Explores the many challenges facing the child welfare system as it attempts to work with children with incarcerated parents. Covers permanency planning for children with incarcerated mothers, the impact of changing public policy on relatives caring for children with incarcerated parents, and facilitating parent-child contact in correctional settings. Other topics include earning trust from youths with none to spare, developing quality services for offenders and families, understanding the forces that influence incarcerated fathers' relationships with their children, and more.