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Family to Family Toolkit - Partnerships Between Corrections and Child Welfare: Collaboration for Change, Part Two
The criminal justice system interacts with many of the same families involved in the child welfare system. While it makes sense that these systems have official contact with each other, they often do not. This document describes ways that the two systems can work together to improve and strengthen family and community bonds.
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Incarcerated Parents Manual: Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities (2007)
Produced and Distributed by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and Prisoner Legal Services, this manual is written for a parent in jail or prison and designed to answer many of the legal and practical questions that parents have about custody of their children, both during and after incarceration. For additional information on Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, visit: www.prisonerswithchildren.org
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How to explain Jails and Prisons to Children — A Caregiver's Guide
Developed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Friends Outside, this booklet was produced to help caregivers explain to children what it is like to have a family member who is incarcerated.
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Get on the Bus Program and Chowchilla Family Express
Funded by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, these two programs offer FREE bus services to bring children and their caregivers to visit the prisons throughout California.
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Florida Manual for Incarcerated Parents (2008)
Written by Virginia Hammer, Attorney at Law, Equal Justice Works Fellow, and Mikayla Bucci, Florida Bar Foundation Fellow, this manual is designed to help parents who are incarcerated in Florida prisons and jails understand their rights and responsibilities as parents. Some of the issues covered in this manual include: setting up a caregiver for your child, temporary legal custody by a relative caregiver, formal guardianship, pregnancy in jail or prison, dependency, termination of parental rights, visitation, paternity, child support, divorce, and public benefits.
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Rise - A Magazine By and For Parents in the Child Welfare System (Summer 2008)
In this issue, parents in prison write about their efforts to stay connected to their children in foster care and to reunify after release.
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Visiting Tips for Families: Supporting Children Visiting their Parents (2007)
Produced by the Osborne Association, NYC Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents
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It’s My Life: A Young Mother’s Guide to Surviving the System
Produced by Baby Mamas United: A Project of the Center for Young Women’s Development, this guide, written by and for teen mothers, answers common questions and help young mothers understand their rights. Topics include understanding the complex legal court and legal system (i.e. family, probate, dependency, detention, jurisdictional hearing, dispositional hearing), child welfare terms (reunification, custody, guardianship, power of attorney and caregiver affidavit), and finally understanding the incarceration process (arrest, incarceration, rights during incarceration).
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Resource Guide for Teens with a Parent in Jail or Prison
Produced by Project WHAT (May 2007), the guide, written by and for teenagers and young people in the Bay Area, answers common questions that children have when a parent is incarcerated. It has information that explains complex jail and prison visiting procedures in plain language. It also includes compelling stories written by youth, along with a CD of the stories read aloud.
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The Forgotten Voices - A Newsletter of the Alliance for Tennessee's Children of Prisoners (TCP), September 2007 (Nashville, TN)
This four-page newsletter is a product of TCP, an educational initiative under the auspices of the Open Society Institute to support The National Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents.
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Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Developed by the San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership, the bill of rights was endorsed in 2005 by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and urges relevant city agencies to work together towards its implentation to reduce recidivism for parents and improve outcome for children.
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All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated
Available at local bookstores, Journalist Nell Bernstein puts a face on this population with staggering statistics and personal stories of children like Susana, who has embraced her father only once in her life, and Carl, who told the jailhouse Santa that all he wanted for Christmas was for his mother to come home. Parents and children speak about the trauma of prison visits, the expensive phone calls that cut off without warning and the questions from children. Well researched and smoothly written, Bernstein's book pumps up awareness of the problems, provides a checklist for what needs to be done and also cites organizations like the Osborne Society that provide parenting and literacy classes, counseling and support. Excerpt of a Review from Publishers Weekly.
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What Do Children of Prisoners and their Caregivers Need? (2003)
Written by Ann Adalist-Estrin, Children of Prisoners Library, Family and Corrections Network
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Visiting Mom or Dad: The Child's Perspective (2003)
Written by Ann Adalist-Estrin, Children of Prisoners Library, Family and Corrections Network
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Children in the Child Welfare System with Incarcerated Parents (2009)
Created by Jean Brownell, this PowerPoint provides an overview of the Children of Incarcerated Parents initiative at the San Francisco Human Services Agency.
