Learn about why it is important to visit and join us in using humanizing language by saying "visits" rather than "visitation."
Recommendations for how to make virtually visiting an incarcerated parent smoother for everyone in the process.
Best practices for supporting parent-child visiting in prisons and jails.
Youth driven recommendations from New York’s first ever listening session on how to support children of incarcerated parents.
Young people share recommendations for supporting them in educational settings.
Tips for ensuring youth share their personal experiences with purpose while being supported.
Anne E. Casey Foundation
Recommendations
to guide the field in better attending to the needs of
children of incarcerated parents in the child welfare
system.
Policy Analyst and Advocate, Isabel Coronado shares her personal perspective about the need for law enforcement to safeguard children of arrested parents.
International Association of Chiefs of Police Model Policy and training resources for safeguarding children of arrested parents.
Guidance for developing Child Sensitive Arrest Procedures in accordance with New York State Law.
Evidence-based strategies to reduce trauma, support families, and improve outcomes for children of incarcerated parents.
Use person first language when speaking of and with people with carceral systeminvolvement and their families.
Research finds that most children of incarcerated parents thrive when supported, and are not destined to be incarcerated.
Factsheets and statistics about incarcerated mothers and their children.
Recommendations for how to improve the lives and outcomes of children who have justice involved parents.
