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Children of Incarcerated Parents

Webinar: Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents: School and School-Based Mental Health Collaboration

Date: October 3, 2024, 2:30–3:30 pm ET During this webinar, experts in youth mental health and well-being will provide correctional facilities and educational systems with strategies to diminish implicit biases; create affirming spaces; and learn how to support children, caregivers, and families of incarcerated parents. Often, children of incarcerated parents are more likely ...

Resource: Virtual Family Time: Tips for Families

This fact sheet (PDF, 6 pages) provides parents with tips, information, and activities on successful virtual family time sessions. Family time, also known as parent-child visits, is critical to promoting family bonding and setting the stage for successful reunification for families impacted by incarceration. Learn more. ...

Resource: Child Welfare Practice with Families Affected by Parental Incarceration

This bulletin (PDF, 23 pages) provides an overview of the intersection of child welfare and parental incarceration. The resource highlights practices to facilitate parent-child visits during incarceration, include parents in case planning, and work toward reunification; and shares resources to help caseworkers in their practice with these children and families. Learn ...

Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents (Funding Opportunity)

Grants.gov Deadline: June 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ETJustGrants Deadline: June 24, 2024, 8:59 pm ETWith this solicitation (PDF, 28 pages), OJJDP seeks to support services for mentoring organizations that work with children of incarcerated parents (COIP). This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services for COIP. Learn more and apply. ...

Video and Guide: Creating Conditions that Promote Safety, Healing, and Growth in Child-Parent Visits

These resources are for corrections staff who interact with young people during child-parent visits to understand how integrating safety, collaboration, and transparency can benefit these visits.

Youth Voices Have Moved to YE4C

On YE4C young people share their experiences and perspectives on what makes a difference for youth engaged in change. Learn from their stories.

Resource: Family-Based Justice Center

This website offers resources to assist OJJDP grantees and state, local, and Tribal stakeholders implementing family-based alternative sentencing programs. The site features best practices, model programs, and an interactive map of legislation and programs related to family-based alternative sentencing. Learn more.  ...

References

American Psychological Association (APA). (2017a). What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral.pdf (PDF, 1 page) American Psychological Association (APA). (2017b). How Do I Choose Between Medication and Therapy? Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/medication-or-therapy.pdf (PDF,1 page) Bronson, J., & Berzofsky, M. (2017). Indicators of Mental Health Problems Reported by Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011 ...

Resources

City of Norfolk Resource Directory This resource guide provides a list of agencies that offer a range of social services in Norfolk. The Sherriff’s Office and its Second Chances program use this document to refer incarcerated parents to relevant services upon reentry.

Lessons Learned

Reentry Supports and Recidivism Services during incarceration play an important role in successfully preparing and supporting incarcerated parents through reentry, as they provide the parent with necessary coping tools to reenter their communities and the everyday stressors associated with reentry. However, after the first full four-year term of Second Chances implementation, ...
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