Renewal of federal home
visiting program is vital because 200,000 women are behind bars, and almost
two-thirds of the women in state prisons are mothers
WHO: Salt Lake City Police
Chief Chris Burbank
Salt Lake County
District Attorney Sim Gill
Kami Peterson, Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor for the
Salt Lake County Health Department
WHAT: Release
of a new report, “Orange is Not Your Color,” that documents the impact of
voluntary home visiting programs for expectant and new mothers who live in
poverty.
These programs bring trained nurses or other trained mentors
into the women's homes to help them understand their children's emotional
needs, make their homes safe for children, and respond appropriately to
stressful parenting situations to reduce child abuse and neglect. The report
documents the significant impact voluntary home visiting can have on reducing
incarceration of women and their daughters.
Citing a 600 percent
rise in the incarceration of women during the past
three decades, 65 Utah law enforcement leaders are among the more than
1,000 police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors have signed a letter urging Congress
to renew the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program,
which funds home visiting in Utah and around the nation.
WHERE: Salt
Lake City Public Safety Building, 475 S. 300 E., Salt Lake City
801 799 3000
WHEN: Tuesday, December 2, 11
a.m.
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