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Administration for Children and
Families
Request for Information; Innovative
Approaches and Knowledge Gaps
Related to Enhancing Nonresident
Parents’ Ability To Support Their
Children Economically and
Emotionally; Extension of Comment
Period
Administration for Children
and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment.
AGENCY:
Through this Request for
Information (RFI), the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), seeks to further the
SUMMARY:
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development of employment programs
for nonresident parents by soliciting
information and recommendations from
a broad array of stakeholders in the
public and private sectors, including
state, regional, tribal, and local areas.
The Foundations for Evidence-Based
Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence
Act) requires federal agencies to develop
evidence-building plans to identify and
address policy questions relevant to
programs, policies, and regulations of
the agency. In this vein, ACF will
analyze information collected from this
RFI to continue developing a learning
and action agenda to better understand
the effectiveness of employment
programs for nonresident parents.
DATES: The comment period for this RFI,
originally published November 20, 2019
at 84 FR 64079, is extended. Send
comments on or before March 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit questions,
comments, and supplementary
documents to
nonresidentemploymentRFI@
acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation
to Comment: HHS invites comments
regarding the questions included in this
notice. To ensure that your comments
are clearly stated, please identify the
specific question, or other section of this
notice, that your comments address.
1.0 Background
A key responsibility of all parents is
to economically support their children,
whether or not they live with them.
Parents are better able to fulfill this
responsibility when they are working
regularly. While the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
program has encouraged parents
receiving government assistance (who
are typically custodial mothers) to
pursue employment, increasing work
among nonresident parents (who are
typically fathers and not receiving
assistance) remains a challenge. An
analysis by the federal Office of Child
Support Enforcement (OCSE) estimates
that in 2015, 13% of noncustodial
parents had been out of work for at least
a year.
ACF recently issued three Information
Memorandums to encourage states to
provide employment services to
noncustodial parents. TANF–ACF–IM–
18–01 reminded states that they may
use federal TANF funds and state
maintenance-of-effort funds to provide
employment services to noncustodial
parents (please see https://
www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/tanf-acfim-2018-01the-use-of-tanf-funds-topromote-employment-programs-fornoncustodial-parents). OCSE–ACF–IM–
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18–02 encouraged states to use IV–D
incentive funds to promote
noncustodial parent work activities
(please see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/
resource/use-of-iv-d-incentive-funds-forncp-work-activities). OCSE–ACF–IM–
19–04 conveys that HHS is prepared to
review requests for demonstration
waivers that would allow states and
tribes to fund employment programs for
noncustodial parents, under section
1115 of the Social Security Act (please
see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/
resource/availability-of-section-1115waivers-to-fund-ncp-work-activities).
Child support programs typically refer
to parents in the program who live apart
from their children and are expected to
pay child support as ‘‘noncustodial
parents.’’ We use a broader term—
nonresident parents—to reflect ACF’s
interest in soliciting information about
and recommendations of employment
programs that target all parents who live
apart from one or more of their children,
regardless of their participation in the
child support program.
Prior research has found that
employment programs for nonresident
parents can be successful at improving
employment opportunities for parents.
OCSE sponsored the Child Support
Noncustodial Parent Employment
Demonstration, which tested the
effectiveness of child support-led
employment programs. The evaluation
found that this program increased the
employment and earnings of
noncustodial parents, satisfaction with
the child support program, and parentchild contact. Other recent evidence is
from the Parents and Children Together
Evaluation, which examined the
effectiveness of four Responsible
Fatherhood programs funded by ACF’s
Office of Family Assistance. The
evaluation found that the programs
improved aspects of fathers’ parenting
behavior, employment, and knowledge
of the child support program. Two
additional demonstrations, the
Enhanced Transitional Jobs
Demonstration and the Subsidized and
Transitional Employment
Demonstration, examined the
effectiveness of subsidized employment.
