Hogan calls it a wrap-around approach that addresses mental health needs, academics, and even helps reunite children with their parents once their sentence is over. That's how the Pure Heart Foundation was born. She still needed healing and I knew everything that I had gone through was for a bigger purpose," Hogan said. "Deep down, that girl still needed attention. She got her degree and worked in corporate America for years, until her childhood trauma caught up to her. Abuse, feeling alone, not really being able to identify with any of my peers in school," Hogan said. "I didn't want to be here because my mom was in jail and my dad too, it was kind of rough," Moore said.Ĭhildren often enter the Pure Heart Foundation with broken spirits. Jheremi Moore said when his parents went to prison, he wanted to give up. "I know my dad loves me, but if he didn't put himself in that situation in the first place, I wouldn't be going through everything I'm going through right now," Kayla Collier said. Kayla Collier's dad started his 10-year sentence on her 13th birthday. There are 228,000 kids in Michigan who have parents in jail or prison. Jones is making sure they never feel forgotten. That's the case for many children with incarcerated parents. That's what helped lead to the Pure Heart Foundation. ![]() She said it felt like she was set up to fail. She had two parents go to prison when she was a kid. Sherelle Hogan's passion for her work came from personal experience. One metro Detroit woman started a non-profit that does just that for children whose parents are behind bars. (WXYZ) - Tuesday is International Women's Day, and this year's theme is breaking the bias.
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