/Breastmilk to Babies Born to Incarcerated Mothers
Expanding Access to Chest/Breastmilk to Babies Born to Incarcerated Mothers
Since the birth of the PRISM Program, instances where mothers/birthing parents have initiated breastfeeding in hospital has increased. 99% of Parents supported prenatally while incarcerated decided to feed their milk to their infants. Supporting early intervention through education, support, access to pumping, milk storage and shipment of human milk to infants improves early development for newborns separated from their mothers/parents
A Supported Caregiver is a Supported child
Expanding Access to Chest/Breastmilk to Babies Born to Incarcerated Mothers
Expanding Access to Chest/Breastmilk to Babies Born to Incarcerated Mothers
Our Caregiver Support program directly impacts the development of children. When we connect families to resources, and supportive program children benefit.