Child Access and Visitation Programs: Promising Practices
click to downloadThis report is a compilation of papers prepared as part of a task order to examine the federal Access and Visitation (AV) Grant program as it is being implemented in the states. Previous data collection efforts have given the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) a picture of the scale and scope of the activities funded by the grant program, but not the details about how the various state programs operate. This task order was designed specifically to identify and document some promising and innovative models of service delivery and inter-agency collaboration. This report includes papers on six issues that have not been widely discussed or evaluated in prior research:
• Programs that work primarily with IV-D populations, including low income and never married populations,
• Programs that work with high conflict families,
• Programs that work with incarcerated parents,
• Programs providing services to enforce visitation orders,
• Programs working with faith-based organizations, and
• Programs serving rural areas.
Issue(s): Child Support, Father Engagement & Healthy Relationships
Focus Area(s): Family-Centered Interventions, Parenting Time & Co-Parenting
Keyword(s): faith-based organizations, high conflict families, incarcerated parents, IV-D populations, never-married population, rural areas