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Many responsible fatherhood program participants have incarceration histories (Dion et al. 2018). Evidence is growing that many men with incarceration histories have experienced trauma early in and/or throughout life, and that experiencing trauma may complicate their efforts to reconnect with...
Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic decline in youth arrests and a fundamental shift in its approach to youth justice. Recognizing the detrimental effects of incarceration on youth and communities, states and localities are increasingly embracing community-based...
In a phrase, the juvenile justice system can be successfully reformed if we reduce, improve and reinvest: significantly reduce the size and the number of youth in the system; thoroughly improve the conditions and services provided to a smaller number of youth who remain in the system; and use...
PACE Center for Girls is a Florida-based nonprofit organization that serves girls of middle school and high school age who are at risk of involvement with the justice system. Girls who fit this profile often face challenges distinct from those faced by at-risk boys: They are more likely to have...
The Office of Child Support Enforcement launched the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) demonstration to assess the efficacy of incorporating procedural justice principles into child support practices as a cost-effective alternative to the contempt process. In this...
American families are struggling with the costs of childcare—a key element in the ever-rising expenses associated with middle-class opportunity. Quality, affordable childcare allows parents who want to work to stay in the labor force, encourages the healthy development of young children, and...
The passage of welfare reform in the late 1990s was the final stage in a cultural shift away from expecting mothers to put childrearing first to putting work first. Most able-bodied adults are expected to work, but public and business policy have not made it easy for mothers—and fathers—to also...
Conflict among couples was examined following a transition to parenthood intervention to determine both short-term efficacy of the program and elucidate the process of change postintervention. A randomized clinical trial design was used to examine conflict in couples who participated in a...
According to The Boston College Center for Work and Family, one of the few organizations focusing on the changing role dads play both at home and in the workplace, the answer is a resounding yes. It recently found that fathers may experience as much or more work-family conflict than their female...
Autism Resource Center was made possible by a grant from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's Campaign for America's Kids (CFAK) and provides a myriad of resources on autism to families and service providers.
Autism...