| Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research Contents About the Center The
Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research promotes and facilitates
university-community partnerships in advancing social welfare policies, programs,
and services. As an operating unit of the Jane Addams College of Social
Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Center engages faculty
in public service and research activities directed toward meeting the needs
of urban communities, especially poor families and children. The Center
conducts research and evaluation studies, analyzes public policies, disseminates
research findings, holds forums on important policy issues, and tests new
program models and service delivery strategies. Major Center initiatives
focus on social work, families, and the criminal justice system; child welfare
system development; and community based social services. The Center
maintains an extensive resource collection including research studies and
program literature, public policy reviews, organizational development models,
and original publications and training material in each of these areas.
Creasie Finney Hairston, Ph.D. Lori Crowder,
MSW Joseph Strickalnd Shelby
Hickman
The Justice Group, focuses on social work, families and the criminal justice system. Research projects of the Justice Group include studies on women’s transition from prison to community, violence intervention, and social connections, delinquency and antisocial behavior of teenage daughters of incarcerated mothers. Justice Group Creasie
Finney Hairston, Ph.D.
Recent Projects Formerly Incarcerated Women’s Recidivism and Reintegration in Illinois
A quantitative and qualitative examination of the extent to which demographics, family functioning, relationships, institutional experiences, offense history, and physical and emotional needs affect recidivism among female offenders. The study also examines factors associated with women’s successful community reintegrtation. Social Connections and Delinquency: Adolescent Girls Whose
Mothers Are Incarcerated Improving Outcomes for Children and Families of Incarcerated Parents
Examination of the unique needs and circumstances of children and families of incarcerated parents in order to discern research needs as well as pinpoint policies and practices that improve outcomes for children and families impacted by parental imprisonment. Jane’s House Evaluation Outcome evaluation of Jane’s House, a community-based alternative to incarceration for women and their infants born during mother’s imprisonment. Bullying in Four Chicago Public Elementary Schools Student Survey
Examination of the nature of bullying behavior among students in four public elementary schools in Chicago in order to develop and implement an anti-bullying intervention.
Exemplary Practice The Kinship Care Practice Project The Kinship Care Practice Project conducts research, develops training materials, and provides educational opportunities to ensure safety, well-being, and permanent homes for children through collaborative work with extended families. The project began in 1992 as a research and demonstration project funded by the Adoption Opportunities Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF). The project has received additional support through a subsequent training and curriculum development grant from ACYF, contracts with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, additional support from the Jane Addams College of Social Work and the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and in-kind contributions from many community and child welfare agencies. The 1992 research and demonstration project: (1) examined child welfare practice with children in foster care placements with relatives, and (2) developed a training curriculum based on practice principles that promote safety, well-being, and permanent homes for children. Currently the kinship care practice project provides training for supervisors, trainers, and child welfare practitioners, based upon this training curriculum. While
the kinship care practice project has focused primarily on families with
children who are in the custody of the child welfare system, research is also
being conducted that examines the protective factors in informal kinship care
arrangements, where the child welfare system is not involved.
Central West Case Management Unit Central West Case Management Unit is a community-based resource for older adults and their families, offering programs to enable older adults to live as independently as possible and assisting families and friends in caregiving responsibilities. This Program: • Provides quality case management services to frail, older adults living in Chicago’s west side neighborhoods. 
Selected Publications & Reports Available on-line Women Prisoners and Recidivism: Factors Assoicated with Re-Arrest One Year Post-Release. R.E. Bates. 2004. Family Connections During Imprisonment and Prisoners' Community Reentry. C.F. Hairston, J. Rollin, & H.J. Jo. 2004. Serving Incarcerated Mothers and their Babies in Community-Based Residences. C.F. Hairston, R.E. Bates, & S. Lawrence-Wills. 2003. Children and
Families of Incarcerated Parents: A View from the Ground. R.E.
