Sanders, Cynthia K.

Promoting financial capability of incarcerated women for community reentry a call to social workers / [electronic resource] : Cynthia K. Sanders. - pp. 389-409.

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.




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Collaboration, asset development, economic justice, education, poverty, social welfare

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