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Parent
Success Initiative (PSI):
A
Greater
Syracuse
Works Employment Support Program for Non-Custodial Parents
Overview
Greater Syracuse Works and
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (OCM
BOCES) received $3,947,065 for the US Department of Labor in 1999 to
create and operate The Parent Success Initiative (PSI), a 4 year program
targeting non-custodial parents in
Onondaga
County
. During that time the
program served over 1400 non-custodial parents, placed 519 individuals
into jobs, and was responsible for generating $2,295246.90 in new child
support and arrears payments back to the County.
The program’s innovative model has been recognized locally and
nationally. As a project of
Greater Syracuse Works, the Parent Success Initiative has built a
foundation of existing partnerships to create a neighborhood network of
services and supports.
From 2004 until 2005, PSI operated under funding
through the Onondaga County Department of Social Services.
Unfortunately, in 2005 the program was forced to close due to
lack of sufficient funding. PSI
was then awarded funding in 2006 by the NY State Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance (OTDA) as one of five pilot program sites in NY
State. PSI was utilized by OTDA as the program model for all pilot sites
operating under the Fatherhood Initiative. The state pilot program is
slated to end in September 2009.
PSI Program Outcomes
as
of April, 2009
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Outcome
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Federal
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State
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Total
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Child Support Collections Generated
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$1,843,246.90
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$452,000
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Over
$2,295246.90
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Total number of NCPs served
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1494
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555
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2049
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Number of NCPs referred to legal services
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331
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226
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557
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Number of participants completing family life
skills education
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NA
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265
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265
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Number of employment entries
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519
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135
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654
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Average wage at placement
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$6.75
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$8.41
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NA
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Parent
Success Initiative Contact List
Center
for Community Alternatives
ESS:
Ray Barnes
rbarnes@communityalternatives.org
Jason Bolton X 241 CRF
Supervisor: Mike Pasquale x261
mpasquale@communityalternatives.org
115
E. Jefferson St Suite 300
Syracuse, NY 13202
Phone: 422-5638 |
Hiscock
Legal Aid Society
Attorney: Sally Hendrix x176
Phone: 422-8191
Fax: 472-2819
351 South Warren St,
Syracuse,
NY 13202
(legal provider site) |
Westcott
Community Center
ESS: Stephan Johnston
Supervisors: Steve Susman, Renee Murray
steves@westcottcc.org,
reneem@westcottcc.org
826 Euclid Ave,
Syracuse,
NY 13210
Phone: 478-8634
Fax: 701-0303
(case management site) |
Legal
Aid Society of Mid NY
Supervisor-Dan Altwarg:
703-6605
Attorney: Gigi Meyers: 703-6651
Phone: 703-6500
Fax: 671-0062
472 South Salina St Suite 300,
Syracuse,
NY
13202
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Dunbar
Association, Inc
ESS: Steve Edwards
Supervisor: Dwight Rhodes
dwightrhodes@dunbarassoc.org
stevenedwards@dunbarassoc.org
1453 S State St,
Syracuse, NY 13205
Phone: 476-4269
Fax:
(case management site) |
Children’s
Consortium
Supervisor: Jennifer
Sullivan Rost
jsullivanrost@childrensconsortium.org
Educator: Curtis
Williams
Phone: 471-8331
Fax: 475-2622
(Parenting Education)
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PSI
Project Office
Michelle Haab 470-4263
Jennifer Schafer 470-4265
Mike Gilman
470-4264
Fax: 470-4295
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Syracuse
Housing Authority
PSI Project Director, Rebecca Livengood
516 Burt Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
rlivengood@syrhousing.org
Phone: 470-4207
(lead agency) |
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Parent
Support Program
Coordinator:
Aaron Arnold
Resource
Coordinator: Tonya Younis
Phone: 671-2006
Fax: 671-6082
(Referrals
from the court) |
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For more information about PSI please contact Michelle Haab,
Program Coordinator, at (315) 470-4263 or psicoordinator@aol.com
Click Here for Strengthening
Families Through Stronger Fathers Initiative: Lessons from the First
Year of the Evaluation OTDA White
Paper
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