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Understanding the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents (2009)
Created by Yali Lincroft, Roshawn Singleton, and Kelli Finley, this PowerPoint was presented at the CalSWEC Student Day at UC Berkeley, California on April 17, 2009.
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Intersection of Corrections and Child Welfare - Fact Sheet (2009)
This fact sheet, developed by Family to Family and the San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership, summarizes the key research findings on the intersection of corrections and child welfare.
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Ensuring Child Safety Upon Parental Arrest (2008)
Created by the Policy, Training and Federal Programs Bureau Protective Services for New Mexico Children, Youth and Families, this 77-page PowerPoint provides an overview of key issues for law enforcement and child welfare to consider at the time of arrest.
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Incarcerated Parents Manual: Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities (2007)
Produced and Distributed by the Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and Prisoner Legal Services, this manual is written for a parent in jail or prison and designed to answer many of the legal and practical questions that parents have about custody of their children, both during and after incarceration. For additional information on Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, visit: www.prisonerswithchildren.org
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Children of Incarcerated Parents: Maintaining Connections and Promoting Positive Outcomes
This Powerpoint presentation was created by Anna Hayward, Research Specialist, at the Ruth H. Young Center for Family and Children/University of Maryland School of Social Work and Michelle Kelly, Deputy Director, Alternative Directions, Inc.
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Improving Outcomes for Children of the Incarcerated
Created by Bridgett E. Ortega, M.A., J.D., Building Better Bridges Consulting, this PowerPoint was presented to the Pacific Region Family to Family Coordinator’s Meeting on April 21, 2008.
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San Francisco Family to Family and the Children of Incarcerated Parents Initiative
This presentation was given by Debby Jeter, Deputy Director for the San Francisco Human Services Agency - Family and Children's Services, at the urban child welfare leaders meeting on October 31, 2007 in Seattle, WA.
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Children of Incarcerated Parents Training
This all-day workshop, held November 6, 2007, was organized by the Northern California Training Academy at UC Davis and included presenters from the San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership.
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Collaborations Between Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Systems (2008)
Presented by Tonya Glantz, Rhode Island College School of Social Work, and Ken Findlay, Rhode Island Department of Corrections, this presentation outlines Rhode Island's reform efforts and current work provided to children and families impacted by incarceration.
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Children of Incarcerated Parents (2009)
Written by Steve Christian for the National Conference of State Legislatures, this report provides general background information and poises a series of questions to child welfare, law enforcement, corrections, education, and others regarding the well-being of children whose parents in incarcerated.
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CW 360: A Comprehensive Look at a Prevalent Child Welfare Issue - Children of Incarcerated Parents (Spring 2006)
Published by the University of Minnesota, Center for Advance Studies in Child Welfare, this issue is focused specifically on children of incarcerated parents, with articles on practice, collaborations, racial disparities, and many others.
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Making "The Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents" a Reality: Evaluation Report (2008)
Written by Susan D. Phillips, Ph.D., of the Jane Addams College of Social Work, this evaluation reveals the successes and challenges that eleven states have encountered in their efforts to support policy and paractice changes in promoting the Bill of Rights of Children of Incarcereated Parents.
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What we Know Now that we Didn’t Know Then about the Criminal Justice Systems’ Involvement in Families with whom Child Welfare Agencies have Contact
Written by Susan Phillips, University of Illinois at Chicago, Research Brief – Children, Families, and the Criminal Justice System (July 2007).
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Focus on Children with Incarcerated Parents: An Overview of the Research Literature
Produced by Annie E Casey Foundation (2007), this report provides an overview of major research findings on children whose parents are incarcerated as a means of further informing this developing area of research, practice, and policy. The findings and policy and program suggestions offered in this synthesis are based primarily on research published during the last 20 years.
