Founded in 2018, Daughters Beyond Incarceration (DBI) located in New Orleans, Louisiana, focuses on

breaking the cycle of poverty and crime amongst daughters with incarcerated parents by advocating for

girls and building strong parent-to-child relationships between them – through education, mentorship,

and support. DBI ensures that girls between the ages of 8 and 18 physical, social, and emotional needs

are met to support their healing due to the impacts of incarceration of their loved ones. We also

educate our participants on the social and political landscape while engaging in the legislative process in

Louisiana. In addition, our youth professional development program works to model the change we

want to see through an each-one-teach one style of training. Through our youth professional

development, we introduce our mentees to workforce development, life skills and youth advocacy

development. Currently, DBI has about 125 participants that we serve through our programming.