Much has and continues to be written and discussed on the topic of released prisoners.
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Advanced SearchAssessing 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.
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.
A Woman's Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders and Their Children
From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities A Womans Journey Home: Challenges for Female Offenders and Their Children By: Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW Co-director, Center for Gender & Justice December 2001
Final Synthesis Report of Findings from ASPE "Leavers" Grants
Submitted by: Gregory Acs, Pamela Loprestwith Tracy Roberts The Urban Institute 2100 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Federal Project Officer: Matthew Lyon
Impact on Young Children and Their Families 2-Years After Enrollment: Methods: How Did We Study Impacts on Children?
OverviewChapter 1 addressed the question of why it is important to focus on the effects of JOBS programs on children. We turn now to the question of how child impacts were studied in the NEWWS Child Outcomes Study and, more specifically, in the two-year follow-up wave of the study.
Impact on Young Children and Their Families 2-Years After Enrollment: Why Look at Two-Year Impacts of JOBS Welfare-to-Work Programs on Children?
Overview Welfare reform policies are sometimes referred to as "two generational" because not only are the lives of the parents changed by government welfare-to-work programs, but the lives of the children are changed as well. At the most basic level, children's time use patterns and child care patterns are likely to change.
On Their Own Terms: Supporting Kinship Care Outside of TANF and Foster Care
Contents Characteristics and Service Needs of Kinship Caregivers Alternative Kinship Care Program Models and Services Lessons Learned about Designing and Implementing Alternative Programs Policy Implications