CYP Now - Children with a parent in prison get timely help

Project speeds up process of identifying children affected by parental imprisonment to boost wellbeing and reduce the risk of intergenerational offending.

Charity Children Heard and Seen’s summer residential weekend break saw 194 families come together to take part last year

Operation Paramount

To identify and support children with a parent in prison

£29,450 for 2022/23 from Thames Valley Police plus wider funding for early intervention work via the Thames Valley Violence Reduction Unit. CHAS used core funding to support children identified by the project. CHAS's annual funding for 2021/22 was £371,270

More than 310,000 children in England and Wales each year are thought to be affected by a parent going to prison. Research suggests these children are at risk of significantly worse outcomes than their peers including an increased risk of being drawn into crime themselves or developing mental health problems.

However, there are currently no statutory systems in place in the UK to identify and support children when a parent is jailed.

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