Friends-CARE is a non-profit organization designed to break the cycle of generational crime. Its purpose is to raise awareness regarding the children and families of the incarcerated. Friends-CARE provides services, intervention, community resources, and programs for these families and supports the appropriate relationships between inmates and their families upon returning to the community.

Friends-CARE has been in the community for over 35 years, working to help the children and families of inmates.  Our current Director, Dorothy Montgomery, has been with us for over 20 years. Our program helped more than 4,500 individuals and families last year with a myriad of problems that arose when parents or spouses were incarcerated

Who We Serve

The children to whom we provide services are not only at risk for failure but are in jeopardy of becoming prisoners themselves because of guilt, shame, neglect, misunderstanding of their own self-worth, and lack of support and protection from our community (places of worship, schools, government agencies, etc.)

What We Believe

We believe, with the generous help of people, businesses and organizations like you, we can “break the chain” and stop this generational cycle of crime. Thank you in advance for your contribution toward helping us provide these much needed programs and services for these unfortunate children. We couldn’t do it without your help.

"We build bridges of friendship between those in need and those who care."