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Colorado Rural Collaborative 2021-2022 Annual Report
The Colorado Rural Collaborative for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RC) was established in 2008 to collectively address the unique needs of rural runaway and homeless youth and the challenges geography poses for them to receive support and services. The RC is made up of seven partner agencies supported by blending and braiding resources to serve Read More
Preventing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Lessons from Tennessee
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) program funds intimate partner violence (IPV) primary prevention initiatives led by state domestic violence coalitions. From March 2018 to February 2023, the program funded projects as a part of DELTA impact. To be supported by DELTA impact, state coalitions had to Read More
Focus Area(s): Domestic Violence Program Innovations, Intimate Partner Violence
Author(s): Rachel Wildfeuer, Tara Prendergast
Hennepin County Child Support Video Interviewing and Client Referral Services
This report was published in 2001 and covers a wide variety of topics relating to child support, including evaluating the efficacy of various interview formats to illicit information about non-custodial parents (NCPs) and screening custodial parents (CPs) for barriers to cooperation, as well as collecting client and worker feedback about these processes and information on Read More
Author(s): Esther Ann Griswold, Jessica Pearson
Child Support Policies and Domestic Violence: A Preliminary Look at Client Experiences with Good Cause Exemptions to Child Support Cooperation Requirements
Background: This 1997 report gathers preliminary data for the Colorado Model Office Project (Grant No. 90-FF-0027, funded by the Office of Child Support Enforcement) about client experiences with good cause via interviews and a review of applications. The goal of the Model Office Project was to demonstrate the effectiveness of various innovations in child support case Read More
Author(s): Esther Ann Griswold, Jessica Pearson
Determining Youth and Young Adult Eligibility for Services: Grantee Tools and Processes
The Children’s Bureau, within the Administration for Children and Families (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), is funding a multiphase grant program to build the evidence base on what works to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults who have been involved in the child welfare system. This program is called Youth At-Risk of Read More
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Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis
Child Support and Child Welfare: Enhancing Agency Collaboration and Case Processing
What child support agencies share in common with child welfare agencies is children. Not simply children in the abstract, but often the very same children from the very same families — very often, poor families. When child support and child welfare operate entirely independently, the end result can be poorer outcomes for families. Vital information known to one agency may be missing at another. Absent parents who might be a resource for a child may not be located. Parents with children in foster care may receive child support in error and face the prospect of making repayments. Or, child support may never be established even though it would help the family to reunify and be self-sufficient.
Generational Opportunities to Achieve Long-Term Success (GOALS) Phase I Final Research Brief
The Generational Opportunities to Achieve Long-Term Success (GOALS) program provides comprehensive, residentially-based services to Arapahoe County families experiencing homelessness. Using a 2Gen framework, GOALS was initiated and developed collaboratively by Arapahoe County Human Services and Family Tree and is implemented through a partnership with Family Tree. The mission of GOALS is to effectively help families Read More
Rural Collaborative Basic Center Program 2021 Report
The Colorado Rural Collaborative for Homeless Youth was established in 2008 to collectively address the unique needs of rural runaway and homeless youth and the challenges geography poses for them to receive support and services. Namely, this means connecting Colorado’s network of Runaway/Homeless Youth and Child Welfare providers in order to serve youth in rural Read More
Focus Area(s): Foster Care & At-Risk Youth, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis, Savahanna Matyasic
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
The Relationship Between Child Support and Parenting Time
When child support guidelines were initially drafted, it was assumed that in most instances, the lesser-time parent would be the father, the father would see the children infrequently, and the father would have a higher income than the mother. Today, more custodial parents are male than before, the wage gap between mothers and fathers has Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Author(s): J. Thomas Oldham, Jane Venohr
Keyword(s): child support, Family Law Quarterly, parenting time