Bates, S. Lawrence-Wills, & C.F. Hairston. 2003. Other Publications Altschuler, S. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Completing the evaluation triangle for the next century: Measuring child “well-being” in family foster care. Child Welfare, 78(1), 125-147. Anderson, G. R. & Gleeson, J. P. (1996). The kinship care forum. In Kinship care forum (pp. 3-6). New York: National Resource Center for Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work. Bates, R. (2001). Improving outcomes for children and families of incarcerated parents. Report to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Bates, R. (1999). Juvenile female offenders. One City (Summer/Fall), 26-29. Bonecutter, F. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1997). Achieving permanency for children in relative foster care: A training curriculum. Chicago: Jane Addams College of Social Work and Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research. Bonecutter, F. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1996). Broadening our view: Lessons from kinship foster care. Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 5(1/2), 99-119. Bonecutter, F. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1996). Broadening our view: Lessons from kinship foster care. In G. R. Anderson, A. S. Ryan, & B. R. Leashore (Eds.), The challenge of permanency planning in a multicultural society. New York: Haworth Press. Bonecutter, F. J. & Gleeson, J. (1996). Broadening our view: Lessons from kinship foster care. Journal of Multicultural Social Work [special issue]. Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Kinship care as a child welfare service: What do we really know? In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.), Kinship care: Improving practice through research (pp. 3-34). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Who decides? Predicting caseworkers’adoption and guardianship discussions with kinship caregivers. In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.), Kinship care: Improving practice through research (pp. 61-84). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Gleeson, J. P. & Hairston, C. F. (1999). Future directions for research on kinship care. In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.), Kinship care: Improving practice through research (pp. 281-313). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Gleeson, J. P. & Hairston, C. F. (Eds.). (1999). Kinship care: Improving practice through research. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Gleeson, J. P. Kinship care as a child welfare service: Emerging policy issues and trends. In R. Hegar & M. Scannapieco (Eds.), Kinship foster care: Practice, policy, and research (pp. 28-53). New York: Oxford University Press. Gleeson, J. P. & Mason, S. J. (1997, July). Implementing efforts to facilitate permanency: Influences on clinical decision making. Final report of short-term study submitted to the IL Department of Children and Family Services. Gleeson, J. P., O’Donnell, J., & Bonecutter, F. J. Understanding the complexity of practice in kinship foster care. Child Welfare, 76(6), 801-826. Gleeson, J. P. (1996). Review of Protecting children from abuse and neglect: Foundations for a new national strategy, by G. B. Melton & F. D. Barry. Social Service Review, 70(2), 330-334. Gleeson, J. P. Kinship care as a child welfare service: The policy debate in an era of welfare reform. Child Welfare, 655), 419-449. Gleeson, J. P. & Bonecutter, F. J. (1996, December). Engaging families to achieve permanency for children in kinship care. In Subsidized guardianship training manual (pp. M4-1-M4-20). Developed by the IL Department of Children and Family Services in cooperation with Human Services Technologies. Gleeson, J. P., Bonecutter, F. J., & Altshuler, S. J. (1996). Facilitating permanence for children in kinship foster care: The Illinois project. In Kinship Care Forum (pp. 7-24). New York: National Resource Center for Permanency Planning, Hunter College School of Social Work. Gleeson, J. P. & Philbin, C. (1996). Preparing caseworkers for practice in kinship foster care: The supervisor’s dilemma. The Clinical Supervisor, 14(1), 19-34. Goldbaum, C. (2002). Dialogues in Case Management. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois at Chicago. W. Oliver,
O.J. Williams, C.F. Hairston & L. Crowder. (2004). Prisoner Reentry and
Intimate Partner Violence in the African American Community: The Case for
Culturally Competent Interventions. Journal of the Institute of Justice
