Guide Partners
Louisville Family Justice Advocates began in 2008 as a Special Project for weekly artmaking with children and caregivers in the Video Visiting Lobby of the Louisville Metro Jail. Inspired & funded by a grandmother visiting there, Special Project leaders designed original artmaking with children & families as a way to connect them with their incarcerated loved ones.
Working every Sunday evening from 2008 to 2020, the Special Project leaders witnessed the strong ties between the children, their caregivers, and their loved ones inside the Jail. The leaders also saw the power of artmaking together to support positive relationships, build core skills, & reduce the toxic stresses associated with incarceration.
Louisville Family Justice Advocates became a nonprofit in 2019 to support the Special Project & improve policies and practices for families with incarcerated loved ones. When COVID closed the Video Visiting Lobby in 2020, LFJA advocated for free & reduced phone calls for families & has succeeded so far in cutting the prices of calls in half. LFJA is now working for in-person visits for families here. We invite you to become part of an action network for sharing information and strategies. Please Contact Us!
Our Partners!
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Wanda Joyce Robinson Foundation
Wanda Joyce Robinson Foundation, led by Dale Robinson and Amy Snow, works with the Franklin County Regional Jail to host in-person contact visiting on special occasions & works with community partners to provide year-round after school programs, mentoring and support groups
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Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation
The Kentucky Social Welfare Foundation is passionate about improving quality of life for Kentuckians with special concern for rural areas, small towns & those experiencing diminished economic opportunities. Their support for this Guide grew out of deep concerns for economic & social challenges facing children & families with incarcerated loved ones in our state.
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Wonderland of Hope, Perry County Regional Jail
Wonderland of Hope is a model in-person, non-contact visiting program at the Perry County Regional Jail. Led by Wendi Hall and the international Save The Children organization, children & their incarcerated loved ones read books together & families receive wrap-around social services.
Special Thanks!
The KY Social Welfare Foundation is passionate about improving quality of life, especially in rural areas, small towns, & those experiencing diminished economic opportunities. Funding for this Guide reflects their concerns for economic and social challenges facing children and families with incarcerated loved ones.
Special Thanks! KY Youth Advocates champion policies that give children the best opportunities & make Kentucky a great place to be young. With funding from KSWF, KYA created surveys and reports about children with loved ones incarcerated in local jails that served as a foundation for this Guide.