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Scott M. Lekan served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and the Acting Commissioner of the Office of Child Support Enforcement in the Administration for Children and Families, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Trump administration years.
ACF's Office of Child Support Enforcement awards $2.1M for the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt demonstration project that will allow grantees to examine whether incorporating procedural justice principles into child support business practices increases reliable child support payments.
Families need more than child support. Child support programs can help families manage their tight budgets with whole family approaches that help both parents and children.
Working to improve our understanding of ways to better support incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals and their families through ACF programs.
Budget includes increased funding for programs benefiting early childhood development, children and families, communities, Native Americans and agency's interoperability.