Lab Resources and News

Resources

Caregiver & Child Community Resources Packet.
This packet provides community and county resources that can help when caring for and raising a child. Topics covered include parenting classes, food pantry information, and child care options.

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Context's article.
Policy Brief: Improving Communication Access for Children with Incarcerated Parents

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News

September 2023

Madison WKOW publishes an article regarding the Child Friendly Visits program the Dane county jail entitled "Contact visits at Dane County Jail connect parents, kids." 

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September 2022

PhD student Jacque Buck is selected for the Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) program!

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August 2022

The Wisconsin Public Radio releases the article "Brown County Jail launches reading program to connect incarcerated parents with their kids" covering the Making Reading Memories project and its impact on families. 

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August 2022

Local Green Bay news station posts the article "Brown Co. inmates create memories with their children through reading program" describing the Making Reading Memories project.

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April 2022

Lab members Jasmyne Short and Gene Grade each present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Dr. Charles receives the University of Wisconsin-Madison Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities.

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April 2022

Lab member Jasmyne Short hosts the first event "Alternatives to Incarceration" for the UW-Madison Criminal Justice Reform Network in collaboration with MOSES and the Criminal Justice Reform Action Team.

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August 2021

Dr. Charles  attends The National Institute of Corrections in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and presented "Building Partnerships & Innovative Practices" as part of an ongoing webinar series from the Family Connections Project.

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June 2020

The Cap Times spotlights work that the lab is doing in the Dane County Jail in their article, “Reaching out to dads in jail: Fathers and children do better when parental identity is supported”.

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April 2020

Dr. Charles is announced as co-lead of the Promote Smart Decarceration Grand Challenge.

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January 2020

Dr. Charles organizes a symposium at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference entitled, “Advancing the Goals of Smart Decarceration: Lessons from an Examination of Policies That Affect Individuals with Criminal Justice Involvement”.

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October 2019

Dr. Charles presents at the Wisconsin Legislative Children’s Caucus at the Wisconsin State Capitol in a presentation entitled, “Supporting incarcerated parents and their children: Use of evidence from Parenting Inside Out to inform research and practice efforts in Wisconsin”.

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September 2019

BSW Candidate and lab member Layne Wetherbee wins the Bascom Hill Society Scholarship.

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July 2018

Wisconsin State Journal article, “Cycles of incarceration hit African Americans, children especially hard” highlights the need for work that the lab is doing in supporting fathers incarcerated at the Dane County Jail.

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