Children & Families of Incarcerated Parents

Children and Families of Incarcerated Parents Support aims to provide information and technical assistance to parents, families, teachers, school administrators and the public, in order to improve services to those children with parents in prison.

Advisory Committee

The Children and Families of Incarcerated Parents Advisory Committee's task is to gather data related to children of incarcerated parents, identify programs to serve their needs, and eliminate policy (and other) barriers that prevent a child from receiving support.

Structure & Accountability Advisory Group

The Institutional Education Structure and Accountability Advisory Group provides advice, assistance, and information to OSPI and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) for the development of recommendations for a reformed institutional education system.

Institutional Education Funding

Title I, Part D of the Every Student Succeeds Act specifies that federal funds are allocated to state education agencies. Funding for the programs are used to provide services needed to make a successful transition from institutionalization to further schooling, training, or employment; to prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of school; and to provide them with a support system to ensure their continued education. Because institutional education is a part of basic education, the state also provides funding to the programs.

Review the 2020 Institutional Education Funding Model for recommendations including transitioning to a prototypical school funding model and providing funding for special education.

Meetings & Resources