Connecting Through Literacy: Incarcerated Parents, Their Children, and Caregivers
OUR GOAL
CLICC brings children and incarcerated parents together around the same books, supported by trained mentors on both sides. This simple shared routine opens up steady channels of communication across prison walls. We help families hold onto each other today so they can build a better future tomorrow.
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A 4-year independent evaluation
A 4-year independent evaluation showed children who enrolled in CLICC literacy and mentoring for incarcerated parents and their children experienced fewer problems like fighting, depression and social isolation.
The study was led by Dr. James Conway for the Institute of Municipal and Regional Policy, a nonpartisan public policy research organization at the University of Connecticut.
Children (ages 5-17) “experienced a reduction in emotional, behavioral, attentional, and relationship difficulties” during their year of CLICC mentoring.