Supporting Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers (US Dept of Health and Human Services, April 2010). Twelve programs around the country were funded beginning in FY 2007 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP) grant program. Research Brief #5, Parenting From Prison: Innovative Programs to Support Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers, describes the grantees’ challenge of finding curricula addressing the specific needs of incarcerated fathers. Many programs adapted parenting courses not specific to this population, and four grantees developed and implemented original curricula.



