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Caregiver Connection: Talking with Children about Incarceration

We know from research that children do better when they are told the truth about their parent's incarceration. How much you share will be up to you.

Incarceration Issues - Casey Family Programs

Child protection agencies must confront several issues in order to effectively support children whose parent or primary caregiver is ...

Supporting Relationships Between Children and Their Incarcerated ...

This brief is for the caseworkers and caregivers who support these children. The focus is on maintaining the parent-child bond in the face of a parent's absence ...

DHS SHOULD EXPAND ITS PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN OF ...

According to data provided by DHS, 5,220 caregivers were incarcerated in Allegheny County Jail between January 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022, impacting 11,969 ...

How 12 states are addressing family separation by incarceration

These trends suggest that the number of kids separated from their primary caregivers by incarceration may be growing, increasing the urgency of ...

Supporting Children of Incarcerated Parents - MN Dept. of Health

An estimated 1 out of 6 youth in Minnesota have an incarcerated or previously incarcerated parent, making parental incarceration one of the ...

Kinship Care Families: Navigating the Incarceration of a Parent

As primary caregivers, kinship caregivers will have to decide the best level of communication between the incarcerated parent and child. In addition, it may be ...

Supporting Kids of Incarcerated Parents | Center for Healthy Minds

In the United States, more than 5 million children – 1 in 14 – have incarcerated parents. As a result, coping with the effects of having an incarcerated ...

Children of Incarcerated Parents | National Institute of Corrections

The arrest of a parent can be traumatic for many children. As noted in a comprehensive review of research on children with incarcerated parents, “The arrest ...

For Caregivers: Helping Children of Incarcerated Parents.

Most children benefit from maintaining healthy relationships with their parents, and this remains true when a parent is incarcerated. Yet caregivers of ...

Cut Off From Caregivers: The Children of Incarcerated Parents in ...

Cut Off From Caregivers: The Children of Incarcerated Parents in Louisiana ... An estimated 94,000 children in Louisiana have a parent who is ...

LA Informational Handbook for Caregivers of Children with Parents ...

In Louisiana, parental incarceration or imprisonment affects about 1 out of every 12 children. 2 During this difficult time, children need to know their ...

Support Children of Incarcerated Parents by Supporting Their ...

Caregivers may struggle with nurturing CIPs who are often traumatized by losing a parent to jail. Caregivers are also often CIPs' grandparents ...

Caregivers, Superheroes & Silver Linings. This Guidebook will take ...

Children of Incarcerated Parents: Caregivers, Superheroes, and Silver Linings, provides a focused guide about parental incarceration that ...

A Developmental Perspective on Children With Incarcerated Parents

Compared with fathers, mothers are more likely to live with their children before incarceration and report more adverse experiences, mental ...

A Caregivers Guide - CT Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative

This booklet is designed to help moms, dads and caregivers answer children's questions about jail ... When a parent or caregiver is incarcerated, children may ...

Resources for Children of Incarcerated Parents | Rainbows

Incarceration can significantly alter a family structure and a child's expectations for the future. For children who live with another relative, the absence of ...

Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents | Request PDF

Request PDF | Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents | With rising attention toward the plight of children with incarcerated parents, there has, ...

Supporting Meaningful Parent-Child Connections

... Children and Families of the Incarcerated. The document inculcates tips for preparing children, parents, and caregivers for visiting in jail or prison. Or ...

CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP: - COIPP

Our members felt that serving the parent is part of a three-way connection—the child, the caregiver, and the incarcerated parent. All three must benefit from ...