Four sites in the demonstrations focused
on serving noncustodial parents. The
evaluation found that subsidized
employment programs in the study
increased the earnings of noncustodial
parents and increased the consistency of
paying formal child support during the
final year of the 30-month follow-up
period.
2.0 Request for Information
Through this RFI, ACF is soliciting
ideas and information from a broad
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array of stakeholders on improving
nonresident parents’ employment
outcomes, including how to create a
comprehensive, multi-system approach
that addresses multiple barriers that
nonresident parents face when trying to
support their children. Although the
primary aim of this RFI is to understand
further how employment programs can
increase nonresident parents’ ability to
economically support their children, we
recognize that nonresident parents are
parents first and may also face barriers
to supporting their children
emotionally. Consequently, we are not
only interested in information and
recommendations on programs that
focus exclusively on employment
services, but we are also interested in
programs that provide employment
services combined with parenting or
other activities aimed at promoting
father involvement and healthy
relationships in children’s lives.
The Evidence Act (Pub. L. 115–435)
requires federal agencies to develop
evidence-building plans to identify and
address policy questions relevant to
programs, policies, and regulations of
the agency. Responses to this RFI will
inform ACF’s ongoing development of a
learning and action agenda on
employment programs for nonresident
parents. This RFI is for information and
planning purposes only and should not
be construed as a solicitation or as an
obligation on the part of ACF or HHS.
We ask respondents to address the
following questions. You do not need to
address every question, and should
focus on those where you have relevant
expertise or experience. In your
response, please provide a brief
description of yourself or your
organization before addressing the
questions.
3.0 Key Questions
3.1 In your opinion, what are the
core components necessary for an
employment program to be effective for
nonresident parents? Please provide
evidence that supports your opinion.
3.2 In your opinion, what factors
have either facilitated or hindered the
implementation of employment
programs for nonresident parents?
3.3 Please describe existing,
promising employment programs/
services for nonresident parents that
may include, but are not limited to,
work readiness training, occupational/
sector-based training, job search
assistance, subsidized employment, or
other employment services. When
describing the program, please include
the following:
a. Target population,
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b. Structure and organizational
context of the program,
c. Roles and responsibilities of the
lead agency and any partner agency,
d. Services provided, and
e. Any evidence of the program’s
effectiveness.
3.4 What role has job training, both
in the classroom and on-the-job, played
in effective employment programs for
nonresident parents?
3.5 What role has activities aimed at
parenting and promoting father
involvement and healthy relationships
in children’s lives played in effective
employment programs for nonresident
parents?
3.6 To what extent do services need
to vary depending on the subpopulation
of nonresident parents being served?
Please explain what services you believe
are better suited for which
subpopulations. Subpopulations could
include, but are not limited to,
noncustodial parents, parents with
criminal records and/or a history of
incarceration, young/teen parents, and
parents with children by multiple
partners, etc.
3.7 What are the key barriers that
nonresident parents face when trying to
secure or maintain employment to
support their children financially? We
are interested in hearing about both
individual- and system-level barriers
that nonresident parents may face to
financially supporting their children,
such as those related to transportation,
education, housing, employment
history, child access, child support debt,
criminal record, fees/fines/restitution
debt, substance use or mental health
disorders, etc.
3.7.1 What specific approaches have
you seen programs use to address these
barriers? Please provide any evidence
on the effectiveness of these approaches
in improving parents’ financial support
for their children.
3.8 In your experience, what types
of agencies or organizations should be
active partners in an employment
program for nonresident parents? Which
type of agency is most successful in the
lead role?
3.9 Please describe ways to create
more systematic relationships between
child support agencies and employment
service providers that might increase the
take-up of employment services among
nonresidential parents or increase child
support compliance among
noncustodial parents in employment
programs, etc.
3.10 If you are a government official
or a practitioner, what additional
information would you like to have
about approaches to providing or
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implementing employment programs for
nonresident parents?
3.11 What aspects of employment
programs for nonresident parents would
benefit from further evaluation?
