Abstracts for OCSE-Funded Demonstration Projects on Access and Visitation:
Awarded in FY 2004 & FY 2005

Grant Number: 90FD0096
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 9/30/2004 through 02/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/2007)

Grant Number: 90FD0099
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 9/30/2004 through 2/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/2007)

Grant Number: 90FD0090
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 09/30/2004 through 02/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/2007)

Grant Number: 90FD0092
For Information Contact: ACFOCSEGrantsinfo@acf.hhs.gov
Project Period: 9/30/2004 - 2/28/2006 (extended through 2/28/07)

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)