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To be considered for ISP-I plan development, the offender will have successfully attained Level 3 or the equivalent of the Community Corrections Program Matrix and achieved stabilization. Provide a residence plan for review, investigation, and approval. The offender is not authorized to financially commit to a residence of record until official approval is granted by the Division of Adult Parole and the appropriate Community Corrections Board.

Transitional housing may be considered on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by a Community Parole Supervisor. Movement to ISP-I will not take place before the investigative plan has been presented to the appropriate Community Corrections Board and the offender has successfully attained Level 3 or the equivalent of the Community Corrections Program Matrix. A referral will not be submitted for Community Corrections Board review unless stabilization has been achieved, as determined by the supervising Community Parole Officer and in consultation with program staff.

Inside Out Dads Inside Out Dads is a curriculum for incarcerated fathers that bridges the gap between the inmate father and his children. Through the program, inmate dads deal with their pasts in order to discover their futures—and the possibility that they can parent differently from their own, often absent, fathers.

Long Distance Dads The Long Distance Dads program focuses on parenting and relationship skills, and Fathers as Readers has dads' tape recording stories to send home for their children to hear. If being a good father is a challenge in the best of circumstances, it's particularly tough for men behind bars.

Such programs "can make a difference not just in the lives of children, but in the recidivism rate — keeping these guys out, and making them productive citizens. Conferencing is intended to assist inmates in maintaining positive connections with their children and to engage these parents with the teachers to support the academic success of their children. Partners in Parenting Partners in Parenting focuses on the identified concerns of recovering parents and encourages learning and skill-building in key areas such as parent-child communication, developmental expectancies, guidance and discipline, problem solving, and self-care.

The intervention contains materials for an 8-session structured workshop that allows participants to practice parenting strategies and discuss their experiences with others. Preparing for Release Preparing for Release is designed for inmates returning to a family type environment, and occurs at the institution within 6 months of release. Preparing for Release consists of four 4-hour sessions. Sessions 1 and 3 are with the inmate only, while Sessions 2 and 4 are with inmate and a family member.

Preparing for Release provides healthy communication techniques and boundaries for families to safely discuss their concerns and expectations prior to release. At the conclusion of Preparing for Release, each participating family will have developed a "Family Re-entry Agreement" that identifies and prioritizes the entire family's needs prior to the inmate returning home.

Then they practice reading it aloud and the reading is recorded. The recording and book are then sent to the child, fostering connection between children and their absent parent.

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Residential Parenting Program The Residential Parenting Program RPP allows pregnant, minimum security inmates with sentences shorter than 30 months the opportunity to keep their babies with them after giving birth. See the fact sheet to learn more about the program. Skip to main content. Enter your keywords. Benton About Experts. Daily Digest Headlines Events. Contact Log In.