Must be a women ex-offender to qualify. Volunteer mentors greatly welcome. Spanish also spoken. Accessible to people with disabilities. A program designed for incarcerated mothers whose children live in the five boroughs of New York and are not in foster care, or who are in foster care, but are ready to be returned to the mother's custody.
Program helps prevent placement of children in foster care and helps regain custody of children.
If foster care has agreed to give the child back, the program also helps facilitate this procedure. The Incarcerated Mothers Program also works with children and with incarcerated and post-release mothers in providing parenting skills and counseling. It works with families directly in their homes. Spanish also spoken. For women who have been abused as children or adults and arrested on charges relating to this abuse, the STEP Program helps provide alternatives to incarceration.