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Youth At-Risk of Homelessness: Design for an Impact Study of “Pathways to Success”
A Coach-Like Case Management Program for Youth and Young Adults in Foster Care: Preventing homelessness among young people who have been involved in the child welfare system remains an urgent issue for child welfare policymakers and practitioners. Housing stability is essential for achieving self-sufficiency and promotes health and well-being, particularly during the transition to adulthood. Read More
Issue(s): Child Welfare
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Public Benefits Programs
Author(s): M.C. (Cay) Bradley, Menbere Shiferaw, Russell Cole
Integrating Family Voice into 2Gen Program Design
The Generational Opportunities to Achieve Long-Term Success program (GOALS), takes a two-generation (2Gen) approach to improve the overall wellbeing of families experiencing homelessness by enhancing self-sufficiency through residentially-based whole family services (parent, child and family). GOALS serves families primarily from the City of Aurora, Colorado, and Arapahoe County, Colorado, who are eligible for or currently Read More
Issue(s): Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Public Benefits Programs
Author(s): Anne Bryne, Lanae Davis, Savahanna Matyasic
Colorado Early Intervention and Simplified Modification Project – Final Report
Final report submitted to the Colorado Department of Human Service’s Division of Child Support Enforcement. Findings include strategies for early intervention and recommendations for simplifying modification procedures. Conducted in Denver and Pueblo, two large urban counties, Colorado’s Section 1115 demonstration grant aimed to improve child support payments and reduce arrears by utilizing early intervention strategies Read More
Where to Find Young Men – Child Support Quarterly
Child support agencies struggle to find ways to reach young men and communicate with them about paternity and child support before they become embroiled in the child support system. The outreach efforts conducted to date at hospitals and birthing centers, prenatal programs, and WIC programs, are typically sparsely attended by men (See companion article, “Outreaching Read More
Issue(s): Economic Security & Healthcare, Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs, Healthcare, Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): paternity, pregnancy prevention
Building Assets for Fathers and Families in Tennessee
Building Assets for Fathers and Families Initiative in Tennessee (BAFF) aimed to improve the economic stability of low‐income families in the child support system by engaging noncustodial parents (NCPs) in financial education, savings activity, and asset‐building activities. Conducted in Shelby County, Tennessee (Memphis), during November 2011 to December 2013, the key project partners were the Tennessee Department of Human Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Family-Centered Interventions, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): financial education
Framing the Future of Economic Security Evaluation Research for the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network
This brief, written for the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network, offers a set of recommendations about how to build knowledge on effective programs and policies to improve the economic condition of disadvantaged fathers. After an introductory section, the brief begins with a short summary of findings from key past evaluations of employment-oriented programs for fathers or, in Read More
Issue(s): Economic Security & Healthcare, Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): development, disadvantaged, education, employment, parenting
Toolkit: Workforce Programs for Child Support Populations
This toolkit provides a step-by-step guide to establishing a workforce program for unemployed or underemployed, low-income noncustodial parents (NCPs) in the child support system. It is intended for use by child support agencies interested in developing workforce programs for NCPs who have employment problems and are consequently unable to pay their child support obligations.
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): case management, communication, employment, workforce
Integrating Workforce Strategies with Child Support Services
The State of Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Support Division (CSD) was awarded a strategic planning grant (#90FD0177) from the U.S. Department of Human Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in September 2011. The project, titled “Integrating Workforce Strategies with Child Support Services,” was a strategic planning effort designed to engage multiple agencies in a collaborative process Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Program Innovations, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Evaluation of the Tennessee Parent Support Program
In October 2009, the Tennessee Department of Human Services (DHS) was awarded a grant from the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to develop, implement, and evaluate a program providing employment, parenting time, and case management services to low‐income, unwed parents in the child support program in three Tennessee judicial districts: the 11th (Chattanooga), 20th (Nashville), and 26th Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Project Return Family Ties Evaluation
The Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Support Division (CSD) was one of seven states to receive a grant from the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in 2009 to conduct a project in support of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI), a collaborative effort by federal agencies to reduce recidivism by helping returning offenders find work and access other critical Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Prisoner Re-Entry Programs, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes