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Peer reviewedGenty, Philip M. – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses issues for child welfare workers seeking to preserve the relationship between incarcerated parents and their children in the wake of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; the Act advocates swift separation of parent and child and placement of children for adoption. Discusses this public policy, suggesting strategies for permanency…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Criminal Law
Peer reviewedBlock, Kathleen J.; Potthast, Margaret J. – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses enhanced prison visiting programs that offer support for the mother-child relationship in cases of incarcerated mothers. Highlights the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program, which offers a solution to the problems of mother-child separation by imprisonment, traditional visiting practices, mother-child reunification, and permanency planning.…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedKatz, Pamela Covington – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses the needs of incarcerated mothers for child welfare services. Explores why working with women in jail and their children is within the scope of the child welfare system's mandate. Describes pressures on criminal justice and child welfare systems that prevent either from working effectively with these families; suggests a collaborative…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Correctional Rehabilitation
Peer reviewedPhillips, Susan; Bloom, Barbara – Child Welfare, 1998
Discusses the interdependence of criminal justice policy, welfare reform legislation, and kinship foster care in relation to the care of children with incarcerated parents. Explores the impact of these interdependent service organizations on these children, and discusses the characteristics of relative caregivers, their needs, and the support…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Criminal Law
