Caregiver Resource
Resources for Talking with Children about Incarceration
Sesame Street Parent Tool Kit on Incarceration” Little Children, Big Challenges”
https://www.sesamestreet.org/toolkits/incarceration?language=en
Harris County Resources for Children and Families of Incarcerated People
https://www.harriscountyso.org/documents/JailInfo/Families%20and%20Children%20of%20Incarcerated%20People1.pdf
Travis County Sheriff’s Office Victim Services Unit “Child Sensitive Arrests: A Guide for Caregivers” https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.152.13/f7g.830.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/caregivers-guide.pdf
Texas Inmate Families Association https://tifa.org
The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
https://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu
Age-specific guidance http://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu/files/cipl201-caringforcip.pdf
Advice for caregivers
http://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu/files/cipl202- questionsfromcaregivers.pdf
http://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu/files/cipl204- tipsforcaregiversfromcaregivers.pdf
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services Tool Kit for working with Children of Incarcerated Parents https://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm?event=website.viewArticles&issueid=115§ionid=17&articleid=2856
When a parent goes to prison: A guide to discussing your incarceration with your children
http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/pdf/OTS/InmateFamilyResources/WhatAboutMe.pdf
Parenting Inside Out (providing evidence-based curriculum for incarcerated mothers and fathers) http://www.parentinginsideout.org/
Materials targeted toward educators and caregivers and a collection of resources for children http://www.parentinginsideout.org/resources/
For children in foster care
http://www.aecf.org/m/resourcedoc/aecf-F2F-PartnershipsBetweenCorrectionsandChildWelfareCollaborationfor ChangePartTwo-2001.pdf
Bibliotherapy Resources
Our Moms (Living with Incarcerated Parents) (Quniana Futrell, LLC , 2015) by Q. Futrell
Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family when a Loved One is Incarcerated (2017)
by Becky Birtha and Maja Kastelic
What Do I Say About That? (2015) by Julia Cook and Anita DuFalla | [ages 8-12]
The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail (Life’s Challenges) Part of: Life’s Challenges (1 Books) | by Melissa Higgins and Wednesday Kirwan [ages 5-8]
A Day I’ll Never Forget (2016) by Dana L. Cunningham Ph.D. [ages 9-12]
Broken Promises: When Parents Don’t Keep Their Word (Therapeutic Helping Kids Heal Activity Book Series) (2014) by Erainna Winnett
Love Beyond the Bars (2019) by Khalia Shalon Parker Preyer and Naafi Nur Rohma
Missing Daddy (2019) by Mariame Kaba and Bria Royal [ages 3-7]
Deena Misses Her Mom (Books By Teens) (Volume 20)
Part of: Books By Teens (28 Books) by Jonae Haynesworth, Jesse Holmes, et al. [ages 5-10]
Mommy’s Coming Home (Daddy’s Coming Home) (2020) by Dr. Latoya Lane Barber and Dr. Bahiyyah M. Muhammad
The Invisible String Workbook: Creative Activities to Comfort, Calm, and Connect (2019)
by Patrice Karst , Dana Wyss , et al.
Milo Imagines the World Hardcover (2021) by Matt de la Peña (Author) and Christian Robinson (Illustrator) [Ages 6-8]
Welcome Home: Mommy Gets Out Today (2015) by Jamantha Williams Watson [ages 8-11]
Visiting Day (Scholastic, 2002) by Jacqueline Woodson [ages 5-7]
The Year the Swallows Came Early (HarperCollins, 2011) by Kathryn Fitzmaurice [ages 8-12]
Ruby on the Outside (2016) by Nora Raleigh Baskin [Ages: Older Children (11+]
Harbor Me (2020) by Jacqueline Woodson [Ages: 11+]
The Same Stuff as Stars (2015) by Katherine Paterson [ages 10+]
What Will Happen to Me? (Good Books, 2010) by Howard Zehr
Mama Loves Me from Away (Boyds Mills, 2004) by Pat Brisson [Out of print, but used on Amazon]
Let’s Talk about When a Parent Is in Jail (PowerKids Press, 2003) by Maureen Wittbold [Out of print, but used on Amazon]