Current as of:
In this section you will find:
- Evaluation reports of noncustodial parent employment programs operating in various states
- Summaries of programs that demonstrated strong child support and employment outcomes, highlighting lessons learned, describing funding sources, and providing local agency contacts
- Use the Child Support Evaluation Continuum as a framework to measure results and review evidence of program improvements
Evaluation Reports and Briefs
Evaluation reports and briefs of noncustodial parent employment demonstrations and programs operating in various states:
Families Forward Demonstration
- Connecting Parents to Occupational Training: A Partnership Between Child Support Agencies and Local Service Providers
- Final report for this Demonstration, which examined strategies to increase earnings of parents who owe child support but are unable to fully meet their obligations due to low earnings.
New York Strengthening Families Through Stronger Fathers Initiative
- NY Strengthening Families Through Stronger Fathers Initiative: Overview (PDF)
- NY Strengthening Families Through Stronger Fathers Initiative: Process Evaluation Report
- NY Strengthening Families Through Stronger Fathers Initiative: Final Impact Report
Texas NCP Choices
Arapaho County, Colorado — Parents to Work!
Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED)
- Highlights from CSPED Implementation Reports
— Summarizes key findings from the CSPED participant characteristics and final implementation reports - Highlights from CSPED Impact and Benefit-Cost Reports
— Highlights key findings from the CSPED final impact finding and benefit cost analysis reports - Report on CSPED Evaluation Participant Characteristics
— Describes the characteristics of participants in CSPED evaluation - CSPED Final Implementation Report
— Describes the implementation of the CSPED - Final Impact Findings from CSPED
— Describes the impact of the CSPED for those with past-due child support - Final Impact Findings from CSPED: Technical Supplement Report
— Provides details on evaluation design, data sources, analytic methods, outcome variables for impact of the CSPED - CSPED Findings from the Benefit-Cost Analysis
— Provides a benefit-cost analysis of the CSPED
Summaries of “What Works” in Employment Programs
Read summaries of programs that demonstrated strong child support and employment outcomes. These summaries show “What Works” in noncustodial parent employment programs. They highlight lessons learned during implementation, describe funding sources, and provide local agency contacts.
Child Support Evaluation Continuum
Use the Child Support Evaluation Continuum (PDF) as a framework for measuring results and reviewing evidence of program improvements.
Jobs Not Jail
Infographic (PDF) displays the cost-benefit difference between providing job services and jail.