We have scholarship program for the children of the incarcerated on monthly basis. 

11,121 families with children received the scholarship until 2023, and about  300 children are getting scholarships every month.

SEUM does crisis intervention services for the children and family in trouble caused by family member’s imprisonment, by providing the expenses for medical treatment, legal support, and housing, etc.

We have three kinds of individual counselling services. 

First is general counseling by our staff usually through a phone call; second is psychological counseling by a professional counselor. For this, we have a special room for psychological counseling and arts psychotherapy in our office. Now, three professional counselors visit our office to meet the children and the family in need. Third and lastly, we support children and families who are far from our office with information and counseling fees at the local counseling centers. 

SEUM has been steadily conducting youth activity programs.

One group built relationships through regular meetings once a month and participated in various activities such as the Vietnam Volunteer Camp(2017), the photo shooting activity and exhibition(2018), and Cultural Experience and Volunteer Camp in Mongolia(2019).

The other group consisted of children with imprisoned mothers. They gathered six times a year for a two-day camp. Sometimes they joined the diverse community youth activities such as scouts and local youth clubs.

Recently, 1:1 matching programs are being conducted with underage children of the incarcerated who experience various difficulties due to their parents' imprisonment and reliable adult mentors. (SEUM Partner/Mentoring with Handong University student)

SEUM provides caregivers who have challenges and stresses in raising children of the incarcerated, with telephone counseling and home visiting counseling.

In 2018, we published a Guidebook for the caregivers of the children of the incarcerated and distributed to the concerned people. The Guidebook included Children’s rights of the incarcerated that caregivers should remember. In addition, SEUM provides travel expenses for parents to go on a family trip with their children after they are released from prison. These programs are very helpful in restoring their family relationship.

SEUM helps children and their family to meet their father or mother in prison by providing expenses for the visitation or going to the prison with them.

SEUM went out to the streets to meet the people and did public campaigns such as poster exhibition, signature movement, and calligraphy contests. In addition, supporter group of university students are participating in the advocacy movement through SNS and other activities. SEUM also has held several seminars and promoted through TV, radio, newsletters, and SNS.

Since 2021, SEUM has been operating its own YouTube channel(SEUM TV) and uploading various content to raise awareness of children of the incarcerated.

SEUM has a research center where Doctor Ji sun Lee (professor of Ewha University) runs various researches concerning the children and families of the incarcerated. 

SEUM research center performed a nation-wide survey, in-depth case study and phenomenological study. Their research enhanced our awareness and understandings of the children and families of the incarcerated. They also put forward policy suggestions based on the results of their study and published a guidebook for the caregivers, “Courage for Tomorrow.” And Executive Director of SEUM (Kyung Rim Lee) have translated a Japanese book 『My Son Killed a Man』 into a Korean version and published it. Since 2015, SEUM has conducted more than 10 studies related to the children of the incarcerated. In 2022, five studies were collected and published in a research report titled 『Finding Life Experiences for Integrated Individual Support for Children of the incarcerated』

Seum strengthen international cooperation by communicating with networks around the world that are working to protect the rights of children of incarcerated parents, such as INCCIP(The International Coalition for the Children with Incarcerated Parents), COPE(Children of Prisoners Europe) and WOH(World Open Heart).

Researchers and field activists from each country are carrying out various solidarity activities to protect the rights of children of incarcerated parents through programs, research, and policy proposals.

As an INCCIP board member, Seum participates in the regular board meeting once a month and discusses international cooperation measures to protect the rights of childrn of detainees.

In 2025, the INCCIP International Conference will be held in Seoul hosted by Seum.