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Children in Out-of-Home Care With Incarcerated Parents
Resources and information about working with children in or at risk of entering out-of-home care whose parents are incarcerated, including State and local examples.
Children of Prisoners Library
Family and Corrections Network (2003)
Information sheets designed for people serving children of prisoners and their caregivers.
Information Packet: Babies Born to Incarcerated Mothers (PDF - 126 KB)
National Resource Center for Foster Care & Permanency Planning (2004)
Asserts that mothers who are able to parent should receive additional support services and specialized reunification plans.
Special Focus on Incarcerated Parents
Family Support America
America's Family Support Magazine, 22(3), 2003
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Focuses on incarcerated parents and describes some successful models for supporting families.
Transition Issues for Children of Incarcerated Parents (PDF - 481 KB)
Johnston
The Source, 13(2), 2004
Information about early and repeated parent-child separation, intervening with children of prisoners, and parent-child reunification.
State and local examples
Hard Data on Hard Times: An Empirical Analysis of Maternal Incarceration, Foster Care, and Visitation (PDF - 163 KB)
Vera Institute of Justice (2004)
Uses foster care data from New York City's Administration for Children's Services and criminal history data from New York State's Division of Criminal Justice Services to examine the criminal histories of mothers of children who first entered foster care in fiscal year 1997.
Keeping Children Safe When Their Parents Are Arrested: Local Approaches That Work (PDF - 2490 KB)
Puddefoot & Foster (2007)
Highlights successful protocols created jointly by law enforcement and child welfare services in California to serve children whose parents are arrested and identifies key strategies to develop collaborative approaches.
Mitigating the Ill Effects of Maternal Incarceration on Women in Prison and Their Children
WATCH
Child Welfare, 81(6), 2002
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Suggests Minnesota law be modified to exempt parents in prison from the termination time line and recognize the value of attachments between children and their incarcerated mothers.
Planning for Your Children: A Resource to Help You Plan for Your Children While You Are in Jail or Prison (PDF - 116 KB)
Incarcerated Parents Task Force, Shaening and Associates, Inc. & New Mexico Court Improvement Project (2005)
Provides suggestions to help parents talk to their children about their incarceration based on the child's developmental stage. The resource includes strategies for developing a safety plan and guidelines for selecting a caregiver.