§60553 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§60553 Addressing the needs of children of incarcerated parents

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— - Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters › Chapter CHAPTER 605— - RECIDIVISM PREVENTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ENHANCED DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTORING GRANT PROGRAMS › Part Part C— - Administration of Justice Reforms › Subpart subpart 2— - reentry research › § 60553

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General can use provided funds to gather information and make best-practice guidance for state prison systems and child welfare agencies. The goal is to improve how those agencies talk and work together to keep children of jailed parents safe and supported (including children in foster care or kinship care) and to help healthy parent‑child relationships for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated parents. The guidance must include ways to keep the parent‑child bond during incarceration, help parents improve themselves, and involve parents in planning for their children’s future. The Attorney General must share the guidance with states and other groups within 1 year of finishing it. Congress says states and others should use the guidance to improve coordination and support for these children and families.

Title 34, §60553

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(a)(1)From amounts made available to carry out this section, the Attorney General may collect data and develop best practices of State corrections departments and child protection agencies relating to the communication and coordination between such State departments and agencies to ensure the safety and support of children of incarcerated parents (including those in foster care and kinship care), and the support of parent-child relationships between incarcerated (and formerly incarcerated) parents and their children, as appropriate to the health and well-being of the children.

(2)The best practices developed under paragraph (1) shall include information related to policies, procedures, and programs that may be used by States to address—

(A)maintenance of the parent-child bond during incarceration;

(B)parental self-improvement; and

(C)parental involvement in planning for the future and well-being of their children.

(b)Not later than 1 year after the development of best practices described in subsection (a), the Attorney General shall disseminate to States and other relevant entities such best practices.

(c)It is the sense of Congress that States and other relevant entities should use the best practices developed and disseminated in accordance with this section to evaluate and improve the communication and coordination between State corrections departments and child protection agencies to ensure the safety and support of children of incarcerated parents (including those in foster care and kinship care), and the support of parent-child relationships between incarcerated (and formerly incarcerated) parents and their children, as appropriate to the health and well-being of the children.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 17553 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§60553 Addressing the needs of children of incarcerated parents

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Title 34, §60553

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