The PACT Program

Under this award The Women's Treatment Center (TWTC) will operate its Parents and Children Together (PACT) Program. The program has three goals: 1) to keep incarcerated mothers at the Decatur Women's Correctional Facility in contact with their children in the Chicago area; 2) to provide these children with skills for coping with the effects of parental incarceration; and 3) to ensure that the children and their caregivers receive needed support services. The first goal is achieved through the use of videoconferencing equipment, which allows mothers and their children regular contact. The second is achieved through monthly skill-building sessions. The third is achieved by linking families to community-based health, mental health and social service agencies as needed. NCA/NCF