Bridging the Gap Transportation LLC

Since her senior year at the College of Liberal Arts, Kristal Bush has been running her own business. The criminal justice major founded Bridging the Gap Transp...ortation LLCa service that drives family members in Philadelphia to see their incarcerated loved ones. Read this Temple University 30 Under 30 honoree’s full story: bit.ly/2Vmc2pG See more

Thank You @nytimes for the feature!

Our mission is to serve families affected by incarceration. This year for Father's Day we are Bridging The Gap between children & their incarcerated fathers by assisting with Father's Day Card Making & Letter Writing. If you have or know a child who will like to attend this FREE EVENT click the link in our Bio to register. @justwrite4kids @bridgingthegap_llc Date: June 2nd, 2018 Location - Myers Rec, 5801 Kingsessing Ave Time - 12pm - 4pm

May you all have a successful, productive Ramadan and may your fast be accepted. #RamadanMubarak #Blessings

One of our loyal riders Erica story was featured on the @racerelated read about her experience with incarceration. Love, for Erica, means little sleep. Since she was 16, Erica has worked. That independence is one of many things Maurice couldn’t stop noticing when they met one night in their early 20s. He told his mother, I’m gonna give her my last name, and he did. He also became a father to her daughter, Faith. When Maurice went away, Erica went from working 2 days a... week to 5 or 6, often double and triple shifts caring for disabled clients at a residential facility nearly 2 hours outside Philadelphia. She spends 1 day off a week visiting Maurice. The other she spends with Faith, who stays with her grandmother on weekdays when Erica works the overnight. There’s been plenty of times we’ve all said we’re gonna throw in the towel, Erica told @everydayincarceration for the project #WomenOnTheOutside, which follows stories of women who support incarcerated loved ones. There’s plenty of days we cry ourselves to sleep and no one knows, not even our kids. At times, she feels judged for her decision to stick with Maurice. A lot of people have a lot of negative things to say to us as women who go through this, Erica said. Some people don't even consider our relationships as real relationships. I feel like that's one of the most ignorant things that I've heard a person say. Why does my love have a limit to it? Photographer @zorajmurff took this photo for #WomenOnTheOutside, produced by @zarakatz and Lisa Riordan Seville. Swipe left to see photos sent in by Erica of her and her now husband, Maurice, and the objects that Erica keeps as reminders of him, including a teddy bear that reads: True love waits. #racerelated See more

Everything we do is to better serve you. Education is Key! #360itheDen @strengthenfamilies

He can still parent while in prison!!! #massincarceration #familytime #nonprofit

It’s how you keep making the best out of worst situations that pissed them off. Keep using your pain as your motivation. I founded Bridging the Gap at a time when all the men in my immediate family were incarcerated.

We just did a poll and 95% voted they know a child who father is incarcerated #educationnotincarceration #massincarceration #childrenoftheincarcerated

Being a social worker I experienced first hand parental rights being terminated due to parent’s prison sentence. When my nephew was 6 years old I decided to take on the responsibility to care for him full time due to his parents being incarcerated. 7 years later I will be adopting him and best part about it all, is he was able to remain with family despite his parents incarceration. Bridging the Gap was originally created to Bridge my own Family’s Gap!! #massincarceration #family #fostercare

Placement in foster care means the parent is at risk of losing their rights. It is imperative for families to provide kinship care for the children of incarcerated parent to keep them from getting in the system.

Happy Mother's Day to each and every mother Serving Prison Sentences. The Lady Lifers at Muncy, PA State Correctional Institution. #FamilyMeansEverything #BridgingTheGapTransportation #HappyMothersDay