Promoting Financial Capability of Incarcerated Women for Community Reentry: A Call to Social Workers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2016
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2016.1233161
Abstract
Female incarceration rates are increasing at unprecedented rates. The majority of women are poor single mothers, serving sentences for nonviolent drug-related and property offenses. Among challenges faced when transitioning back into society are a history of interpersonal violence and financial instability. This study examines literature with regard to the barriers women experience with an emphasis on financial struggles and explores outcomes of one initiative to begin addressing the financial capability of women in a minimum security prison. Findings reveal women benefited from the class experience. Social workers are called upon for additional financial capability programming and research in this area.
Copyright Statement
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, in Journal of Community Practice on 2016, available online at: 10.1080/10705422.2016.1233161
Publication Information
Sanders, Cynthia K.. (2016). "Promoting Financial Capability of Incarcerated Women for Community Reentry: A Call to Social Workers". Journal of Community Practice, 24(4), 389-409.