2. What is “Supporting Parents Supporting Kids”?
Employment Supports
Parenting Education
Domestic Violence Protections
Expedited Child Support Services and Court Order Reviews
Intensive Case Management
State of Wisconsin Management Via Two Counties with
Individualized Models
5-year OCSE National Demonstration with 7 Other States
Participating.
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3. How Do We Find Participants and Obtain Referrals?
Contacts to Non-Custodial Parents (NCPs) with Current Support
Orders in Brown and Kenosha County Wisconsin Who are
Having Trouble Meeting their Child Support Obligations.
Enforcement Caseworker Recruitments are Critical. The Phone
is Your Friend!
Voluntary NCPs
NCPs Court Ordered to “Employment First”
Partner Agency Referrals
Voluntary Consent to Research Required
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4. Why Provide Employment and Parenting Services to
Non-Custodial Parents?
Potential to Increase Child Support Payments by
Workforce Partner’s Management of NCP’s Employment
Potential to Reduce Family Conflict
Potential to Increase Family Success and Self Sufficiency
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5. How Do Employment and Parenting Partnerships Work
with Child Support Programs?
Co-Locations at Job Centers, Courts and Child Support
Programs
Early Interventions and Warm Hand-offs
Teamwork and Staffing Cases
Partners Provide Progress Reports and Court Reports to
Child Support
Intensive On-Going Case Management, NCP Re-
engagement, Communication and Reinforcement.
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6. What Are We Experiencing?
The “Unable and Willing” Need a Unique Approach to
Achieve “Able and Willing”
Building Trust with NCPs and Improving Communication
A Cultural Change in Child Support. The Enforcement
Case Manager’s Perspective and Collection Toolkit
Expands.
Recruit and Sell the Advantage to the Customer!
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7. • Questions and Contact Information
– Nina Taylor: Nina.Taylor@Kenoshacounty.org,
(262)697-4744
– Maria Lasecki: Lasecki_MA@co.Brown.wi.us,
(920)448-7601
– Anna Fosdick, PhD.: AnnW.Fosdick@wisconsin.gov,
(608)-261-0298
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