<><>About Us
The Lawndale Amachi Mentoring Program (LAMP) was started in Chicago in 2006 by the principal and some staff members of Theodore Herzl Elementary School, a school where teachers and staff daily live with the anger and emotional turmoil of children whose parents are incarcerated. Former principal, Betty Allen-Green joined with concerned staffers to develop a nonprofit agency to provide needed support for these children. LAMP is collaborating with 13 elementary schools and a high school in the North Lawndale community. LAMP is patterned after the nationally recognized Amachi program, which has provided mentoring to children of incarcerated parents since 2000.

Recognizing the value and vulnerability of children of incarcerated parents, the Lawndale Amachi Mentoring Program (LAMP) recruits caring and committed mentors. Strong mentoring relationships improve the life prospects of these children by breaking the cycle of poverty and contact with the criminal justice system.

Phone:
Email Address:

773-521-5267
info@chicagolamp.org

Address:

3508 W. Ogden Ave.

Chicago, IL 60623