# Holiday Home - Link: https://hourchildren.org/ - Published: 2020-12-30T05:12:00-05:00 - Author: Chrystal ![video thumb](https://hourchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Untitled-design- 1.png "No video playback capabilities") # Hour Children   ### The hour of her arrest,⏎ The hour of their visit, The hour of their reunification. [ Donate ](https://hourchildren.org/donate) [ Watch full video ](https://hourchildren.org/about-hour-children/) ## Who We Are: Hour Story Hour Children is a leading provider of services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in New York State. Focused on women and their children, we support families during a mother’s incarceration and help families get back on their feet upon release. We do this by providing housing, childcare, job training, and mental health services. #### Women who receive support from Hour Children’s programs are 5 times less likely to return to prison.⏎ We support women through: ![](https://hourchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/promo-community-program. jpg "promo-community-program") ### Prison-Based Family Services * infant nursery * transportation and visiting programs * parenting education and advocacy * [see all prison-based programming](https://hourchildren.org/how-we-help/prison-based-family-services-programs/) ![](https://hourchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/promo-prison-program.jpg" promo-prison-program") ### Community Programming * [supportive housing](https://hourchildren.org/how-we-help/supportive-housing/) * [job training](https://hourchildren.org/how-we-help/hour-working-women-program/) * [child care support](https://hourchildren.org/how-we-help/childcare-teens/) * [mentoring program for children](https://hourchildren.org/mentor-a-child/) * [community food pantry](https://hourchildren.org/our-food-pantry/) ![](https://hourchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fancy-Thrift-promo.jpg " Fancy-Thrift-promo") ### Hour Thrift Shops Providing a valuable resource for the community, [these busy shops](https://hourchildren.org/hour-thrift-shops/) provide employment and training for Hour Children program participants and revenue to support our programs. ### Join Hour Host Family Program The Host Family Program guarantees that children are cared for in a safe, loving home when their primary caregiver is in prison. Instead of going into foster care, children are welcomed by carefully screened host families who provide stability, routine, and emotional support during a difficult time. By working closely with parents, host families, and case managers, the program helps children stay connected to their families while maintaining a sense of normalcy, comfort, and belonging. ![](https://hourchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/hostfamily1.jpg "hostfamily1") ![](https://hourchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_6021-300x225.jpg "IMG_6021") ### Hour Children is hiring! Check out our opportunities here. [ Job Openings ](https://hourchildren.org/about-hour-children/employment-opportunities/) 98 #### % of the women in our programs who have kept their freedom 100 #### % of the children in our programs who finished the school year and advanced to the next grade 90 #### % of the women in our progams who successfully reintegrated with their families 98 #### % of the women in our programs who have kept their freedom 100 #### % of the children in our programs who finished the school year and advanced to the next grade 90 #### % of the women in our progams who successfully reintegrated with their families ## There are more than 4,000 women incarcerated in New York State prisons and local jails.⏎ The vast majority will come home. Every year, more than 1,000 women return to New York City after incarceration, seeking support with housing, employment, and access to education. With most reentry programs focused on men, Hour Children steps in to fill the gap— providing vital, gender-responsive wraparound services that support women and their children as they reunite, rebuild, and create a stable, hope-filled future. [ View Impact ](https://hourchildren.org/why/) ## Hour Children’s Impact in 2022 ## Your Partnership with Us Makes a Difference #### Intro: Hour Children Is Home #### Programs Begin in the Prisons #### A Place to Call Home #### Hour Childcare Programs ## Latest News from Hour Children ##### 󠀁[ Hour Children Winner of the U.S Morgan Stanley 2026 Strategy Challenge ](https://hourchildren.org/2026/06/04/hour-children-winner-of-the-u-s-morgan-stanley-2026-strategy-challenge/)󠁿 by [ Chrystal ](https://hourchildren.org/author/ccolonhourchildren-org/) [Gratitude](https://hourchildren.org/category/gratitude/), [News](https://hourchildren.org/category/news/) June 4, 2026 Hour Children is proud to announce that we are the U.S. winner of Morgan Stanley’s 2026 Strategy Challenge and have received a $30,000 grant in support of our work. Over 10 weeks, a team of Morgan Stanley employees provided pro bono c... ##### 󠀁[ Hour Mothers’ Stories: Assia and Judy ](https://hourchildren.org/2022/06/10/hour-mothers-stories-assia-and-judy/)󠁿 by [ Chrystal ](https://hourchildren.org/author/ccolonhourchildren-org/) [News](https://hourchildren.org/category/news/) June 10, 2022 Assia Serrano discusses the important role the Parenting Center played in her relationship with her children.   Judy Clark, Hour Children’s Community Justice Advocate, speaks about her time with her daughter made possible through... ##### 󠀁[ A Different Take On ‘Mother-Child Reunion’ ](https://hourchildren.org/2022/06/03/a-different-take-on-mother-child-reunion/)󠁿 by [ Chrystal ](https://hourchildren.org/author/ccolonhourchildren-org/) [News](https://hourchildren.org/category/news/) June 3, 2022   Queens-based Hour Children has helped incarcerated women get their lives back on track through various services, one being a visiting program for children, like the summer one operated in conjunction with Bedford Hills Correctional F... ##### 󠀁[ Extra Butter Celebrates the Women of Hour Children ](https://hourchildren.org/2022/03/14/extra-butter-celebrates-the-women-on-hour-children/)󠁿 by [ Chrystal ](https://hourchildren.org/author/ccolonhourchildren-org/) [News](https://hourchildren.org/category/news/) March 14, 2022 Check out Extra Butter’s interviews with the women of Hour Children.... ##### 󠀁[ Hour Children’s Shop named one of 8 best places in NYC to thrift for home goods ](https://hourchildren.org/2022/03/03/hour-childrens-shop-named-one-of-8-best-places-in-nyc-to-thrift-for-home-goods/)󠁿 by [ Chrystal ](https://hourchildren.org/author/ccolonhourchildren-org/) [News](https://hourchildren.org/category/news/) March 3, 2022 Check out 6SQFT’s 8 best places in NYC to thrift for home goods featuring Hour Children’s Shop located at 1-24 Steinway Street in Astoria.  ... ### Hour Children welcomes the support of individual or group volunteers across all areas of the organization. Join us today! [ Get Involved ](https://hourchildren.org/volunteer/) ## Connect With Us ### Make a difference with every dollar you give $25 provides a visitor to Hour Children with food for 7 meals $50 provides money for children’s lunches on visiting trips $100 helps pay for hotel expenses when families bring children from afar to visit their incarcerated mothers $250 helps buy supplies for our child care programs $500 helps fund the transportation program for children visiting their incarcerated mothers $1000 provides a woman from Hour Working Women and a child in School Fun with a laptop [ Donate ](https://hourchildren.org/donate)