incarcerated parents & undocumented parents/caregivers

["john murray" <psychometre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Florida DFCS did a really interesting study on the benifits of maintaining 
mother child contact despite early termination laws. (laws coincidentally 
reflected average minimum sentences- strange that?)

Seems mothers who had some hope of children being returned, and regular 
visits had stronger and more successful relationships after release (I kid 
you not) and also vastly greater non recidivism rates (rehab anyone?).

another example of much needed and useful research that doesn't happen much 
in this field! looking for citation- but think around 1997.

cheers
John


From: "SusanDougherty" <susan.dougherty@sc.edu>
Reply-To: susan.dougherty@sc.edu
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers   
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: incarcerated parents & undocumented parents/caregivers
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 15:51:29 -0400

Oregon has a "Children of Incarcerated Parents Project" with a
web site at
http://www.doc.state.or.us/transition_project/children/welcome_chi
ldrens.shtml



 > Hello,
 > Is anyone out there familiar with folks working on
 > research/policy initiatives addressing incarcerated
 > parents and/or undocumented parents/caregivers in the
 > public child welfare system?
 >
 > Quarry Pak, MSW
 > LA County Dept. of Children and Family Services
 >


Susan Dougherty
The Center for Child and Family Studies
College of Social Work
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
susan.dougherty@sc.edu
610-328-4920



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