Focus Area: Family Relationships

Timeframe Issues Personnel Information Sources
24 - 72 hours
  • dependent care responsibilities
  • need for placement of children with family members / caregivers
  • victim’s history and needs
  • child / family connectedness visitation plan
  • corrections intake counselor
  • community-based child and family services records
  • victim impact statement
2 weeks - 1 month
  • sources of family and social support
  • child / family visitation plan
  • child / adult welfare agency involvement and planning
  • child support obligations
  • need / eligibility for modification of child support order (where applicable)
  • strength / nature of family relationships
  • corrections intake counselor
  • community-based child and family services records
  • family members
  • victim impact statement
Ongoing
  • family connectedness / social support
  • quality and consistency of child / family visits
  • potential for loss of child custody (after 15 months of incarceration)
  • quality of relationship with children’s caregiver(s)
  • changes in expectations for life after release
  • corrections counselor
  • family services specialist
  • child-support enforcement office records
  • community-based child and family services records
  • institutional behavior records
  • victim impact statement
Prerelease
  • sources of family and social support
  • family’s service needs
  • protective social services issues
  • appropriateness of family reunification
  • need for victim and family member notification and information regarding release
  • corrections counselor
  • family services specialist
  • community-based child and family services records
  • family members
  • institutional behavior records
  • victim impact statement
Community Supervision
  • ability and willingness of family and community members’ to assist with reintegration
  • payment of child support obligations
  • appropriateness / need for family reunification services
  • domestic violence service needs (e.g., counseling, protective orders, and safety plans)
  • community corrections officer
  • family services specialist
  • victim services provider
  • community-based child and family services records
  • family members
  • victim impact statement