Building Assets for Fathers and Families 

Helping families in the child support system

Child support plays an important role in the finances of many families, both for the custodial parents or other family members caring for children who receive payments, and for the noncustodial parents (usually fathers) who pay child support. Both can benefit greatly from financial education and from access to asset building tools such as Individual Development Accounts (IDAs).

This section will highlight ways child support agencies and AFI project staff can collaborate to make IDAs and asset building strategies available for custodial and noncustodial parents, their children, and other family members, and to help them succeed. It provides information on key aspects of the child support system for AFI projects, and also provides information about asset building for child support agencies and fatherhood programs.
 

Resource Categories

How Asset Building and Child Support Agencies will Benefit from Partnering

• Partnering with your Local Child Support Agency to Promote Family Self-Sufficiency
  • Partnering with your Local Child Support Agency to Promote Family Self-Sufficiency
• Facts about the Child Support System
  • The Basics of Child Support Enforcement
  • The Child Support Order
  • Child Support Collections
  • Child Support Order Modification
  • Managing Child Support Debt
  • Establishing Paternity
• Tips for Providing Asset Building Services to Parents in the Child Support System
  • Providing Financial Education Services to Parents in the Child Support System
  • Helping Custodial and Noncustodial Parents Claim the EITC
  • Providing Debt Management Services to Parents in the Child Support System
  • Credit Repair Services for Parents in the Child Support System
  • IDAs for Fathers and Families
• Strategies for Partnering
  • Child Support and Asset Building Providers: Strategies for Partnering
  • Talking to an Asset-Building Agency about Partnering