Why did AIM become Foreverfamily?
As we evolved to meet the needs of children with incarcerated parents, we further expanded our programming to include families of imprisoned fathers as well as mothers. Moreover, we have always strived to care for the whole family. After losing a parent to incarceration, our children often depend on their extended family and other caregivers. Our charge is to help them all, and our old name wasn’t capturing that. Most importantly, our kids were telling us the old name was causing them discomfort and even embarrassment at times. That, coupled with the idea that “AIM” could be taken as an allusion to gun violence, told us it was time to take another look at our name.
