WHY does Child Support Enforcement exist?
It is the legal duty of non-custodial parents as well as custodial
parents to support their children.
Residing in a single-parent home should not lower a child's standard
of living.
Paternity is the important first step in the process of establishing
support for a child.
Parental responsibility and family independence are keys to the
long-term prosperity of children.
DADS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The Maryland Child Support Enforcement Administration (CSEA) and
the Maryland Cooperative Extension of the University of Maryland have formed
a partnership to implement a pilot of the Dads Make A Difference program.
The Dads Make A Difference program was developed by the Minnesota Department
of Human Services; Child Support Division. The program is a paternity education
project focused on educating youth about the importance of fathers in children’s
lives. Dads Make A Difference is an interactive model in which older teens
ages 16-18 are trained to teach middle school aged teens in a variety of
settings including classrooms, community organizations and prevention programs.
The purpose of the Dads Make A Difference program is actually four-fold. This program gives young people the opportunity to discuss and examine the importance of fathers in the lives of their children. Secondly, the participants of this program will be encouraged to discuss the legal, financial and emotional responsibilities of parenting. In addition, the risks teens and pre-teens face along the path to young adulthood will be discussed. Lastly, the Dads Make A Difference program will reach young teens before they are sexually active in order to help them make better decisions and defer parenthood until they are financially and emotionally ready.
Maryland's Dads Make A Difference pilot project will be implemented
over a five-year period starting in October 1998. The first year, the project
will focus on two sites, Prince George’s County (half of the middle and
high schools) and the Tri-County area on the Lower Eastern Shore. (all
of the schools in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties) During the
second year, program will be extended to the remaining schools in Prince
George's County and a community-based model will be piloted in the Tri-County
area. Based on the evaluation of the school-based model, a plan will be
developed to reach other jurisdictions in the following three years.
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Taken from ACES WEB PAGE
The Federal Office of Child Support in the 20th Annual Report to Congress
reports that over $39 billion in accumulated unpaid support is due to over
29 million children in the United States. The government child support
agency collection rate, the percentage of cases receiving one or more payments
was 20%.
The GAO report shows that only 15 states have certified automated child
support enforcement tracking systems. States have spent $2.6 billion with
little or no results. States most likely to not have computers system on
line include: CA, MI, FL, OH, PA, IN, TX and IL, this represents almost
50% of the nation's child support cases.
How do you collect Billions from our Prisons????
Do the math. There are over 250 million prisoners in Americas prisons. If each prisoner has at least one child that's 250 million children. Take into consideration some have no children and some may have 12 children or more. If each prisoner has an obligation to pay just $50 per week in support it doesn`t take long for Billions of Dollars in Child Support to be owed. Sometimes the facts are dishonest or miss leading and we need to separate the Truth and manipulation and look at the reality of what is going on. It doesn`t take long to have billions owed when our prisons are so full.
Only 54% of the families headed by a woman, divorced from the father,
receive regular and full payments
What percent are in Prisons ???
What Percent receive Social Security ??
or other form of compensation ???
Although ACES claim to be in the best interests of the children they
do
nothing to enforce visitation of children by their members.
There are no programs for the children to console for divorce.
Our Country does more for Children exposed to school shootings then
Divorce
which is more traumatic for a child who loses a parent.
Also ACES exploits Children and lowers their self esteem by
having them ask for hand outs that benefit their organization.
Their Facts and figures are inaccurate.
ACES is an Organization made up of mostly Vindictive Scorned Women
who`s sole purpose is to punish the Father or get even with him. Some of
their local representatives are themselves less than creditable.
Is Geraldine Jensen truly concerned for your best interests
or is this non-prophet organization making her rich. I`d like to
see her tax returns. My guess the money her members collect make her a
6 figure income.
Think of this next time you see children collecting for ACES in
front of K-Mart or Wal-Mart.