3.12 What suggestions do you have
for how federal, state, regional, tribal,
and local governments could support
the development of high-quality
employment programs for nonresident
parents and/or address gaps in current
efforts?
Authority: Social Security Act § 413 (Title
IV–A: Block Grants to States for the
Temporary Assistance of Needy Families) [42
U.S.C. 613].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Request for Information; Innovative Approaches and Knowledge Gaps
Related to Enhancing Nonresident Parents' Ability To Support Their
Children Economically and Emotionally; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for Public Comment.
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SUMMARY: Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), in the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), seeks to further the development of employment
programs for nonresident parents by soliciting information and
recommendations from a broad array of stakeholders in the public and
private sectors, including state, regional, tribal, and local areas.
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence
Act) requires federal agencies to develop evidence-building plans to
identify and address policy questions relevant to programs, policies,
and regulations of the agency. In this vein, ACF will analyze
information collected from this RFI to continue developing a learning
and action agenda to better understand the effectiveness of employment
programs for nonresident parents.
DATES: The comment period for this RFI, originally published November
20, 2019 at 84 FR 64079, is extended. Send comments on or before March
30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit questions, comments, and supplementary documents to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation to Comment: HHS invites comments
regarding the questions included in this notice. To ensure that your
comments are clearly stated, please identify the specific question, or
other section of this notice, that your comments address.
1.0 Background
A key responsibility of all parents is to economically support
their children, whether or not they live with them. Parents are better
able to fulfill this responsibility when they are working regularly.
While the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program has
encouraged parents receiving government assistance (who are typically
custodial mothers) to pursue employment, increasing work among
nonresident parents (who are typically fathers and not receiving
assistance) remains a challenge. An analysis by the federal Office of
Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) estimates that in 2015, 13% of
noncustodial parents had been out of work for at least a year.
ACF recently issued three Information Memorandums to encourage
states to provide employment services to noncustodial parents. TANF-
ACF-IM-18-01 reminded states that they may use federal TANF funds and
state maintenance-of-effort funds to provide employment services to
noncustodial parents (please see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/resource/tanf-acf-im-2018-01the-use-of-tanf-funds-to-promote-employment-programs-for-noncustodial-parents). OCSE-ACF-IM-
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18-02 encouraged states to use IV-D incentive funds to promote
noncustodial parent work activities (please see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/use-of-iv-d-incentive-funds-for-ncp-work-activities). OCSE-ACF-IM-19-04 conveys that HHS is prepared to review
requests for demonstration waivers that would allow states and tribes
to fund employment programs for noncustodial parents, under section
1115 of the Social Security Act (please see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/availability-of-section-1115-waivers-to-fund-ncp-work-activities).
Child support programs typically refer to parents in the program
who live apart from their children and are expected to pay child
support as ``noncustodial parents.'' We use a broader term--nonresident
parents--to reflect ACF's interest in soliciting information about and
recommendations of employment programs that target all parents who live
apart from one or more of their children, regardless of their
participation in the child support program.
Prior research has found that employment programs for nonresident
parents can be successful at improving employment opportunities for
parents. OCSE sponsored the Child Support Noncustodial Parent
Employment Demonstration, which tested the effectiveness of child
support-led employment programs. The evaluation found that this program
increased the employment and earnings of noncustodial parents,
satisfaction with the child support program, and parent-child contact.
Other recent evidence is from the Parents and Children Together
Evaluation, which examined the effectiveness of four Responsible
Fatherhood programs funded by ACF's Office of Family Assistance. The
evaluation found that the programs improved aspects of fathers'
parenting behavior, employment, and knowledge of the child support
program. Two additional demonstrations, the Enhanced Transitional Jobs
Demonstration and the Subsidized and Transitional Employment
Demonstration, examined the effectiveness of subsidized employment.
Four sites in the demonstrations focused on serving noncustodial
parents. The evaluation found that subsidized employment programs in
the study increased the earnings of noncustodial parents and increased
the consistency of paying formal child support during the final year of
the 30-month follow-up period.
