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Battered Women's Support Group

The Battered Women’s Support Group is run by a member of Sistercare, a non-profit devoted to assisting victims of domestic violence. The group allows for victims of domestic violence to give and receive support from one another. Groups are offered in all three South Carolina women's prisons as well as in the community. Groups meet weekly and are led by a trained, professional counselor. Sistercare also offers paralegal services for incarcerated battered women.

STEPS to End Family Violence: Alternatives to Incarceration program

The Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) program specifically addresses the needs of domestic violence survivors who have been charged with crimes related to the abuse they have experienced. In many cases, the clients carry charges related to the defense of themselves or their children. The end goal is to reach an outcome that is satisfactory to the criminal justice system and beneficial to the women and their families. Court collaboration is a major component of the ATI program.

Re-Entry Services

Re-Entry Services assists former prisoners by providing walk-in services, which include a four-day re-entry workshop. The workshop addresses basic needs, such as how to obtain necessary identification and the skills necessary to find and keep a job. There is also a peer support group that meets monthly.

Woman to Woman

Woman to Woman assists women released from prison or jail with housing, clothing, computer skills, healing, life skills, and employment. The program also refers women to agencies throughout the community. Networking and co-laboring with ministries and institutions from around the United States connects the Woman to Woman program to a larger community. Spiritual guidance is a primary component for the ministry.

Family Ties Program

The New York Initiative for Children with Incarcerated Parents advocates for the rights of children of incarcerated parents as outlined in the Children’s Bill of Rights. These rights include children’s right to: maintain and have a lifelong relationship with their parents; not be judged by their parent’s actions; and be heard, respected and kept safe.

College Initiative

College Initiative's mission is to create pathways from criminal justice involvement to college and beyond and to establish and support communities invested in their own success. CI is open to men and women in New York City who have criminal justice involvement or history and a GED or high school diploma. Central to CI's approach is a collaborative and evolutionary approach to program design that captures the collective intelligence and experience of CI's community.

Pathway to Freedom

Pathway to Freedom (PTF) is an in-prison pre-release program that restores participants to the community. Women voluntarily apply to be enrolled in the PTF program while they are incarcerated. After they apply, the PTF staff screens and interviews them. Based on the results, a list is forwarded to the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) for their review. The ADOC makes the final selection. Women participate in three parts of a societal reentry prototype during their incarceration.

Public Education

NAPW is committed to undoing decades of misinformation and political posturing about pregnancy and drug use. From traditional tools such as press releases, to posting information on our web site, to delivering creative PowerPoint presentations, we are getting our message out. NAPW takes every opportunity to expose the propaganda behind destructive and dehumanizing stereotypes about pregnant women and drug users and to challenge anti-abortion and drug war policies as divisive and diversionary tactics designed to distract Americans from common values and concerns.

Organizing

NAPW engages in both local grassroots organizing and national grasstops organizing. Two principles guie all NAPW activities: to build bridges and align agenda across diverse public health and social justice movements, and to leverage and connect local organizing and activism with national advocacy and policy work. NAPW has a national network of over 2000 local and national activists and resource contacts engaged in organizing, public education, political action and media outreach.

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