“Are You Taking Care of Someone Else’s Child?”

Maricopa County: PDF downloads: English, Spanish
Pima County: PDF downloads: English, Spanish

Brochure of regional resources for new caregivers of CIP.

PDF downloads www.thepartnership.us/Youth/Stars.aspx

Arizona’s Child Abuse Info Center
Fact Sheet: Children of Prisoners
http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/ACAInfo/articles/childprison.htm

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Provides information and resources for agencies that work with families impacted by incarceration. http://www.cwla.org/programs/incarcerated/

Children of Criminal Offenders
FACSNET Reporting Tools
Explains issues relating to children of incarcerated parents.
http://www.facsnet.org/issues/specials/youth/johnston-kids.php3

Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org

Children of Prisoner’s Library
Provides educational resources including Facts and Issues, Materials for Caregivers, and Information for Health Care Providers.
Download at: www.fcnetwork.org/cpl/CPL101-Introduction.html

Family and Corrections Network (FCN)
Includes variety of resources such as the Children of Prisoners Library and Incarcerated Fathers Library.
http://www.fcnetwork.org/

Family Strengthening Policy Center
Provides variety of information such as, “Supporting Families with Incarcerated Parents” (Policy Brief No. 8, 2005).
Download at: www.nydic.org/fspc/

Independent Television Service
“When the Bough Breaks: Mothers in Prison”
Documentary depicts children’s daily lives and struggles to maintain bonds with their mothers.
http://www.itvs.org/whentheboughbreaks/mothers.html

Mother Jones Online
“LEFT BEHIND: Tens of thousands of children have a parent behind bars. What are the social costs of their loss?”
Describes economic and social impact of parent’s incarceration on children.
http://www.motherjones.com/prisons/index.html

National Institute of Corrections
“Directory of Programs: Serving Children and Families of Adult Offenders” (2005),
by National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.
Describes a large variety of CIP programs in each state with contact information provided.
www.nicic.org/NICPublications

State of Oregon
Online Resources for Children of Prisoners
Site lists a multitude of CIP resources, both national and international. http://egov.oregon.gov/DOC/PUBAFF/oam_links.shtml