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Caregivers and Their Children

A resource that explores pretrial practices and policies that support system-involved caregivers to minimize harm and disruption to families and children.

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This brief outlines policies and practices that prioritize caregivers and support families staying together, giving pretrial professionals strategies for their everyday interactions with primary caregivers. It describes actions to avoid pretrial detention driven by poverty, rather than community safety. Using targeted, culturally informed practices to strengthen families, the brief can help pretrial systems focus on achieving better pretrial outcomes for people and communities.

Download the brief by clicking the button to the right.