Getting Off The Ground:
Early Implementation Findings About Child Support Enforcement, Head Start, and Child Care Collaboration Demonstrations

Appendix B

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Examples of materials produced by the Alaska Child Support Enforcement Division include:

WE CAN HELP! (1.14 M): Adapted from seven-page multi-colored pamphlet. Lists range of services available including locating a noncustodial parent and enforcing a child support order.
The Gift of Fatherhood (656 k): Adapted from six-page pamphlet. Explains the process of establishing paternity in Alaska.

Other products developed by demonstration sites in Alaska include:

Informational flyers
Tiered overview of CSED services
CSED, Child Care, and Head Start Collaboration Magnet
Tri-State (Alaska, Oregon, Washington) child support hotline flyer with tear tags featuring NFL player
Child support information packet for child care providers
Notices of Nondisclosure of Identifying Information Affidavit
Applications for services that are offered to agencies, Head Start programs and child care providers to distribute to parents

Examples of materials produced include:

Connecticut’s Fathers’ Resource Guide (801 k): Adapted from five-page guide produced by the Department of Social Services, State of Connecticut; Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund; Education Connection; New Haven Child Development Program; and The Village for Families and Children. Defines “responsible fatherhood” and provides parenting advice for fathers.
Child Support: Do you know what you need to know? (378 k) La Manutención de los Hijos: ¿Sabe usted lo que necesita saber? (412 k): Adapted from six-page pamphlet written in English and Spanish produced by the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services in partnership with the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund. Defines child support and describes the process for obtaining child support in Connecticut.

Other products developed by demonstration sites in Connecticut include:

Informational flyers
Training and conference materials for Head Start parents and staff
Head Start/child care enrollment forms that are modified to reflect child support issues
Good Guys Gazette, a newsletter for fathers produced by the Litchfield County Head Start

Examples of materials produced by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, Division of Child Support Enforcement include:

Making a Difference in Children’s Lives: Child Support, Head Start, Child Care (746 k): Adapted from eight-page pamphlet. Describes collaboration between the Illinois’ Child Support Enforcement Program, Head Start, and child care agencies and lists range of available services for establishing paternity and collecting child support in Illinois.
Put Children First: Illinois Child Support Enforcement Piense Primero en los Niños: El Programa de Cumplimiento de Mantenimiento de Niños de Illinois (552 k): Adapted from two-page bilingual flyer (English and Spanish). Provides checklist on the range of services offered by the Illinois Division of Child Support such as obtaining medical support for children.

Other products developed by demonstration sites in Illinois include:

Training and conference materials
Certificates of Appreciation for parents in “Thanks” program
Informational flyers
Inserts for newsletters
Literature for parents
Public service announcements
Making a Difference in Children’s Lives posters and bilingual table tents (English and Spanish)
Bilingual materials written in both English and Spanish

Examples of materials produced include:

Child $upport … can help YOU! (397 k): Adapted from two-sided card designed to be placed on a refrigerator produced by the Anne Arundel County Child Support/Child Care Collaboration. Describes child support enforcement services available in Maryland.
How to Get Help: Child Support Services in Maryland (520 k): Adapted from six-page pamphlet produced by the Maryland Child Support Enforcement Program. Lists child support offices by county and describes range of services available including establishing paternity and obtaining child support in Maryland.

Other products developed by demonstration sites in Maryland include:

Training sessions and conference presentations
Intake form for resource and referral telephone counselors that includes questions about child support
Presentations prepared for regional and county fairs
News articles
Surveys
Mailings sent to all licensed child care providers and Head Start centers
Posters
Pamphlets, including The Gift of Parenthood that describes the process for signing an Affidavit of Parentage
Video for cable presenters
Bilingual materials written in both English and Spanish

Examples of materials produced include:

Referral Guide: Koochiching County Head Start, Child Care and Child Support Collaboration Project (886 k): Adapted from five-page multi-colored pamphlet produced by the Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Kootasca Head Start, and Koochiching County Community Services Child Support Division. Describes types of child care assistance, Head Start and child support services offered in Koochiching County and provides contact information to apply for services.
Child Support Quarterly: Spring 1999 (645 k): Adapted from six-page newsletter produced by the Child Support Enforcement Division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Quarterly newsletter that includes front page article on the child support, Head Start, and child care programs collaborative in Minnesota

Other products developed by demonstration sites in Minnesota include:

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