“…It increases the caregivers’ risk for social, economic and work-related difficultiese.g., reduced productivity, absenteeism), morbidity and premature mortality (Ballenger et al, 2001; Fawcett, 1993; Kessler, 2003; McTernan, Dollard, & LaMontagne, 2013; Reading & Reynolds, 2001). Their children experience academic, cognitive, behavioral, mental health, and peer-related difficulties from infancy through adolescence (Ashman, Dawson, & Panagiotides, 2008; Hair, McGroder, Zaslow, Ahluwalia, & Moore, 2002; Lewinsohn, Holm-Denoma, Small, Seeley, & Joiner, 2008; Riley et al, 2008; Rishel et al, 2006; Weissman et al, 2004). Among families who are part of the child welfare system, depression is associated with critical, harsh, and punitive parenting practices (Kohl et al, 2010, 2011; Lovejoy, Graczyk, O’Hare, & Neuman, 2000), child abuse and neglect (Bunger et al, 2012; Chaffin & Bard, 2011; Kohl et al, 2010; Thompson, Tabone, & Cook, 2012), and critically, loss of custody of their children (Park, Solomon, & Mandell, 2006).…”