Eurochips News from Outside Europe

Cameroon - 21st November 2009

Children and Imprisoned Parents conference

Relais Enfants-Parents Cameroun (REPCAM) organized a two-day conference in June in Yaoundé entitled "Children and Imprisoned Parents." Some 120 participants attended the event, including a representative from the Justice Ministry, the director of Yaoundé Prison and prison officers.

Canada - 2005

Crime Prevention and Intervention

A seminar entitled "Prévention et l'intervention face à la criminalité" (Crime Prevention and Intervention) is being held 20-22 April, 2005, in Orford , Quebec .

United States - 24th July 2004

National Training Institute

The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents is holding its fourth National Training Institute on July 21-24, 2004 at the Western Justice Center in Pasadena , California . The training program will focus on recruitment, selection, screening, training and supervision of people who work with children of criminal offenders, including staff workers, mentors and other volunteers. It will underscore the Center's research and practical experience, highlighting its developmental approach to the issues. The event will also include two workshops for participants involved in mentoring children of prisoners: 1) Assessment & Screening of Mentees; and 2) Measuring Mentoring Outcomes. Trainers will include Denise Johnston, M.D., founding director of the Center, a child development specialist and a leading national authority on children of criminal offenders; Michael Carlin, coordinator of the FatherRight and Child Custody Advocacy Services [CHICAS] Projects; and Lynette Singleton, the Center's clinical specialist and coordinator of the MotherRight Project, which serves incarcerated mothers in residential, mother-child correctional programs. For further information : www.e-ccip.org or call Tamara Satterwhite at the Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents, 626-449-2470.

The Federal Resource Center for Children of Prisoners, in partnership with the National Endowment for Financial Education, the American Correctional Association, the National Institute for Corrections and the Women's Prison Association, have produced a publication entitled "Reuniting: Money, Family and You; A Guide for Women Leaving Prison." Focus groups were held with women under supervision and staff working with women to ensure a useful and user-friendly document. It contains information about finding a job, locating housing, and reuniting with children.

The document, slated for publication in late summer 2004, will be available free of charge. To reserve copies, e-mail alee@cwla.org. Shipping will be in boxes of eighty booklets. (For small, individual orders there may be a shipping and handling charge. For large orders, the shipping and handling may be free as well.) People are encouraged to order large quantities. For additional information : childrenofprisoners@cwla.org

United States - 13th August 2003

Children of Prisoners Library (CPL) begins at www.fcnetwork.org

The Family and Corrections Network in the United States now has a new on-line information source for people serving children of prisoners and their caregivers: the Children of Prisoners Library, written by Ann Adalist-Estrin, is available at www.fcnetwork.org. Information sheets can be downloaded, duplicated and distributed free of charge.