Abstracts for OCSE-Funded Demonstration Projects on Access and Visitation:
Awarded in FY 2004 & FY 2005
Colorado
Colorado Division of Child Support Enforcement
Parenting Time Project - Integration of Access and Visitation and Child Support Enforcement
Grant Number: 90FD0096
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 9/30/2004 through 02/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/2007)
Florida
Florida Department of Revenue and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida (Miami-Dade County) Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
Impact of Mediation on Non-Compliant Non-custodial Parents who Indicate Reason for Non-payment Relates to Access and Visitation Project
Grant Number: 90FD0099
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 9/30/2004 through 2/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/2007)
Georgia
Georgia Department of Human Resources Office of Child Support Enforcement
Integration of Access and Visitation and Child Support
Grant Number: 90FD0090
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 09/30/2004 through 02/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/2007)
Texas
Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Division for Families and Children
Ensuring Access, Encouraging Support: Testing Approaches to the Integration of Access and Visitation Services with Child Support Case Processing
Grant Number: 90FD0092
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 9/30/2004 - 2/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/07)
Tennessee
Tennessee Child Support Enforcement Division
"Testing Approaches to Developing Amicable Family Relationships Among Unmarried Parents."
This three-year grant responds to 2005 Priority Area 1: Reducing Intervention and Use of Adversarial or Formal Proceedings While Increasing Financial Security for Children Born Out of Wedlock. The grantee will work with the Administrative Office of the Court (AOC) to identify unmarried parents with access and visitation (AV) concerns and provide them the necessary services to enhance parental relationships, parent-child contact, and to avoid adversarial proceedings. A parenting specialist (PS) will be placed in each of three child support offices in Nashville, Chattanooga, and Jackson/Lexington/Henderson area, representing both urban and rural judicial districts. Unmarried parents with access and visitation issues will be identified and randomly assigned to either a low-level treatment (receive a packet of information and referrals) or a high-level treatment (in-depth needs assessment, case management, educational programs facilitated by PS, and other service referrals). A random assignment outcome evaluation will compare payment activity, paternity acknowledgement, established child support orders, and enforcement actions across the two treatment groups.
Grant Number: 90FD0108
Project Officer: John Jolley,
jkjolley@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 8/01/05 to 7/31/08 (Extended to 7/31/09)
Links to other Resources
DCL-07-07: A collaboration and Strategic Planning Guide for States:
Child Access and Visitation Grant Programs.
DCL-07-15: Child Access and Visitation Programs: Participant Outcomes
OEI-05-02-00300 Effectiveness of Access and Visitation Grant Programs