July 24, 2024 Extended Family’s Purpose
Extended Family’s purpose is “To teach families of prisoners to successfully adjust to a new way of life.” When founder and executive director Laure Clemons created Extended Family in 2003, […]
July 17, 2024 Extended Family Provides Lessons and Skills for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
Extended Family programs are not counseling but we do stay informed about issues regarding children’s mental and emotional wellbeing. In recent years, health professionals have begun to learn and understand […]
July 10, 2024 Extended Family is Expanding Our Team
Extended Family upholds a mission, “To offer help and inspire hope,” for families dealing with incarceration. As a community-based nonprofit organization, we understand that fulfilling our mission requires strong partnerships with supporters from across […]
July 3, 2024 Extended Family Lessons Benefit Youth in Juvenile Diversion Programs
The Extended Family for Kids (EFK) curriculum, created by Laure Clemons in 2007, was originally taught to middle school students who had incarcerated loved ones. After a successful start, the […]
June 26, 2024 Extended Family Aims to Help Students Do Life Better After High School
Extended Family’s program for high school students, Extended Leadership Academy, has the motto “Lead Yourself.” This motto was chosen by students in ELA and perfectly encapsulates the overall goal we […]
June 19, 2024 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Shoals to Host June Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Shoals to Host
Do you work with students who are facing challenging situations? Come and learn new tools for helping children cope with the incarceration of a loved one, stress, anger, and more at the […]
June 12, 2024 Extended Family for Kids Offers a Solution for Children with an Incarcerated Family Member
The United States has thousands of federal, state, and local detention facilities. Together, these systems hold more than 1.2 million people in 1,566 state prisons, 98 federal prisons, 3,116 local […]
June 5, 2024 Extended Family Partners with Agencies Across the Nation to Provide Support for Families of Prisoners
One of the greatest and most immediate needs families have who are dealing with the incarceration of a loved one is information. From what services are available locally to help the struggling […]
May 29, 2024 Extended Leadership Academy Surveys Show Increase in Students’ Personal Leadership Skills
Extended Leadership Academy (ELA) is offered to older students who have completed Extended Family for Kids and to students who have been identified as “at risk” by school counselors or […]
May 22, 2024 Extended Family Connects Communities to Help Our Kids
Extended Family for Kids (EFK) and Extended Leadership Academy (ELA) programs are designed to equip school-aged children with the coping mechanisms and life skills they need to be successful. Each […]
