• More than 2.7 million children in the United States have a parent in prison.

  • One in every 28 children in the United States have an incarcerated parent, compared to one in every 125 just 25 years ago.

  • There are more than 105,000 children, under the age of 18, with a parent in the New York State criminal justice system.

  • In New York State, 58% of incarcerated men and 73% of imprisoned women are parents to children under the age of 18.

Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC) is a community based, non-profit organization, in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed Stuy) Brooklyn, whose mission is to embrace the children of incarcerated parents and empower them to break the cycle of intergenerational involvement in the criminal justice system.

CPNYC offers an innovative and unique after-school program and summer day camp, the only one of its kind in New York City, specifically designed to meet the needs, interests and concerns of children left behind by parents serving time in prison.
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FEATURED CPNYC NEWS & EVENTS

 

December 29th, 2012

CPNYC featured on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show on MSNBC

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November 26th, 2012

CPNYC on CNN:The ‘silent victims’ of incarceration: Coping with parents in prison

 – The boy was scared, angry, insecure. His dad was away in prison, and the son didn’t know how to grapple with his loss.

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October 17th, 2012

CPNYC wins the NY Post Leadership Award

CPNYC wins the NY Post Leadership Award.

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August 12th, 2012

CPNYC featured on ABC’s Secret Millionaire

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SUMMER DAY CAMP 2013

(July 8th - August 30th)

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We offer preventive services to individual children and families to help break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration.

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