Research indicates that children who stay in contact with incarcerated parents demonstrate an improved sense of well-being and better academic outcomes.
She chose a platform of supporting and mentoring children of incarcerated parents.
She and her organization work to strengthen the rights of children living behind bars with their incarcerated parents.
Today, she has assisted more than 100 children of incarcerated parents.
These mentoring programs provide positive support for the child, the incarcerated parent and the caregiver.
The mission of the program is to connect incarcerated parents with their children through reading books.
Recent legislation has further impeded incarcerated parents', mothers in particular, ability to sustain custody of their children.
When in the children's best interest, regular, positive interaction between incarcerated parents and their children helps smooth the transition path.
The program was developed to assist children with incarcerated parents, hoping to prevent them from following in their parent's footsteps.
Hospital social workers find themselves tromping off to jail to get signatures from incarcerated parents.