Support Collections Rise Dramatically Because State and County Cooperate to Train and Place Unemployed Deadbeat Parents and Ex-Spouses in Jobs
Noncustodial parent and/or former spouse behind in child support or alimony payments?
Well, Pennsylvania has come up with a proven, working solution.
A county support enforcement agency cooperates with the state’s job-finding and job-training agency.
The state and county each invest some funds into the program.
But the payoff is tens and tens of thousands of dollars and more in collected support payments that would not have been made but for the resulting job placements of noncustodial parents and former spouses.
The pilot program has been around for a few years, but has had wider participation due to the economy.
Read more in this Erie [PA] Times News article: Crawford OKs continuation of jobs program for those who owe support payments.
