DCL-01-16, Office of Child Support Enforcement Research Conference

DCL-01-16

MAR 30, 2001

TO: ALL STATE IV-D DIRECTORS and MEMBERS OF THE CHILD SUPPORT COMMUNITY

RE: Office of Child Support Enforcement Research Conference

Dear Colleague:

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to participate in the Office of Child Support Enforcement Research Conference. This Conference, sponsored by the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) of the Administration for Children and Families, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, June 7-8, 2001. This Conference will convene leading child support administrators, practitioners, and researchers. The goal of the conference is to increase and improve child support research that will be used to shape the future of child support enforcement at the Federal, State and local level. Such a far-reaching and strategic goal is only obtainable with input from several perspectives and a shared understanding. That is why your participation in this conference is of utmost importance.

The objectives for the Conference include the following:

Create a forum for the exchange of information; that is, (a) researchers provide administrators with information that will improve program operations, and (b) program administrators educate researchers on how the real world of child support operates; hence, better research models are created.
Encourage more State-level child support research by (a) providing a greater understanding of its value; (b) informing States about grant opportunities; (c) equipping them with tools to prepare better grant applications, manage projects; and (d) linking them with researchers.
Generate a child support research agenda that includes new ideas for research and evaluation useful toward improving child support enforcement and the lives of children.

For additional information, please contact Darlene Gregory of Maya Tech at 301-587-1600.

We look forward to a successful conference and we hope that you will be able to participate. A registration form, conference logistics, e.g., hotel location, etc., and an agenda are enclosed.

Sincerely,

Frank Fuentes
Acting Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement

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