Child Support and TANF programs work with many of the same clients and others, including noncustodial parents, who face similar and overlapping needs. Such needs may include increasing employment skills; removing barriers to employment; and…

This short 40-second video from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) shows how Cuyahoga County, Ohio partnered with OPRE and MDRC to explore using behavioral science insights to increase child support collections. The findings…

This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency contains a breakout session focusing on disconnected families--those in which adults are neither working nor receiving cash assistance. Panelists discussed the…

This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) describes efforts to support reentering fathers, such as: 1) efforts of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council; 2) partnerships with the National Child…

This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) reviews findings from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project as well as lessons learned and next steps for this work. The BIAS…

The federal child support program collects billions of dollars per year in child support payments and serves more than 16 million children and families. However, about 35 percent of child support obligations go unpaid each month and most child…

On March 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Dear Colleague letter to state and local courts to announce new resources. The purpose of the resources is to assist state and local efforts to reform practices for assessment of ability to…

The Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project, sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…

Children benefit from having involved fathers, but it can be difficult to quantify a father’s level of involvement. This study compares the amount of father involvement reported by mothers with what the fathers themselves report…

This PowerPoint presentation from the 2015 NAWRS workshop summarizes early lessons learned from the PACT evaluation, focusing on the process study of four Responsible Fatherhood programs.