January 31, 2024 Twenty Years of Offering Help and Inspiring Hope
Since 2003, Extended Family has been teaching families of prisoners how to successfully adjust to a new way of life. We offer a free, solutions-based approach to the prison experience. Our website, www.extendedfamilyhelp.org, […]
January 24, 2024 Extended Family Names Assistant Director
Extended Family is pleased to announce the addition of an Assistant Director to our staff. Daphne Rogers, who has served as Communications Director and Program Leader, has been selected to […]
January 17, 2024 Extended Family Announces a New Program for Citizens Returning Home After Incarceration
Extended Family has conducted our Going Home Workshop for more than 1,700 individuals near the end of their incarceration sentence. This program is designed to help prepare prisoners to transition […]
January 10, 2024 Please Join Extended Family for Our Annual Celebration of Life and Our 20th Anniversary?
Laure Clemons and her daughters were only a couple of miles from home when they were stopped by a sheriff who was diverting traffic around a terrible accident. Laure’s worst […]
January 3, 2024 Extended Family is Making a Difference
Extended Family is privileged to have partnerships with many wonderful organizations including schools, civic groups, law enforcement officers, correctional facilities, and courts to bring our programs to children who need […]
December 27, 2023 New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year from Extended Family! As the new year quickly approaches, many people’s thoughts turn to new year’s resolutions, a blend of goals and hopes mixed with plans for […]
December 20, 2023 Measuring Up
Extended Family is fortunate to have the help of many wonderful volunteers who work to provide quality programs for Our Kids. Among those volunteers is an incredible group of speakers, […]
December 13, 2023 Stress-busting Tips to Help this Holiday Season
Extended Family for Kids, a curriculum of lessons created by Laure Clemons for her family after her husband was incarcerated, includes a lesson called “Stress Busters.” The holidays can be […]
December 6, 2023 Save the Date for Extended Family’s Annual Celebration of Life and Our 20th Anniversary
Extended Family invites you to join us for our Annual Celebration of Life on Saturday, February 3, 2024! Come enjoy an evening of delicious food, wonderful entertainment provided by Worth […]
November 29, 2023 Extended Family for Kids Helps Reduce the Impact of Incarceration for Children
Researcher and Associate Professor Kate Luther released a study in 2016 titled “Stigma Management among Children of Incarcerated Parents,” (read her findings at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1170551). Her work identified three distinct issues children […]
