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Our Mission
Embrace It is a non-profit organization focused on supporting families affected by various challenges, including incarceration. Within our organization, Embrace It offers financial aid for academic and extracurricular activities, advocates for children both in and out of school settings, and raises awareness about community resources. Our primary objective is to ensure that these students have equitable opportunities compared to their peers, thereby enabling them to thrive and achieve success.
WHY YOU'RE NEEDED
The American criminal justice system incarcerates at a rate without equal in the modern world. In the United States today, there are approximately 700 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
Nearly 3.6 million parents are under some form of correctional supervision, including parole. Of these parents, almost 1.1 million are incarcerated in federal, state, or local jails.
Over 50% of the children of incarcerated parents had school problems, such as poor grades or instances of aggression
Youth with incarcerated parents are 33% more likely to have speech or language problems—like stuttering or stammering—than otherwise similar children whose fathers have not been incarcerated.
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