The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS, has awarded the Washington Department of Corrections a five-year, $7.5 million federal grant aimed at helping inmates with children transition back into society and be successful parents. Only five awards are set to be funded nationally.
“Incarceration doesn’t just impact offenders, it has deep impacts on their children too,” said Gov. Jay Inslee. “Helping these parents build and maintain a bond with their child can change the courses of their lives for the better.”
Offenders often face serious challenges upon release including unstable housing or homelessness, poverty, unemployment, mental illness, limited education, drug use and eroded family and social support. Most of them also are parents responsible for supporting and caring for children.
The Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility grant, awarded by the Office of Family Assistance, through the DHHS Administration for Children and Families, will provide funding for a range of services to incarcerated parents (both fathers and mothers) to both prepare them for release and then help build and sustain their success afterwards.
[For more go to http://www.governor.wa.gov/new...ntain-bonds-children]
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