Children of Parents Incarcerated in Alameda County Jails KATIE KRAMER, MSW/MPH THE BRIDGING GROUP

Alameda County Overview o 2,007 people offered surveys o 1,134 people completed surveys  57% completion rate – “opt in” process o Jail Distribution  88% from Santa Rita  12% from Glenn Dyer o Language of Survey Distribution  95% conducted in English  5% in Spanish

Parent Participant Demographics (N=878)

Participant Demographics 878 of participants (77%) were parents or primary caregivers for child(ren) ≤ 25 years Average # children was 2 (range: 1-10+) Among parents / primary caregivers: ◦Average age was 31 years (range: 18-66) GenderLanguage(s) Spoken ◦90% male  93% English ◦9% female  17% Spanish ◦1% trans-male/female  0.6% Mandarin or Cantonese  6% Other language

Race / Ethnicity

Total Times Incarcerated Since Becoming a Parent 43% reported their own parents have been incarcerated

Parent/Child Information *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

Child Demographics (N= 1,781)

Child Demographics 1,781 Total # Children ≤ 25 years Average age was 8 years (range: 0-25) GenderPrimary Language o 51% Male  92% English o 49% Female  7% Spanish  0.1% Mandarin or Cantonese  2% Other language

Race / Ethnicity of Children

County Child Lives In (same county as participant) Bay Area, 74% (San Joaquin, 5%)

Person Child Lives With* *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

Child Demographics *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

Child’s Experience (N= 878)

Child’s Experience *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

Child Change Where Live? 28% of participants have children that had to change where they live because parent went to jail

Child Change Schools? 17% of participants have children that had to change schools because parent went to jail

Contact with Children (N=878)

Contact With Any Child? 73% of participants have contact with at least 1 child right now (74% for males, 69% for females)

Barriers to Having Contact *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

Barriers to Having Contact (Cont.) *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

Visits With Any Child at Jail? 35% of participants have visits with at least 1 child at the jail (37%* for males, 19%* for females) *p<0.05 comparing male and female participants

How to Support Visits?

Reconnecting After Release 96% of participants planned to reconnect with at least 1 child after their release

Additional Support for Child?

Additional Support? (Cont.)