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Broken Bonds: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated Parents
Released by the Urban Institute (2008), this report reviews the current research on children with incarcerated parents, and offers recommendations on how to reduce the negative impact of parental incarceration. The authors of the report pay particular attention to the influence that supportive relationships with the incarcerated parent and other adults has on children’s outcomes.
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Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents: Views from Mentors
Created by the Urban Institute (2008), researchers collaborated with mentors from Big Brothers, Big Sisters organizations to gather qualitative data through the use of focus groups with the mentors of children whose parents are incarcerated. The group discussions focused on the children’s living situations, relationships with their parents, and emotional and behavioral outcomes.
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Parental Incarceration and Child Well-being in Fragile Families
Produced by the Columbia School of Social Work (2008), in this policy brief, the authors highlight findings from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. The study explores the extent to which children of incarcerated parents are at a greater risk for material hardship, family instability, and developmental challenges.
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In Danger of Falling Through the Cracks: Children of Arrested Parents
Written by Marcus Nieto (April, 2002), the California Research Bureau gathers information about local law enforcement and child protective services policies and procedures relative to the children of arrested parents. California local police and county sheriff's departments and county child protective services agencies were surveyed and the findings suggest that the children of arrested and incarcerated parents, mothers and fathers, in California are in danger of being left in unsafe situations.
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Keeping Children Safe When Their Parents are Arrested: Local Approaches That Work
Written by Ginny Puddefoot, MPH, MPP, and Lisa K. Foster, MSW, MPA (July, 2007), children are often overlooked when their parents are arrested, but they are traumatized by the impact of the arrest. Recent legislation encourages a coordinated response by law enforcement and child welfare services, and requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop guidelines and training for use by law enforcement officers encountering children at an arrest scene.
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California Law and the Children of Prisoners
Written by Charlene Wear Simmons, Ph.D. (February, 2003), this report examines California law as it touches on the lives of prisoners and their children. Most prisoners are parents, making the state's criminal justice system an unwitting but important participant in the lives of their families.
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California State Prisoners With Children: Findings From the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities
Written by M. Anne Powell, M.S.W. and Clare Nolan, M.P.P. (November, 2003), this report presents information on the characteristics of parents incarcerated in California state prisons and investigates differences between incarcerated mothers and fathers, between incarcerated parents and other inmates.
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Children of Arrested Parents: Strategies to Improve Their Safety and Well-Being
Created by Clare M. Nolan (July, 2003), this report examines issues pertinent to the safety and well-being of children affected by the arrest of a custodial parents. As many as 13 percent of all adult felony arrests in California involve a custodial parent caring for minor-age children. Arresting officers are not mandated to report children at risk of being left without care or supervision to Child Protective Services. In some extreme cases, children may be left completely alone to care for themselves or may be placed with inappropriate and harmful caretakers. The report reviews promising practices and presents a framework for developing future policies and programs.
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When Rescue is Urgent: Children in Shelter Placement for Seven Days or Less
Written in 2001 by Esther Wattenberg, Professor of Social Work, University of Minnesota, this paper examines the circumstances of the 1,306 children in Hennepin County who were removed under urgent situations and placed, for seven days or less, in emergency shelter care. This study examines the circumstances of children who are removed from their families under emergency situations, their demographic profiles, and exit information following their shelter care. Two research questions guided this study: Is placement in a shelter the least intrusive response for the safety needs of children in emergency situations? And, can we capture and clarify the working relationship between child protection workers and local law enforcement officers?
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Child Protection Best Practice Bulletins - Connecting Children with Incarcerated Parents
As a result of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Welfare of Children of Jailed and Incarcerated Parents, a statewide standard of law enforcement was developed in New Mexico that requires identification of all minor children upon parental arrest. This four-page bulletin advocates best practice to ensure that children are cared for and informed, have access to services, and are able to have contact with their incarcerated parents.
