The Federal Interagency Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents has also developed a number of resources for service providers working with children who have parents in the criminal justice system including, Myth Busters, a framing paper, a toolkit for working with the child welfare system, and more.
The National Institute of Corrections has funded a cooperative agreement with The Urban Institute to assess the needs of children of incarcerated parents from the arrest through pre-adjudication phases of the criminal justice system. The project will identify and highlight innovations and promising practices that have been shown to affect children of incarcerated parents positively.
Researcher will revisit Project S.E.E.K. (Services to Enable and Empower Kids), the country’s only comprehensive program and longitudinal study on children of incarcerated parents. Funded by the Ruth Mott Foundation, a team in Michigan led by Carol F. Burton in partnership with the Michigan Public health Institute will conduct a small exploratory study that will include interviews.
OJJDP FY 2014 looks to fund a Practitioner-Researcher Partnership to explore best practices in serving children of incarcerated parent through mentoring.
Report from the White House Sponsored listening session on Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents leads to funding for research and practice.
The Children of Incarcerated Parents blog is the first national blog dedicated to exploring the impact of parental incarceration on children and families. There are an estimated two million minor children in the United States who have an incarcerated parent. The incarceration of parents not only has a devastating and damaging impact on children, but it also affects their caregivers… continue reading
