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.
Lab member Cece Babat is interviewed by PBS Wisconsin about her collaboration with The Crossing and Talik Akbar to bring a mobile prison cell to UW-Madison's campus to expose the negative consequences related to solitary confinement
PhD student Grace Landrum presented a poster about a study examining the association between parental incarceration and financial contributions to children.
Research Assistants Ava and Miranda, Jordan and Mia, and Grace present on the Parenting Inside Out and Making Reading Memories programs at the Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Dr. Charles presents on her Parenting Inside Out work in WI, an evidence-based parenting skills training program developed for parents experiencing incarceration.
Madison WKOW publishes an article regarding the Child Friendly Visit program at the Dane County Jail entitled "Contact visits at Dane County Jail connect parents, kids."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.