St. Louis
Protecting Children of Prisoners
This training program, based on the parent education/parent training model, focuses on educating caregivers and mentors to keep children safe. The newly developed training manual consists of quarterly training sessions that address the importance of healthy parenting and the protective factors known to reduce child abuse and neglect. Caregivers and parents participating in the Amachi Mentoring Project (which focuses on children who have an incarcerated parent) may also participate in the training. In addition, Big Brothers Big Sisters will continue working with the Missouri Department of Corrections, local schools and other community organizations to identify potential families in need. Currently the service area for this project is St. Louis city and county, Jefferson, St. Charles, Cape Girardeau and Scott counties.
For more information:
Melissa Bode, VP Fund Developement (314)361-5900
www.bbbsemo.org
