Nonprofit Talk: Supporting families during every stage of incarceration and reunification

Sister Teresa Fitzgerald, CSJ is the founder and executive director at Hour Children, which is based in Long Island City. Since establishing its first home in 1986, Hour Children has become a leading provider of prison- and community-based family services to support women and children affected by incarceration. Through supportive housing, mental health services, prison programming, the Hour Working Women Program, children and teen programming, the Hour Community Food Pantry, and thrift stores, the organization supports women during every stage of their incarceration — from separation to reunification. Read more from the Queens Daily Eagle.