and International Studies. Hairston, C. F. (1999). Justice matters are family matters: Social work and the criminal justice system. NASW New York Chapter Update, 24, 2. Hairston, C. F. (1999). Kinship care when parents are incarcerated: Establishing a research agenda. In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.), Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Hairston, C. F. (1998). The forgotten parent: Understanding the forces that influence incarcerated father’s relationships with their children. Child Welfare, 77(5). Hairston, C. F. (1997). Family programs in state prisons. In A. R. Roberts & A. McNeese (Eds.), Policy and Practice in the Justice System (pp. 143-157). Chicago: Nelson Hall. Hairston, C. F. (1997). Forward in social work in juvenile and criminal justice settings (2nd ed.). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Hairston, C. F., Wills, S., & Wall, N. (1997). Children, families, and correctional supervision: Current policies and new directions. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois at Chicago. Hairston, C. F. (1996). Unlocking the prison cycle for women. The Keepers’ Voice, 17(4), 21. Hairston, C. F. (1995). Family views in correctional programs. Encyclopedia of Social Work (19th ed., pp. 991-996). Washington, DC: NASW Press. Kordesh, R. & Constable, R. (1999). Policies, programs and mandates for developing social services in the schools. In R. Constable, S. McDonald, & J. Flynn (Eds.), School social work: Practice, policy, and research perspectives (pp. 75-96). Chicago: Lyceum Books. Mason, S. J. & Gleeson, J. P. (1999). Adoption and subsidized guardianship as permanency options in kinship foster care: Barriers and facilitating conditions. In J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.), Kinship care: Improving practice through research (pp. 85-114). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America. Mason, S., Gleeson, J. P., Anderson, G., Carlberg, C., Adamy, D., Zimand, L., & Thompson, T. (1997). Case planning for children entering state custody as infants: Key informant interim report. Chicago: Jane Addams College of Social Work and Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research. O’Brien, P., & Bates, R. (in press). Negotiating the waves: Challenges in conducting in-prison and follow-up research with women. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work. O’Brien, P. (2002). Breathe deep, work for democracy, go making peace. Families in Society, 83(2), 120-121. O’Brien, P. (2001). Just like baking a cake: Women describe the necessary ingredients for successful reentry after incarceration. Families in Society, 82(3). O’Brien, P. (2001). Claiming our soul: A group model for empowering social work practice with women in prison. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 12(1). O'Brien, P. (2001). Making it in the free world: Women in Transition from Prison. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. O’Brien, P. (2001). Promoting reentry for formerly incarcerated women: Individual and community practice challenges. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. O’Brien, P. & Harm, N. (2001). Recidivism and reintegration: Two sides of the same coin. In R. Sarri & J. Figueira-Mcdonough, (Eds.), Women at the margins: Neglect, violence and resistance. New York: Haworth Press. O’Brien, P., Massat, C. R., & Gleeson, J. P. (2001). Upping the ante: Implications of the adoption and safe families act for relative caregivers. Child Welfare, 80(6), 719-748. O’Brien, P. (2000). Social work in the millennium. Families in Society, 81(1), 3-4. O’Brien, P. (1999). Breaking the destructive cycle of violence and criminal behavior. In G. J. Bensinger & A. J. Lurigio (Eds.), The female offender (pp. 35-41). Chicago: Loyola University. O’Brien, P. (1999). Mending family relations in the transition from prison to community. Family Corrections Network Report, Issue 21 (pp. 8-9). Palmyra, VA: Family and Corrections Network. O’Brien, P. (1999). Review of More than victims: Battered women, the syndrome, society, and the law, by D. A. Downs. In American Political Science Review. O’Brien, P. (1998). The value of parole supervision for women leaving prison. The Offender Program Report, 2(3). Petras,
D., Derezotes, D., Wills, S. (1999). Parent-Child Bonding and
Attachment: Rollin, J. E. (2000, April). Metropolitan Family Services, violence intervention project: First year report. Chicago: Jane Addams College of Social Work. Rollin, J. E. (2000, April). Metropolitan Family Services, violence intervention project: Quarterly report 1, year 2. Rollin, J. E. (2000, May). Metropolitan Family Services, violence intervention project: Quarterly report 2, year 2. Rollin, J. E. (2000, May). Carol Stream Police Department, Crime Analysis Unit project: Progress report. Wall, N. (1997). Policies affecting children whose parents are incarcerated. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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