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Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children
From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children Ross D. Parke University of California, Riverside K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine December 2001 [ Project Home Page | List of Conference Papers ]
Screening and Assessment in TANF/Welfare-to-Work: Local Answers to Difficult Questions
In 1999, HHS contracted with Urban Institute to conduct the Study of Screening and Assessment in TANF/Welfare-to-Work. The second phase of the study involved case studies of a limited number of localities to further explore how these agencies and their partners responded to the issues and challenges identified during phase one. This report presents the findings from the case studies. [108 PDF…
Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System
Contents Permanency and Reunification Trends in 25 States Reunification From Foster Care in Nine States 1990-1997: Description and Interpretation The Role of Race in Parental Reunification Casework Decision Making Permanency: A Balancing Act The Evaluation of Programs for Permanency and Reunification Summary
How Effective Are Different Welfare-to-Work Approaches? Five-Year Adult and Child Impacts for Eleven Programs
Contents Findings in Brief Background Program Approaches and Implementation Features Research Designs and Samples Five-Year Effects on Use of Employment-Related Services and Costs Five-Year Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults
Screening and Assessment in TANF/Welfare-to-Work: Local Answers to Difficult Questions
Terri S. Thompson, Asheley Van Ness and Carolyn T. O'Brien The Urban Institute December 2001 This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-99-0003 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the Urban Institute. The HHS Administration for Children and Families also provided funding for this project.
The Antisocial Behavior of the Adolescent Children of Incarcerated Parents: A Developmental Perspective
By virtue of their developmental stage, it is the adolescents of incarcerated parents who have the potential to have the greatest impact on society at large, and in this paper, we focus on the most powerful problem that they can exhibit, antisocial behavior.
Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children
For imprisoned mothers, one of the greatest punishments incarceration carries with it is separation from their children. As one mother put it, "I can do time alone OK. But its not knowing what's happening to my son that hurts most". As this quote suggests, when parents are incarcerated, "what's happening" to their children is a great concern. It is a concern for us as well. Our goal in this paper…
Prisoners and Families: Parenting Issues During Incarceration
This paper provides an overview of family matters during incarceration as one means of informing public debate and actions in this emerging area of social policy and practice. The problems that families face when a parent is incarcerated and the strategies they use to manage those problems are described. The relevance of the maintenance of prisoners' family and parental relationships to societal…
The Psychological Impact of Incarceration: Implications for Post-Prison Adjustment
This paper addresses the psychological impact of incarceration and its implications for post-prison freeworld adjustment.
Exploring the Needs and Risks of the Returning Prisoner Population
Much has and continues to be written and discussed on the topic of released prisoners. Finally, after three decades of unrelenting efforts by federal and state policymakers to incarcerate record numbers of men, women and children, there is new concern about the consequences of America's imprisonment binge on those incarcerated, their families and children, and the communities from whence they…
The Skill Sets and Health Care Needs of Released Offenders
This review updates the previous literature on what we know about inmate needs and the programs designed to address those needs. A more neutral terminology than inmate "deficits" or "needs" is used by referring to the different domains as "skill sets." A skill implies mastery and competence rather than a personal liability. Although this orientation to inmate skills is somewhat symbolic, it…
Criminal Justice and Health and Human Services: An Exploration of Overlapping Needs, Resources, and Interests in Brooklyn Neighborhoods
Presentation/slides of the topic. [PDF - 16 pages]
A Woman's Journey Home: The Effect of Incarcerat ion and Reentry on Children, Families and Communities
Over the past 25 years our knowledge and understanding of women's lives have increased dramatically. The new information has impacted and improved services for women in the fields of health, education, employment, mental health, substance abuse, and trauma treatment. At present, both a need and an opportunity exist to bring knowledge from other fields into the criminal justice system in order to…
Incarceration, Reentry, and Social Capital: Social Networks in the Balance
Reentry may be thought of as a community-level process when it occurs in high concentrations. The concepts of social capital and collective efficacy have been used to explain the production and maintenance of disadvantage and its consequences. This paper considers the implications of reentry for social capital and collective efficacy, through its impact on families and other neighborhood…
Services Integration: Strengthening Offenders and Families, While Promoting Community Health and Safety
Services integration necessitates the development of collaborations across public agencies, or between public and private organizations. Such collaboratives may facilitate service coordination using various mechanisms, including: centralized intake, assessment, or referral; increased information sharing, possibly using transparent or linked management information systems; cross-disciplinary…
Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System
Executive SummaryIn the 1990s, officials at the state and federal levels were concerned that despite state efforts and enactment of the 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (AACWA), the number of children entering the child welfare system continued to rise, and children lingered in foster care for an extended period of time. The Congress responded to these concerns with the Adoption and…
Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System: Mothers Making a Change Program
1. Introduction and BackgroundMothers Making a Change (MMAC) is a public program serving mothers with a substance abuse problem in Cobb and Douglas counties in Georgia. MMAC came to our attention during a discussion with the Foster Care Unit Manager in the Social Services Section of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in Atlanta.
Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System: Lucas County Ohio Community Development Department
1. Background InformationOhio's child welfare system is administered at the county level with supervision provided by the state. Of Ohio's 88 counties, 25, including the major metropolitan areas of Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo, have adopted the Annie E. Casey Foundation's reform initiative called Family to Family. Family to Family is a set of principles, strategies, and tools to confront…
Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System: Wraparound Service Program in Santa Clara County, California
1. Introduction and BackgroundIn recent years, California has reinvigorated its efforts to preserve and reunify families coming to the attention of its child welfare system through legislative initiatives that enable counties to implement a continuum of services and undertake a number of innovative programs. One of these innovative programs is the use of wraparound services to remove severely…
Assessing the Context of Permanency and Reunification in the Foster Care System: The New Jersey Natural Parent Support Program
1. Introduction and Background InformationThe Natural Parent Support Program (NPSP) is a publicly funded reunification program provided statewide in New Jersey through private contractors.(1) The program was brought to our attention by the Assistant Director of the Office of Program Support and Permanency. NPSP delivers intensive reunification services to families. It is the uniqueness of the…