2.0 Request for Information
Through this RFI, ACF is soliciting ideas and information from a
broad array of stakeholders on improving nonresident parents'
employment outcomes, including how to create a comprehensive, multi-
system approach that addresses multiple barriers that nonresident
parents face when trying to support their children. Although the
primary aim of this RFI is to understand further how employment
programs can increase nonresident parents' ability to economically
support their children, we recognize that nonresident parents are
parents first and may also face barriers to supporting their children
emotionally. Consequently, we are not only interested in information
and recommendations on programs that focus exclusively on employment
services, but we are also interested in programs that provide
employment services combined with parenting or other activities aimed
at promoting father involvement and healthy relationships in children's
lives.
The Evidence Act (Pub. L. 115-435) requires federal agencies to
develop evidence-building plans to identify and address policy
questions relevant to programs, policies, and regulations of the
agency. Responses to this RFI will inform ACF's ongoing development of
a learning and action agenda on employment programs for nonresident
parents. This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and
should not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the
part of ACF or HHS.
We ask respondents to address the following questions. You do not
need to address every question, and should focus on those where you
have relevant expertise or experience. In your response, please provide
a brief description of yourself or your organization before addressing
the questions.
3.0 Key Questions
3.1 In your opinion, what are the core components necessary for an
employment program to be effective for nonresident parents? Please
provide evidence that supports your opinion.
3.2 In your opinion, what factors have either facilitated or
hindered the implementation of employment programs for nonresident
parents?
3.3 Please describe existing, promising employment programs/
services for nonresident parents that may include, but are not limited
to, work readiness training, occupational/sector-based training, job
search assistance, subsidized employment, or other employment services.
When describing the program, please include the following:
a. Target population,
b. Structure and organizational context of the program,
c. Roles and responsibilities of the lead agency and any partner
agency,
d. Services provided, and
e. Any evidence of the program's effectiveness.
3.4 What role has job training, both in the classroom and on-the-
job, played in effective employment programs for nonresident parents?
3.5 What role has activities aimed at parenting and promoting
father involvement and healthy relationships in children's lives played
in effective employment programs for nonresident parents?
3.6 To what extent do services need to vary depending on the
subpopulation of nonresident parents being served? Please explain what
services you believe are better suited for which subpopulations.
Subpopulations could include, but are not limited to, noncustodial
parents, parents with criminal records and/or a history of
incarceration, young/teen parents, and parents with children by
multiple partners, etc.
3.7 What are the key barriers that nonresident parents face when
trying to secure or maintain employment to support their children
financially? We are interested in hearing about both individual- and
system-level barriers that nonresident parents may face to financially
supporting their children, such as those related to transportation,
education, housing, employment history, child access, child support
debt, criminal record, fees/fines/restitution debt, substance use or
mental health disorders, etc.
3.7.1 What specific approaches have you seen programs use to address
these barriers? Please provide any evidence on the effectiveness of
these approaches in improving parents' financial support for their
children.
3.8 In your experience, what types of agencies or organizations
should be active partners in an employment program for nonresident
parents? Which type of agency is most successful in the lead role?
3.9 Please describe ways to create more systematic relationships
between child support agencies and employment service providers that
might increase the take-up of employment services among nonresidential
parents or increase child support compliance among noncustodial parents
in employment programs, etc.
3.10 If you are a government official or a practitioner, what
additional information would you like to have about approaches to
providing or
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implementing employment programs for nonresident parents?
3.11 What aspects of employment programs for nonresident parents
would benefit from further evaluation?
3.12 What suggestions do you have for how federal, state, regional,
tribal, and local governments could support the development of high-
quality employment programs for nonresident parents and/or address gaps
in current efforts?
Authority: Social Security Act Sec. 413 (Title IV-A: Block
Grants to States for the Temporary Assistance of Needy Families) [42
U.S.C. 613].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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