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Family
Resource Center
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Osbore'
s community-based Family Resource Center provides support and
information for families of people in New York State prisons.
The Center helps families stay connected to their loved ones
behind bars, and prepare for and adjust to their return home.
A toll-free Hotline, staffed by former prisoners and prison
family members, provides information, support, and linkages
to needed services. The Center works to build a community of
families capable of supporting each other and championing their
common causes. |
The Family
Resource Center provides:
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A
toll free information hotline (1-800-344-3314)
providing answers to questions about visitation, transportation,
packages, transfers, parole, and other issues related to a loved
one's incarceration
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Informational
workshops for prison families
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Information
on employment opportunities in New York City for former prisoners
and prison family members
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Opportunities
for former prisoners and family members to address the challenges
of post-release family re-unification
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Referrals
for educational, treatment, and family services for family members,
children of people in prison, and former prisoners
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Peer
advocacy groups to address prison and criminal justice issues
of concern to prison families and former prisoners
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Support group for prison families, ex-prisoners, and community
members interested in prison family issues.
Every Wednesday, 5:30-7:00 PM
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Organizations
or houses of worship that offer services and support to prison
families--and that wish to receive referrals from the Family
Resource Center's hotline--are invited to contact the Center
directly.
Volunteers
interested in staffing the Center's Hotline are invited
to contact us at FRCVolunteers@osborneny.org
or call Eric Waters at (718) 637-6560. Volunteers recieve a small stipend. |
Family Resource Center
175 Remsen Street, Eighth Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11201
(718) 637-6560
Fax: (718) 237-0686
Toll free hotline: 1-800-344-3314
FRCVolunteers@osborneny.org
info@osborneny.org
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