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For those families that still have a means of communication with incarcerated parents during COVID-19 quarantine, we complied some helpful resources we have shared before all in one place so families can easily find games and activities that can be adapted for phone calls or email and some books that can be read at home or along with parents by phone/video.

RESOURCES

• A book list and other resources for children.

• Book list by age by the Prison Fellowship

• Sesame Street’s “Coping with Incarceration” and “Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration”

• SESAME STREET: INCARCERATION APP FOR ANDROID The Sesame Street: Incarceration app provides parents and caregivers with tools to help children ages 3-8 cope with the many transitions related to a parent’s incarceration.

• SESAME STREET: INCARCERATION APP FOR IPHONE/IPAD The Sesame Street: Incarceration app provides parents and caregivers with tools to help children ages 3-8 cope with the many transitions related to a parent’s incarceration

• Resources compiled by the Osborne Association

• Tip sheet “Supporting Relationships Between Children and their Incarcerated Parents,” with info by age from infancy up by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center