CT Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative

CLICC Program: Transforming Lives, Strengthening Bonds

Explore a compelling three-year evaluation study, conducted by the University of Connecticut’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy (IMRP), revealing the transformative impact of the CLICC mentoring and literacy program on children with incarcerated parents. Delve into the heartwarming journey where reading books, personalized mentoring for children, and group mentoring for incarcerated parents intertwine to foster enhanced communication and robust relationships between parents behind bars and their children.

Support & Help

Gifts to the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy’s (IMRP) Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative fund provide support for scholarships and programming for students impacted by familial incarceration.

Connecticut Becomes First State to Provide Free Calls from Prison

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill making phone calls from prisons free for incarcerated people and their loved ones. Connecticut is the first state to implement this policy.

Children with Incarcerated Parents

We strategically work to improve the quality of supports for children with incarcerated parents by using the various data and knowledge it gains to inform public policy and practice.

Children with Incarcerated

Parents Initiative (CTCIP)

Did you know?

1 in 14 U.S. children have had a parent who lives with them go to jail or prison.

That is more than 1 million children.

Scholarships for

CIP students

Children with Incarcerated Parents (CIP)

Scholarship for UCONN Students