Children of Incarcerated Parents and COVID-19.

In the May 2020 edition of this publication, I wrote a guest commentary entitled "In support of children of incarcerated parents." This commentary attempted to shed some light on the estimated 2.7 million minors - or one in 28 children - who are currently suffering the consequences of their parent's incarceration. Many more children have a parent that has recently been released from the correctional system. One in 14 kids will have a parent incarcerated before they are 18 years of age! Think about that - every classroom and every faith-based community in America likely has a child or several children who fall into this subgroup.