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    This document discusses foster care and the impact of parental incarceration on children. It notes that over 2.7 million US children have an incarcerated parent and 690,000 are in the foster care system. Maintaining the parent-child bond is important for children's well-being. The research question asks how high school students can help kids whose parents are incarcerated maintain this bond, whether in foster care or other living situations. The proposed solution is to hold a holiday party at a correctional facility, providing gifts from incarcerated parents to their children to strengthen family connections during a celebratory event. Fundraising through GoFundMe and community outreach are part of the action plan. The goal is to reunite families and

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    This document discusses foster care and the impact of parental incarceration on children. It notes that over 2.7 million US children have an incarcerated parent and 690,000 are in the foster care system. Maintaining the parent-child bond is important for children's well-being. The research question asks how high school students can help kids whose parents are incarcerated maintain this bond, whether in foster care or other living situations. The proposed solution is to hold a holiday party at a correctional facility, providing gifts from incarcerated parents to their children to strengthen family connections during a celebratory event. Fundraising through GoFundMe and community outreach are part of the action plan. The goal is to reunite families and

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    This document discusses foster care and the impact of parental incarceration on children. It notes that over 2.7 million US children have an incarcerated parent and 690,000 are in the foster care system. Maintaining the parent-child bond is important for children's well-being. The research question asks how high school students can help kids whose parents are incarcerated maintain this bond, whether in foster care or other living situations. The proposed solution is to hold a holiday party at a correctional facility, providing gifts from incarcerated parents to their children to strengthen family connections during a celebratory event. Fundraising through GoFundMe and community outreach are part of the action plan. The goal is to reunite families and

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    Foster Children and Incarcerated Parents

    Brooke Peterman, Ryan Kern, Emmy Francell, Brittney Lopez, Emily


    Steele
    Foster Care Globally
    Number of orphans:

    ● Asia- 60 million
    ● Africa- 52 million
    ● Central America- 10 million
    ● Europe- 7.3 million

    In all of this research we found that it is universally decided that


    the child is better off in a family setting
    Foster Care Locally
    ● 690,000 children in the U.S foster care system.
    ● Taxpayers spending $22 billion a year.
    ● Up to $40,000 a year on each child.
    ● Average stay: A year and a half.
    ● 2.7 million children in the United States have an
    incarcerated parent.
    ● In Texas, 30,000 kids are in the foster care
    system.
    Why Are Children Placed into Foster Care?
    ● Neglect
    ● Abuse
    ● Illness or death of a parents
    ● Drug Abuse
    ● Incarceration
    Important to recognize the reasons why children are in foster care and potential
    mental health issues that could have arisen from their previous situations
    Children Who Have an Incarcerated Parent
    ● First thing that happens when a parent is taken into custody:
    ○ What is best for the child
    ○ What is best for the caregiver
    ● Parental rights are not automatically revoked:
    ○ Age of child
    ○ Magnitude of crime
    ● Long term effects on child:
    ○ Abandonment
    ○ Resentment
    ○ Like parent like child
    Research Question
    How can we as high school students help kids whose parents are
    incarcerated maintain a bond with their parents, whether they
    are in the foster care system or they are in another living
    situation?
    Research to Take Action
    ● Initially we knew we were interested in foster care
    ● Kids with incarcerated parents are more likely to struggle
    with anxiety, drug abuse, or even get incarcerated themselves
    ● Many sources point towards the
    importance of the connection between
    a foster kid and their relatives
    Where Did Our Idea Come From?
    We first started off brainstorming, trying to decide
    between working with animals or people.

    As a group, we decided that we wanted to work with


    people in order to solve an issue in our community.

    Foster children became our main focus which is when


    Ms. Wroblewski gave us a direction and a contact.
    What We Plan To Do
    ● Holiday party for children and their parents at
    Travis County Correctional Complex (TCCC)
    ● A place for children to celebrate the holidays with
    their families
    ● Provide individualized gifts for each child (from
    their parent)
    What We Specifically Have To Do?
    ● Raise money through GoFundMe
    ● Visit Travis County Correctional Complex
    ● Buy Christmas presents for the children
    ● Decorate Correctional Complex
    ● Provide food for the event
    How Will We Communicate?
    Main Target Audience: High school parents or adults who are affected by foster care

    - Sympathize with the topic


    - Easy to communicate with

    Alternate Audiences:, AGS students

    - Students usually don’t have much money, but are easy to communicate with

    Resources Used to Communicate: social media platforms (primarily FaceBook), email,


    GoFundMe, and our website (https://capstone4kids.weebly.com/)
    Why Is This The BEST Course of Action?
    ● Reunites families
    ● Creates meaningful memories
    ● Help children experience a sense of normality
    ● Proves to other correctional facilities that this is beneficial
    ● Provides an opportunity to strengthen a parent and child's
    bond
    Questions!?

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