“Parents must meet their financial and emotional responsibilities to their children and we will help those struggling to do so”
Proportion of Children Visiting Their Nonresident Fathers in the Previous Year Urban institute (march 2002)– National survey of Americas Families - 1999
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Percentage of child support due paid – Texas Ensuring Access Project Reference OIG and OCSE studies on increase in child support when visitation addressed – and Ensuring Access project, random assignment study found significant impacts.
Parents care more about time than money VS Parents care more about time than money “We don’t do that here” = “We don’t care”
Child Support as “Navigator” Resources for staff to use in office
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Collaboration with access and visitation providers
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Provide Access and Visitation Services in house
It is public policy of this state is to: Assure that children will have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interest of the child; Provide a safe, stable and nonviolent environment for the child; and Encourage parents to share in the rights and duties of raising their child after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage. (Texas Family Code 153.001) Resources for staff to use in office
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