1. Incorporating Shared Parenting into Title IV-D Michael Hayes – Deputy for Family Initiatives

2. State Public Policy As Guide The public policy of this state is to: Assure that children will have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interest of the child; Provide a safe, stable and nonviolent environment for the child; and Encourage parents to share in the rights and duties of raising their child after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage. (Texas Family Code 153.001)

3. Problems parents in the IV-D program report * Statistical significance

4. What IV-D staff used to do

5. What IV-D staff think about access issues

6. Broad approach to shared parenting services  Access and Visitation Hotline  Toll-free, legal education line for noncustodial and custodial parents  Companion legal web site www.txaccess.orgwww.txaccess.org  A&V On-line Directory  A&V providers by county/services—on IV-D staff desktops  https://www.oag.state.tx.us/cs/access/ https://www.oag.state.tx.us/cs/access/  Grants to community-/faith-based organizations and local governments  Services include: co-parenting education, mediation, supervised visitation, and legal assistance for enforcement  Shared Parenting Project  On-site facilitator at two Child Support units to resolve parenting disputes  Parenting Order Legal Clinics - 25 sites  Monthly legal clinics for parents with IV-D child support orders  Publications designed to promote cooperative parenting  “For Our Children”  “My Sticker Calendar”  “Know Before Your Go”

7. Resources for IV-D staff for referrals Texas Access and Visitation Hotline Texas Access and Visitation Provider Map

8. Resources for IV-D staff to share

9. IV-D staff in partnership with legal aid