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James Madison University. Dept. of Psychology (Harrison, VA)

Virginia Dept. of Social Services. Child Protective Services Unit (Harrisonburg, VA)

Published 2007. 24 pages.

This volume focuses on the "invisible population" of children who have incarcerated parents. Contents of this newsletter include:  "Children of Incarcerated Parents"; "Spotlight:  All God's Children Camp"; "Spotlight:  Girl Scouts Beyond Bars"; "Spotlight:  Mothers Inside Loving Kids (M.I.L.K.)"; Virginia's Picture -- programs for children of incarcerated parents, programs for incarcerated parents, prisoner re-entry programs, and research programs; "Spotlight:  Assisting Families of Inmates, Inc."; "Spotlight:  Kingsway Prison and Family Outreach"; "Virginia CARES"; "Spotlight:  Virginia C.U.R.E."; "Spotlight:  Opportunities, Alternatives, &amp;Resources (OAR) of Fairfax County"; "Spotlight:  Family and Corrections Network"; "Spotlight:  Greener Pastures"; "Spotlight:  Moms, Inc./Dads, Inc."; Kinship Care -- what it is, policies on kinship care, incidence of kinship care, how child welfare becomes involved, characteristics of caregivers, consequences of kinship care, a vulnerable population, challenges, children's perceptions of kinship care, and intervention; "Spotlight:  Virginia Kinship Care Initiative Statewide Task Force &amp;Information Network"; "Spotlight:  KinCare Program"; "CWLA (Child Welfare League of America) Kinship Care Best Practice Guidlines [sic]"; AdvoCare, Inc.; and additional resources.

Accession Number: 023021

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