Families’ experiences of housing and housing supports within the context of parental incarceration

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: Jan. 2, 2025

Abstract Rates of parental incarceration and family homelessness continue to rise in the United States, many families experience both these risks concurrently. Both independently relate negative outcomes for children families, with numerous studies documenting families’ experiences each risk independently. Despite increased experiencing co‐occurring housing instability, little is known about within this complex context risk. This qualitative study explores currently incarcerated parents’ their children's at‐home caregivers’ perceptions instability during year prior parent's current incarceration. Through semi‐structured interviews 16 jailed parents caregivers, describe perception themselves identify challenges support they encountered. Using multiperspectival interpretative phenomenological analysis, emerging group experiential themes clustered four overarching constructs: parent/caregiver‐focused, child‐focused, family‐level, exosystem‐level experiences. Overall, descriptions capture complexity cascading experiences, impacts permeating through system. Implications programming policies addressing are addressed.

Language: Английский

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Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Accessibility of Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Research with Children and Families: A Conversation with Researchers, Participants, and Community Collaborators

Mindfulness, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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