Stewart House
Australia
| Children/Education
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SHINE for Kids provides advocacy and various other services for the children of imprisoned parents and their families. A core focus in providing this support is our belief in the power of early intervention to stem some of the negative effects of parental imprisonment. These negative effects can include: family poverty, breakdown in family relationships, children's inability to thrive in a social and educational setting and discrimination faced by children and their families due to the imprisonment of a parent. These effects of imprisonment on children and their families can lead to a cycle of disadvantage for children and can also potentially result in children coming into contact with the criminal justice system themselves. Our goal is to address these issues and combat this potential cycle.
