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Children of Incarcerated Parents

Connecting for Success, which takes a multi-generational approach to addressing intergenerational incarceration, launched with the help of local funding in 2016, and in 2018 the program received federal funding as a Second Chance Act grantee of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The ...
  What is Connecting for Success? The Dorchester County Health Department’s Connecting for Success program is a three-pronged system of wrap-around supports for justice-involved parents and their children in Dorchester County, Maryland. In 2016, staff members of the Health Department recognized the need for meaningful delinquency prevention and reentry supports that would strengthen ...
This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of drug court and other problem-solving court program models for adults and youth alike. The document provides information on available guidance, programs, and research resources with hyperlinks to current training and technical assistance providers and relevant documents. Learn more.  ...
Please refer to the OJP Invitation Letter for program-specific information. Statutory Authority: Section 211 of the Second Chance Act, codified at 34 U.S.C. § 60531. Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, 1259 [Cat. 2]
This document (PDF, 11 pages) provides an overview of the concepts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood trauma, highlights the gaps that remain in our understanding of the impact of childhood trauma and adversity on mental and physical health, and describes how these terms (childhood trauma vs. adversity) differ. ...
This webinar introduced the Rise CORE Program, which equips Parent Advocates with knowledge, tools, and resources to support parents with:  navigating the system to reunify more quickly  navigating the trauma and emotions of their case  strengthening self-advocacy skills  building a support network and connections to resources—so that, once families are reconnected, they do not ...
This community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive advocacy intervention is designed for girls 11 to 17 years old who are at risk for or already involved in the juvenile justice system. The program is rated Promising in the Crime Solutions database. Intervention group girls were less likely to engage in physical fights and ...
This website features a new curriculum that is based on research and input from experts, families who have experience with fostering or adopting children, and former foster and adoptive youth. It provides potential foster or adoptive parents with the information and tools needed to parent a child who has experienced ...
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of ...
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. OJJDP envisions ...
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