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View "Building From The Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs to Mentor Children of Prisoners (The Amachi Model)"

Amachi is a unique partnership of secular and faith-based organizations working together to provide mentoring to children of incarcerated parents. Faith institutions work with human service providers and public agencies (particularly justice institutions) to identify children of prisoners and match them with caring adults.

“Amachi” is a Nigerian Ibo word that means “Who knows but what God has brought us through this child.”

• Currently there are 250 mentoring children of prisoner programs in 48 states. They have partnered with more than 6,000 churches and served at least 100,000 children.
  
• Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) research shows that one-to-one mentoring can improve a child’s academic performance, behavior, family and peer relationships, and self-concept.

P/PV is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults. P/PV provides technical assistance to Amachi programs around the country and serves as a resource for many agencies and institutions.

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