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Families in Society: What Nonresident Mothers and Fathers Have to Say About a Mother-Only Coparenting Intervention
Coparenting between mothers and nonresident fathers is a consistent predictor of positive father involvement and is shown to have a direct positive impact on children’s behavioral outcomes. While many fatherhood programs attempt to improve coparenting relationships using father-only interventions, the information on their effectiveness is mixed. Couple interventions may be more effective than father-only approaches Read More
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Debt Compromise Programs: Program Design and Child Support Outcomes – Final Report
This Office of Child Support Enforcement Special Improvement Project was undertaken to examine the features of effective debt compromise programs and to generate empirical information on the outcomes they produce. To identify best practices, the Center for Policy Research (CPR) convened a two-day conference in June 2009 with representatives of eight states that have experience Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes, Rasa Kaunelis
Debt Compromise Improving Child Support Outcomes – Conference Summary
On June 15-16, 2009, staff of the Center for Policy Research facilitated a meeting in Washington, D.C. to discuss concrete issues that states and local child support agencies must address in the design and implementation of debt compromise programs. The meeting involved representatives of debt compromise programs in the following state and local jurisdictions: California Read More
Issue(s): Child Support
Focus Area(s): Core Program Services
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes, Rasa Kaunelis
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
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Focus Area(s): Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes
Including Fathers in Programs and Policies for Children and Families
The Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN) examined state approaches to supporting fatherhood programs and including fathers in state agencies, departments, programs, and policies that affect children and families. The goal of the investigation is to stimulate replication of effective approaches in state settings. Our review covered four large-scale federal grant or demonstration programs dealing Read More
Issue(s): Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): children, families, fatherhood, fatherhood programs, program innovations
The Whys and Hows of Process Evaluation
The purpose of an outcome evaluation is fairly straightforward. Conducting a rigorous outcome evaluation is not easy. Understanding the need for it is: Your funders, colleagues, and staff want to know if your program produced the intended results. It can be less obvious what a process evaluation will tell you or why it will be useful, but Read More
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Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): outcome evaluation, process evaluation
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
State Approaches to Including Fathers in Programs and Policies Dealing with Children and Families
This brief reviews some of the ways in which federal, state, and local initiatives in the U.S. have attempted to ensure that father involvement is reflected in programs and policies dealing with children and families. The examples provided are not comprehensive but cover much of the national activity that exists at the state level and illustrate the various ways in which Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Fatherhood Programs
Author(s): Jessica Pearson
Keyword(s): child support, fatherhood programs, healthy marriage
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