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An annual event, Get On The Bus offers free transportation for the children and their caregivers to the prison, provides travel bags for the children, comfort care bags for the caregivers, a photo of each child with his or her parent, and meals for the day (breakfast, snacks on the bus, lunch at the prison, and dinner on the way home) — all at no cost to the children’s family. On the bus trip home, following a four-hour visit, each child receives a teddy bear with a letter from their parent and post-event counseling.
Our process starts with the parents. Please encourage your loved one inside to initiate the process by filling out an application! Here is how we work:
Oct. - Dec. 9, 2012 Any interested Mom/Dad at one of our participating facilities CCWF, VSPW, CIW, CMC, CSP, CTF, SVSP, SQSP and FSP can sign up by filling out an application at the prison. Note: We do not accept any applicants with visiting restrictions against anyone who they are requesting a visit with. We also do not provide non-contact or administrative segregation visits.
Dec. 9 - Dec. 15, 2012 - Each prison reviews the applications and sends approved applications to GOTB office.
Dec. 15 - late Jan. 2013- Applications are sorted by prison and by bus and distributed to our local volunteers at our statewide trainings during the last week of January and first weeks of February
Feb. - Mar. 2013- All Mother’s Day families are contacted and a GOTB volunteer goes to your home to complete necessary prison/GOTB paperwork. Note: If we are unsuccessful in contacting your family by mid March, your family will not be able to participate in this year’s Mother’s Day Event. Please contact our office 818-980#-7714 if you have further questions.
Feb. - Apr. 2013 - All Father’s Day families are contacted and a GOTB volunteer goes to your home to complete necessary prison/GOTB paperwork. Note: If we are unsuccessful in contacting your family by mid April, your family will not be able to participate in this year’s Mother’s Day Event. Please contact our office 818-980-#7714 if you have further questions.
Late Apr. 2013 - The prison sends GOTB a list of all approved visitors for our Mother’s Day Events. Note: If an adult is not approved, a GOTB volunteer can accompany a child to the prison with the proper notary paperwork.
May 2013- Mother’s Day GOTB Events at CCWF and CIW.
Late May 2013 - The prison sends GOTB a list of all approved visitors for our Father’s Day Events. Note: If an adult is not approved, a GOTB volunteer can accompany a child to the prison with the proper notary paperwork.
June 2013 - Father’s Day GOTB Events at CMC, CTF, SVSP and, SQ,
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