Judge wins grant to advance child support program
Published: Fri, Aug. 29, 2008 03:29PM
Modified Fri, Aug. 29, 2008 03:32PM
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closeWake District Court Judge Kristin Ruth has won a three-year federal grant of about $130,000 to help other judges adopt her problem-solving approach to dealing with parents who don't make their child-support payments.
The program is aimed at drug-dependent parents who rarely pay their court-ordered child support. Ruth places such parents in the program, which works to break their drug dependency and provides work experience.
The grant will let Ruth educate other judges and oversee an analysis of the program's effectiveness.
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The money will come from the Office of Child Support Enforcement in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Ruth plans to manage the design of a "how-to" manual, arrange a workshop for 10 judges from across the country, produce a series of Webinars and Webcasts and lead development of a Web site to showcase problem-solving techniques, training materials, success stories and other resources.
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