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Oregon’s New Tool for Parents in The Child Support System: The Interactive Parenting Plan
Oregon’s Interactive Parenting Plan (IPP) is the first comprehensive, interactive tool created to generate customized parenting plans. It is the result of a joint effort of many stakeholders, including representatives of the court, the child support program, the private bar, mediators, community organizations serving families with safety issues, and experts in the field of child Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Parenting Time & Co-Parenting, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): co-parenting, parenting time
Integrating A Two-Generation Approach to Child Support Services: Colorado’s Service Level Approach
In 2013, the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Support Services (CSS) underwent a name change from Child Support Enforcement to Child Support Services. Along with this shift in name, a shift in perspective and priorities took place. Child Support Services began a transformation in agency culture towards a family-centered approach. As part Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations
Author(s): Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): 2gen, child support, program innovations, two-generation approach
An Evaluation of the Oregon Parenting Time Opportunities for Children Grant: 1.Mediation 2. Interactive Parenting Plans
In 2012, the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement made “Parenting Time Opportunities for Children” (PTOC) grant awards to five states. The grants were intended to: …improve the financial and emotional support of children in the child support system by increasing safe opportunities for them to build relationships with both parents. The parenting time grants Read More
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): child support, co-parenting
Outreaching to Expectant and New Parents about Paternity and Child Support: Opportunities and Challenges
With nearly 40 percent (39.7%) of all births occurring to unwed parents, and unmarried parents making up over half of the child support caseload nationally (Pontisso, 2009), it is more important than ever for child support agencies to reach unmarried parents around the time of the birth of their babies to communicate important messages about Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Child Support Program and Parenting Time Orders: Research, Practice, and Partnership Project – Site Visit Report
Parenting time is typically not addressed for parents in the child support system. At the same time, parents who were not married to each other at the time of their children’s birth do not have easy access to family court services, pro se resources and/or staff support available to divorcing parents arising out of their Read More
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Rasa Kaunelis
Keyword(s): child support, parenting time
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
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
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
Policy Brief: Child Support, Parenting Time, and Safety Concerns
Child Support Program and Parenting Time Orders: Research, Practice, and Partnership Project OCSE has funded some demonstration and evaluation projects and grants in the area of parenting, and some states use funding available through the State Access and Visitation (AV) Program to support parenting time services for unmarried parents in the child support program. However, Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Rasa Kaunelis
Keyword(s): child support, parenting time
Massachusetts Parent Support Program: Final Report
The “Family Centered Services for Unwed Parents in the IV‐D Caseload” grant (90FD0141) was awarded to the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) on September 30, 2009. The goal of the project, which was known locally as the Parent Support Program of Hampden County (PSP), was to develop, implement, and evaluate a program Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services, Family-Centered Interventions, Program Innovations, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes, Rasa Kaunelis
Keyword(s): child support, co-parenting, unwed, workforce, workforce programs