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Bringing Partners into the Picture: Family-Strenghtening Programming for Incarcerated Fathers
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Prepared for:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)About this Research Brief This brief describes the work of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP) grantees in delivering programming to the partners of incarcerated fathers. The brief documents services offered to partners; challenges encountered in enrolling and serving partners; and solutions grantees employed to meet these challenges. This brief was prepared by Tasseli McKay, Anupa Bir, Christine Lindquist, Elise Corwin, Mindy Herman Stahl, and Hope Smiley McDonald of RTI International, under contract to ASPE.
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Introduction
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Challenge 1 - Recruitment: Why Would I Be Interested in This?
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Challenge 2 - Retention: If I Were Interested, How Would This Work?
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Challenge 3 - In-Prison Programming: Going to Prison Isn't My Idea of a Good Time
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Challenge 4 - Services in the Community: I Forgot You Were Coming, Can We Reschedule?
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Conclusions
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Endnotes
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