Leaving incarceration and returning home (i.e., reentry) affects individuals and their families; 90% of individuals releasing from prison rely on family for critical reentry supports. Although positive family support during this period is empirically linked to an individual’s success, providing support can place a substantial emotional, social, and fiscal toll on family units. Without intervention, positive family support may deteriorate or become negative. This article presents the theoretical and empirical grounding for creating family-focused reentry interventions which target the family members of individuals leaving incarceration to improve the outcomes of both the re-entering individual and the family unit. This article then proposes a family skills training intervention Support4Families, and describes the evidence-driven intervention components of Support4Families. The intervention was developed using preliminary social support research and feedback from family members of formerly incarcerated individuals. Current testing and future research agenda of family support interventions in reentry are also explored.

离开监禁并返回家园（即再入境）会影响个人及其家庭；从监狱释放的个人中有90％依靠家庭获得重要的再入支持。尽管在这段时间里，积极的家庭支持与个人的成功有关系，但提供支持会给家庭带来巨大的情感，社会和财政损失。没有干预，积极的家庭支持可能会恶化或变得消极。本文介绍了创建针对家庭的再入干预措施的理论和经验基础，这些干预措施的目标是离开监禁的个人家庭成员，以改善再入个人和家庭单位的成果。然后，本文提出了一项家庭技能培训干预措施Support4Families，并介绍了Support4Families的循证干预成分。该干预措施是通过初步的社会支持研究和先前被监禁者的家庭成员的反馈而制定的。还探讨了再入家庭支持干预措施的当前测试和未来研究议程。