Child Welfare: More Information & Collaboration Could Promote Ties Between Foster Care Children & Their Incarcerated Parents. GAO-11-863
September 26, 2011 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued recommendations regarding the ties between foster care children and their incarcerated parents. GAO recommended the Department of Health and Human Services to identify ways to strengthen the completeness of state-reported data and to systematically increase awareness for state and local child welfare agencies about available resources for foster care children with incarcerated parents. GAO recommended the Department of Justice to promote activities that would assist state and local corrections agencies share promising practice for the children in these situations and to develop protocols for facilities regarding offenders who have children . . .
