1. Parent Support Program
A Collaborative Approach to
Improving Child Support
Collection
Center for Court Innovation
Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services – Economic Security,
the NYS Unified Court System, and the Center for Court
Innovation
3. Case Flow Process
Family Court
Judges/ Support
Magistrates
PSP Employment
Services
Coordinator
• Resume Creation
• Job Search Assistance
• Soft Skills Development
Child Support
Enforcement
Case Manager
• Payment plans
• License reinstatement
• Modifications
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4. Project Outcomes
(March 2014 – August 2015)
290 Non-Custodial Parents
25- 30 Clients Served per Month
210 Children Impacted
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5. Child Support Collected
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859 Child Support
Payments
$118,000 Collected
65% of Graduates
Were Paying $0
Prior to
Participation
(March 2014 – August 2015)
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Sample Payment History for 18 Clients of
the Onondaga County Parent Support
Program
AMOUNT PAID 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION IN PSP
AMOUNT PAID WHILE PARTICIPATING IN PSP
7. Employment
Goal: Full-time, Permanent, Verifiable
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Common
Industries
Auto
Detailing
Customer
Service
Retail
Food
Service
Hospitality
Construction
8. Successful Completion Criteria
Six months of consistent employment
Six consecutive months of payments
No future court appearances
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9. OTDA Funding
Weekly Job Skill/Soft Skill Classes
In-House Computer Lab
Bus Passes for Clients
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10. Thank You
For more information, contact:
Sarah Reckess (315) 266-4332
sreckess@nycourts.gov
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Find us on the web at:
www.courtinnovation.org
Editor's Notes
The PSP works with unemployed NCP to provide job skills, training and development, ultimately leading to employment and compliance with their child support orders.
Why is this program needed? Because children and custodial parents don’t receive the child support they desperately need and non custodial parents don’t have the jobs to provide it. Jail -- the courts’ traditional tool -- does not help. This program transforms lose-lose to win-win.
The primary staff person in an Employment Services Coordinator who is employed by the Center for Court Innovation and is physically located in the courthouse in room 116. He shares the office with a Child Support Enforcement Officer on Tuesday mornings, which is a court intake day and tends to have the heaviest traffic in the courthouse. Clients are referred to the PSP office during their child support hearings and are able to access both staff people.
Of note: all 4 support magistrates and 3 family court judges actively refer cases.
Beginning this month, the Reentry Task Force, which provides specialized case management to men and women coming out of state custody, will refer to PSP once their 90 day case management period ends.
Unemployed/ Underemployed Non-Custodial Parents
New, Modification or Violation
Employment Services Coordinator provides regular compliance updates to the judges and support magistrates, and is able to share support information with Child Support Enforcement.
290 Unique clients
107 clients have made child support payments that directly impacted 210 children.
33 graduates
Clients are able to access services after they find employment
