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PASS Grant Project and Related Sustainability Efforts
By Baljit Atwal Acting Director, Stanislaus County DCSS Imagine a child support agency partnering and collaborating with numerous agencies to assist non-custodial parents (NP’s) remove the barriers they face in paying reliable and consistent child support. That’s the vision we had in Stanislaus, which we are slowly turning into reality as we close out our final year of enrollment for the National Child Support Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) project. Locally known as PASS (Pathways To Self Sufficiency), this national demonstration project has changed the lives of many local families, due to the enhanced referral processes and connections established between Stanislaus County Department of Child Support Services (SCDCSS), the Stanislaus County…
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“Step Right Up”… to the Summer Challenge in San Joaquin County
By Monica Moore Program Manager, San Joaquin County DCSS Each year, the San Joaquin County Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) engages in an agency wide summer campaign designed to bring staff together, promote awareness of performance goals, and develop new ideas and tactics to achieve those goals.Past summer campaigns include the 2014 Summer Surf Challenge that was designed to promote customer interaction via email and increase enrollment in eDocs. T he 2014 campaign resulted in the collection of 1629 new email addresses and 2380 new enrollments in eDocs. The 2015 World Traveler summer campaign focused on the exploration of new territories for customer collaborations and achieving collection goals. The 2015…