Kidz2Leaders

MISSION 

Children with an incarcerated parent are three times more likely than their peers to become involved with the justice system. Our mission is to break this cycle by providing stability, opportunity, and a Christian community for children of inmates. We cultivate supportive relationships with whole families throughout ten years of programming, all of which is provided at no cost to families.  

NEED 

Almost 200,000 children in Georgia are impacted by parental incarceration. This trauma can have deep and lasting impacts without targeted intervention, including poor academic performance, heightened anxiety, developmental delays, depression, resistance to boundaries, poverty, and incarceration. We are growing so that we can serve more of these youth. As the number of participating children grows, more families also join our year-round programming for ten years.  

IMPACT 

Graduates are succeeding! 99% of our program graduates are living free from incarceration, 84% report pursuing post-secondary education, and 82% report that they are living free from government financial assistance. 

Last year, 783 youth and family members participated in our programming, which was supported by 818 volunteers and more than 350 donors. Kidz2Leaders has served more than 2,000 children and family members impacted by parental incarceration through summer camps, mentoring, internships, professional development and life skills training, scholarships, emotional and financial resources for families, and an ongoing source of supportive community. We've been doing this for 25 years.