Podcasts Government NCSEA On Location Invisible Sentence: Recognizing, Supporting and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated and Returning Parents

Invisible Sentence: Recognizing, Supporting and Advocating for Children of Incarcerated and Returning Parents

Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 9 a.m.

Today\u2019s episode comes to you on location  from California and North Carolina.  Veronica Riley (Assistant Director,  San Joaquin County Department of Child Support Services) and Tammy  Pearson  (YoungWilliams) co-host Melissa Radcliff, the Program Director for Our  Children\u2019s Place of Coastal Horizons in Durham, North Carolina.  They  discuss how communities can support children who have an incarcerated or  returning from incarceration parent.  They  engage in a discussion about what it means for the child and their  parent who\u2019s been incarcerated and who\u2019s now coming home.  They talk  about barriers to re-entry, re-establishing relationships, what the  concerns are about child support, and what child support professionals should know about incarcerated parents and children of  incarcerated parents.