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What are some of the specific challenges they are facing? What are some of the feelings they are experiencing? Who are their incarcerated parents? Whether you are serving Angel Tree children at Christmas or going beyond into year-round ministry, the more you understand who the families of prisoners are and where they are coming from, the more effectively your church can minister to them. Check out the following resources and share them with your Angel Tree volunteers:

• Please view the Profile of a Prisoner's Family (5.44 MB) presentation and share it with your volunteers to better equip them for ministry to Angel Tree families. (To view the presentation with detailed notes, please download by clicking on the above link and selecting "Save" to your computer.)


• Visit the Family and Corrections Network to find a wealth of information, resources, trainings, etc. on the children and families of inmates: www.fcnetwork.org

Statistics On Children of Prisoners

• There are 1.5 million children of prisoners.

• 7.3 million children have a parent under some form of correctional supervision.

• 22 percent of children with a parent in prison are under 5 years old; The majority of children are under 10; The average age is 8.

• One in five children is present at their mother's arrest.