Centerforce

The Centerforce mission is to support, educate, and advocate for individuals, families, and communities impacted by incarceration.

We pursue our mission by:

•Developing and delivering comprehensive and effective client-centered services to currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families.
•Our programs and services:
◦Foster transformative experiences during incarceration
◦Promote ties between incarcerated people and their families to improve quality of life, support successful re-entry, and decrease re-incarceration
◦Assist individuals in gaining access to needed services before and during re-entry to support successful re-entry and decrease re-incarceration
◦Recognize the impact that incarceration has on the entire family and social system, and the importance of supporting all people whose lives are impacted by incarceration
◦Educate men, women, and families about important health concerns that disproportionately affect people in prison
•Researching, evaluating, and sharing innovative best program practices.
•Collaborating with key stakeholders, including those involved in corrections, to achieve our goals.
•Increasing awareness of the impacts of incarceration and shaping the debate around incarceration and its effects.

LIFE is a youth mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents, promoting meaningful connections between youth and caring adults in the community to increase youth potential for leadership and positive community involvement.

Centerforce’s LIFE program is available to youth between the ages of 11 and 17, living in the Bay Area who have an incarcerated parent.

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