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Out of the Shadows: What Child Welfare Workers Can Do to Help Children and their Incarcerated Parents (Spring 2008)
This issue of the Reaching Out newsletter, produced by the Northern California Training Academy, provides information to help child welfare workers better understand and address the mandated responsibilities of working with families when a parent is incarcerated and children are in foster care. Children have the right to regular contact with their incarcerated parents, and incarcerated parents have the right to continue to parent their children, yet accommodating these rights can be a real challenge for child welfare workers and foster parents.
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Partnerships Between Corrections and Child Welfare - Collaboration for Change, Part Two
Developed by The Womens' Prison Association & Home, Inc, this Family to Family tool provides child welfare agencies with an overview of the issues impacting children of incarcerated parents, components of a needs assessment, plan of action, and resources to work with this population.
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Using Local Data to Explore the Experiences and Needs of Incarcerated Parents
Written by Diana Brazzell and produced by the Urban Institute (May, 2008), this report presents the findings and lessons learned through three organizations - the Allegheny Department of Human Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Providence Plan in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Chapin Hall Center for Children in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the work was to learn more about the impact of parental incarceration, as well as to explore the possibilities for using criminal justice and human services data to understand the population of affected children.
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Children and Families with Incarcerated Parents: Exploring Development in the Field and Opportunities for Growth
Written by Stacey Bouchet and produced by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (January 2008), this report provides a summary of the Foundation's exploration of the nature and scope of the issues affecting children and families with incarcerated parents. The report also offers a summary of the Foundation's recent investment in this area and synthesizes lessons learned into potential opportunities.
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Children with Incarcerated Parents: A List of Selected Resources
Produced by the Annie E Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and Marguerite Casey Foundation, this guide includes a list of online resources under the categories of general, research, program and practice, and state/local level activities.
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Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Fact Sheet
Produced by the Annie E Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and Marguerite Casey Foundation, this document includes facts about the incarceration of adults, its affect on children and families left behind, as well as children and youth with respect to foster care.
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Building Bonds from the Inside Out
Written by Elizabeth Craig (December 2006), this newsletter describes the family programs at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon. Considered a national model, Oregon's only womens' institution offers several programs and services that concentrate on parenting inmates for reunion with their children. To strengthen the mother-child relationship, the prison includes an on-site Early Head Start Program for children ages 0 to 3 who spend time with their parent in a healthy child development center on prison grounds.
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Judicial Oversight of Parental Visitation in Reunification Cases (2003)
This article from the Juvenile and Family Court Journal explores the issue of visitation between a child and parents in the context of child protection proceedings. It concludes that visitation between a child and parents often occurs too infrequently; as a result, the relationship between the child and parents can be damaged, the child can suffer further trauma, and the chances for successful family reunification may be reduced. Judges and social service agencies can and must improve both the quality and quantity of parent-child visitation.
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Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing: Implications for Urban Families (2008)
Written by Amanda Geller, Irwin Garfinkel, Carey Cooper, and Ronald Mincy, this study, funded by the Annie E Casey Foundation, used a population-based, longitudinal family survey to identify a set of economic, residential, and developmental risks particular to the children of incarcerated parents.
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Making The Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents a Reality
This document was produced by the Jane Addams College of Social Work. Through technical assistance provided by the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation, groups across the county worked on developing practice and policy changes designed to make the Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents a reality.
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San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership
The San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (SFCIPP) is a coalition of social service providers, representatives of government bodies, advocates, and others who work with, or are concerned about, children of incarcerated parents and their families. Formed in 2000 under the auspices of the Zellerbach Family Foundation, SFCIPP works to improve the lives of children of incarcerated parents by increasing awareness of these children's needs and strengths.
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The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
The Center is based in Southern California and offers training, technical assistance, and local programs to assist families facing parental incarceration.
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Families and Corrections Network
The Families and Corrections Network hosts the National Resource Center on Children and Family of the Incarcerated, a National Resource Center previously managed by the Child Welfare League of America. They offer training opportunities, supportive email lists for families, multiple links to support groups, and a reading room that includes research and relevant information.
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