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Improving Economic Mobility through Child Support: Opportunities for Future Research

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This two-pager presents knowledge gaps and research opportunities elevated during a national convening of child support and child poverty experts. The questions under each topic are opportunities where research can support child support program decision-making surrounding current issues elevated during the convening, though they do not cover the only important questions for study.

Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council FY 2023 Report to Congress

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As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Congress provided HHS with funding for the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council (CICC). The CICC is charged with fostering greater coordination and transparency on child policy across federal agencies and examining a broad array of cross-cutting issues affecting child poverty and child well-being.

Fact Sheet: Approaches for engaging fathers in child support programs

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Child support payments are associated with increased parent-child engagement, which can lead not only to better academic and social outcomes for children but also to better parent-child and parent-parent relationships. Moreover, child support payments lifted nearly three-quarters of a million families out of poverty in 2017.

Earnings and Child Support Participation Among Reentering Fathers

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A father’s incarceration can represent a serious threat to economic stability for his children and family, yet little is known about earnings and child support payments among justice-involved men over the course of incarceration and release.

Study of Fathers’ Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child Welfare Casework

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Prepared under contract to ASPE, with funding from ACF by: Freya Sonenstein, Karin Malm, and Amy Billing The Urban Institute

Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives

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Ten Key Findings from Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives February 2008 Prepared for: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Prepared By: Karin Martinson and Demetra Nightingale The Urban Institute

Enhancing Child Support Enforcement Efforts Through Improved Use of Information on Debtor Income

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Contents Background Summary of Findings Implications for State Child Support Enforcement Agencies Background The recently released National Child Support Enforcement

Marital Quality and Outcomes for Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Family Process Literature

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  Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships Marital Quality and Outcomes for Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Family Process Literature May 2009

Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children

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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities Effects of Parental Incarceration on Young Children Ross D. Parke University of California, Riverside K. Alison Clarke-Stewart University of California, Irvine December 2001

Incarceration and the Family: A Review of Research and Promising Approaches for Serving Fathers and Families

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The number of individuals involved in the criminal justice system is at a historic high. There are almost 2.3 million individuals in U.S. jails and prisons and more than 798,000 people on parole.

Characteristics of Families Using Title IV-D Services in 1995

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CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES USING TITLE IV-D SERVICES IN 1995 By Matthew Lyon May 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Data Source and Methodology Findings

NORC Final Report: Healthy People User Study

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Presented to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Presented by: National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago

Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America

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Contents Parenting Family Formation Fertility Conclusion The great majority of Americans will become parents at some point in their lives.

Assessing Child Support Arrears in Nine Large States and the Nation

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Contents Who Owes the Arrears? State Variation in Arrears How Collectible are the Arrears? Why have Arrears Grown So Rapidly? Actions taken by Study States to Manage Arrears Despite

Voices of Young Fathers: The Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration Projects

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Contents Key Themes and Findings Perspectives on Fatherhood and Family Functioning Perspectives on the PFF Program Experience Perspectives on Child Support Perspectives on Employment H

What About the Dads? Child Welfare Agencies' Efforts to Identify, Locate, and Involve Nonresident Fathers

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Contents Methodology Description of Nonresident Fathers of Foster Children Findings on Identifying Nonresident Fathers Findings on Locating and Contacting Nonresident Fathers Findings on Father Involvement

Implementation of the Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration Projects

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Contents Program Design Recruiting and Enrolling Participants PFF Program Services Implementation Challenges Lessons from the PFF Demonstration  

Nonresident Fathers: To What Extent Do They Have Access to Employment-Based Health Care Coverage?

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As part of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, Congress established a medical child support working group to identify barriers to medical support enforcement and to recommend ways to address them. This report is an effort to provide greater background on one such barrier  the lack of access by many nonresident parents to employment-based health care coverage.

Incarceration, Reentry, and Social Capital: Social Networks in the Balance

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From Prison to Home: The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities Incarceration, Reentry, and Social Capital: Social Networks in the Balance By: Dina R. Rose John Jay College of Criminal Justice Todd R. Clear John Jay College of Criminal Justice December 2001