we are A PARENTING AND VISITATION PROGRAM for incarcerated teen parents.
Just Beginning:
- Provides hands on parenting coaching in real time during youth visits with their children.
- Is easily implemented both in and out of detention facilities.
- Is endorsed by probation staff.
- Improves youth's behaviors in detention.
- Reduces recidivism.
Through parenting instruction, structured weekly visits, and post-release support, our program enables incarcerated teen parents to maintain contact and build a strong bond with their child – providing benefits for the child, parent, and society as a whole.
Developed by the Youth Law Center of San Francisco and Georgetown University in 2008, we started in 3 Californian counties and have since expanded to: