For caregivers
Grandparents, aunties, kinship caregivers, foster and adoptive parents, and the parent left at home.
Guides & Toolkits
The Caregiver’s Safe Harbor Collection
A toolkit guide and a workbook, built for the caregiver who suddenly became the whole plan. Written from lived experience by a family that navigated nearly a decade of parental incarceration — and paired with the workshops, training, and consulting that make the material stick.
Pre-order — files are emailed to you at launch. No instant download yet.
Why this exists
Caregivers are handed the responsibility and almost none of the information.
When a parent is incarcerated, someone else becomes the steady thing in a child’s life — usually overnight, usually without a guide, and usually while grieving too. Institutions give that caregiver forms. They rarely give them language, a plan, or permission to need support.
The Safe Harbor Collection is our answer to that. It is not a workbook of theory. It is the set of conversations, scripts, checklists, and plans we wish someone had handed our own family on day one.
MFGP is a nonprofit, and this collection funds our programs. Pricing is deliberately low, every tier funds free access for someone else, and no caregiver is turned away for cost — write to donate@MyFairyGodparents.org and we will get you a copy.
For professionals
Counselors, case managers, teachers, and reentry staff working directly with families.
For programs
Youth programs and congregations that need something concrete to put in a caregiver's hands.
For funders
A tangible, low-cost intervention you can underwrite for an entire community.
What’s inside the two components
Component one — read and learn
The Safe Harbor Toolkit guide
- What children actually understand about incarceration at different ages
- Language that tells the truth without frightening a child
- School, healthcare, and benefits conversations caregivers get pulled into
- Visits, calls, and mail: preparing a child, and protecting yourself
- Caregiver burnout, grief, and the support you are allowed to ask for
Component two — use and work through
Workbook & Action Guide
- Reflection prompts you can answer in ten minutes
- A family communication plan you can actually fill in
- Scripts for school staff, relatives, and hard questions from kids
- Visit and call preparation checklists
- A caregiver support map: who is on your side, and what you still need
Pre-order the collection
Launch status: the activity book and the accompanying workbook/journal are still being finished. Every option below is a pre-order — nothing downloads today. We email your files the moment the collection launches, and we will keep you posted before then.
Complete Digital Safe Harbor Set
$24$27
Regular price $27
Both the Toolkit guide and the Workbook & Action Guide — the way the collection is meant to be used.
- Safe Harbor Toolkit guide (digital)
- Workbook & Action Guide (digital, print-at-home)
- Launch pricing for early supporters
Digital Guide only
$17
The guide on its own — read it first, add the workbook later.
- Safe Harbor Toolkit guide (digital)
Digital Workbook & Action Guide only
$17
For caregivers and facilitators who already have the guide.
- Workbook & Action Guide (digital, print-at-home)
Safe Harbor + Pay It Forward
$37
Your complete set, plus $10 that subsidizes access for a caregiver who can't afford it.
- Complete digital set
- $10 subsidizes another caregiver's access
Safe Harbor Supporter
$57
Your complete set, plus a larger contribution to MFGP's caregiver resource work.
- Complete digital set
- Funds free copies and caregiver support sessions
Organizational / professional-use license
$97
For schools, agencies, reentry programs, and clinics using the collection with the families they serve.
- Complete digital set for professional use
- Print and distribute up to 25 copies per site
- Not for resale or public posting; larger sites — contact us
A note on tax deductions: with the Pay It Forward and Supporter tiers you receive goods of value (the digital collection), so only the portion of your payment that exceeds the fair market value of that collection may be tax-deductible. Your receipt states the amounts. We are happy to provide an acknowledgment letter — just ask.
Choose a pre-order option above and the secure payment form opens right here — no popups, no redirects.
This isn’t just a book set
The collection is the entry point. The support around it is the program.
MFGP built these materials to accompany live work with caregivers, staff, and youth. Most organizations pair the collection with a workshop or a few consulting hours so the plans in the workbook actually get made.
Caregiver & staff workshops
Facilitated sessions that walk your community through the material together.
Learn moreTraining & keynotes
Advocacy training, CSR training, and keynotes for conferences and convenings.
Learn moreConsulting hours
Prepaid strategy or storytelling hours to build this into your programming.
Learn moreProgram partnership
Bring MFGP alongside your team for a longer engagement.
Learn moreBulk & institutional distribution
Schools, reentry programs, courts, clinics, conferences, and funders regularly need copies for an entire cohort. Tell us the setting and the number of families you serve, and we will scope it with you — including sponsored distribution where a funder covers the caregivers’ copies.
Institutional pricing for printed copies is set once production costs are final. Digital licensing is available today.
Request institutional pricing →Printed edition
A physical guide-and-workbook set is planned once the digital collection launches. We expect it in the $39–$49 range plus shipping, with the focus on bulk distribution to institutions rather than single retail copies.
No physical copies are for sale yet, and nothing on this page ships. Join the interest list and we will contact you when printing is scheduled.
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