There are five pillars of activity that will focus the Learning Community efforts to address the identified problems, including: providing evidence-based parenting education classes, building community coalitions and partnerships, providing staff and partner training, leveraging state agency partnerships, and implementing other model jail practices such as improving visiting environments and intake practices. Partnerships with schools and family home visiting will be established to increase services and parent-school contacts during incarceration.

Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family Connections (PDF)įive Focus Areas to Improve Jail Environment.

This project is designed to promote and expand services in local jails and communities to support incarcerated people and their minor children. Rebecca Shlafer Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails Goals and Objectives For more information contact Anna Lynn or Dr. Monthly meeting with county jails to learn best practices and share resources. The MN Department of Health and the University of Minnesota are partnering to facilitate this multidisciplinary Learning Community that engages partners at the state and local levels to help implement policy, systems, and environmental changes that benefit children of incarcerated parents and their families. The Minnesota Model Jail Practices Learning Community aims to improve parent-child relationships, reduce recidivism, increase child wellbeing, and improve public safety. MDH Initiatives to Support Families Impacted by the Legal System Minnesota Model Jail Practices Learning Community to Support Children of Incarcerated Parents

Jails can support families impacted by the legal system through policies, programs, and resources offered in the jail, and by connecting them to a range of community-based services to meet their needs.

An estimated two-thirds of adults in Minnesota jail are parents with minor children, most lived with one of their minor children before their arrest, and a majority are interested in participating in parenting education.

In addition, over 10.6 million people are admitted to a county jail each year, including individuals who are awaiting trial.

Among the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S., nearly one-third of them are incarcerated in local county jails.

Health and Health Care Utilization Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness and Parental Incarceration in Minnesota (PDF).Academic Outcomes Among Youth with Incarcerated Parents in Minnesota (PDF).Chemical Use Among Youth with Incarcerated Parents in Minnesota (PDF).Mental Health Outcomes of Youth with an Incarcerated Parent in Minnesota (PDF).

Minnesota youth with an incarcerated parent have increased risk of poor mental health and illness, substance abuse, and poor academic outcomes.An estimated 17% of youth in Minnesota have an incarcerated or previously incarcerated parent, making parental incarceration one of the most frequently reported Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) for this population (MN Student Survey, 2018).

Carlton county jail roster