| Hour Woman-to-Woman Mentoring Program: A Second Chance through Mentoring |
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| Monday, 08 February 2010 11:09 |
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Hour Children, Inc. has launched a new program – Hour Women-to-Women -- which provides mentoring for incarcerated women. The program is one of 36 awarded across the nation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance with funding from the Second Chance Act.
Led by Juliana Robinson, the Program Director, and her assistant Joan Wells, the Women-to-Women focus will be to match incarcerated women who are in the re-entry phase of their sentence and are being reintegrated back into their communities with Mentors who will share in their journey towards real independence.
The main components of the program will include mentoring adult female offenders pre and post release, providing training to the mentors, and providing transitional services to assist the women with reintegration back into their communities.
“With constant outreach we are recruiting Mentors from the New York area to match them with women who are in one of two correctional facilities – Bayview CF in Manhattan and Taconic CF in Bedford Hills New York,” says Robinson. “Our goal is to give newly released women a support system that will ensure they are afforded a better opportunity to succeed. With this additional support we are sure that we can reduce the recidivism rate in the Women’s Prison system.”
Through our program Mentors will be trained and educated on the various components of mentoring incarcerated women and addressing their needs. Because incarcerated women are faced with bigger challenges in the workforce arena, housing arena, and educational arena their needs are very different from those women who have not been incarcerated.
“It is our belief that by offering these women Mentors they will have a better chance at breaking these barriers and becoming successful citizens,” says Robinson.
Hour Woman-to-Woman Mentoring Program is always looking for Mentors to help give incarcerated women a Second Chance at life, explains Robinson.
Anyone interested should contact: Juliana Robinson or Joan Wells at Hour Children Inc. 36-11A 12th Street, Long Island City, New York 11106 – 718-433-4724 ext 26 or email us at jrobinson@hourchildren.org and jwells@hourchildren.org
Hour Children Inc has been a leader in working with formerly incarcerated mothers and their children for more than 20 years and continues to branch out and find new ways to help these women and their families.
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