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The Child Support System, 2005.
This paper reviews child support system in Louisiana.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the requirements for child support in Louisiana. The author points out how payments are processed and distributed and how payment is enforced so that children do not suffer from the negligence of non-custodial parents. This paper appreciates the complexity of child support systems in Louisiana.
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"As American society has changed, so too have traditional conceptions of the family. Today, far more so than at any other time in America's history, the one-parent family has emerged as a statistical and social fact of life--however unsavory that may be to many Americans. The following research paper, so far as possible, will review child support as it relates to Louisiana. The paper will provide a definition of what constitutes child support in Louisiana, the requirements for child support in that state, how payments are processed (although this process, because of security concerns, is not made readily available to the general public), payment calculation, and not least of all enforcement process."
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Child Support Distribution, 2002.
A discussion of the The Child Support Distribution Act of 2000.
1,318 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines how the need for better enforcement of child support laws is evident through a survey that showed that fewer than one-fifth of inner-city children born to single teenage mothers receive child support from their fathers and often do not receive anything. It evaluates how the Child Support Distribution Act proposes a number of provisions that are beneficial to low-income children, families and non-custodial fathers. It examines how provisions promoting responsible fatherhood will help poorly-employed and unskilled fathers improve their ability to provide for their children and how important changes would also redirect child support to prioritize mothers and children over any state reimbursement. It looks at how Child Support Distribution Act was passed and referred to the Senate but has yet to be debated on the Senate floor.
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"Current rules also prohibit single mothers and children from receiving child support payments if they are already receiving cash assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. If any payments are made under these conditions, the government retains the money and no payments benefit his children. This rule bars children and their families from receiving potentially large amounts of much-needed child support. In 1998, states collected $2.6 billion in child support for families receiving TANF. However, only $282 million was passed along to the families and children for whom the money was intended."
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eGovernment Strategy: Child Support Services California, 2004.
A review of child support services in California and the delivery of those services.
4,050 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 143.95
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This paper reviews the requirements of California Child Support Services program and develops a model Web site for the program. The paper then compares the San Diego County Child Support Services Web site to the model.
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Child Support, 2004.
Analyzes the essay, "Small Change: Problems and Prospects in Child Support", by A.H. Beller.
782 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the 1996 essay, "Small Change: Problems and Prospects in Child Support" by A.H. Beller, which highlights the issue of children being the intellectual capital of the future and suggests that any society that wishes to safeguard the socioeconomic well-being of its future generations needs to ensure that appropriate and adequate investments are made in the education and overall welfare of its children.
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"Leading from the above findings, Beller discusses the measures already in place to strengthen enforcement such as: the provisions in the ?Family Support Act? of 1988 to make the use of award guidelines by states mandatory, the provision for review and adjustments of award guidelines, and the requirement of Social Security numbers of both parents in the issuance of birth certificates; and the imposing of criminal penalties on noncustodial parents who cross state lines to avoid paying child support."
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African-American Men and Child Support, 2002.
This paper looks to refute the claim that there is more evidence of failure to pay child support among African-American men than among white men.
758 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper uses research conducted on the topic to argue that the minimal amount of disparity between the liklihood of child support payment between black men and white men can be attributed to the considerably higher unemployment and lower compensation of African-American men.
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"Census data specify the race of parents due child support, but they do not specify the gender or race of those paying it. However, nearly all child support is owed by men, and the overwhelming majority of children have parents of the same race. Many mothers do not seek payments from absent fathers. In 1991, 1 million of 2.9 million Black custodial parents had child support orders. The belief that black men are unwilling to pay child support has fueled efforts by Congress to correct the problem. Welfare legislation includes proposals to create state and federal registries to track "deadbeat dads" who cross state lines and take new jobs. States would also be able to suspend driver's and occupational licenses held by nonpaying parents, a step that President Clinton has urged, though critics have argued that suspending driver's licenses could actually have the opposite of the intended effect."
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Cultural Sensitivity in the Child Welfare System, 2008.
An analysis of the importance of improved cultural sensitivity within the child welfare system.
3,229 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 93.95
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This paper examines the importance of improvements in cultural sensitivity in the child welfare system of the United States. It discusses the reasons for these requirements and how it would help to make the organization an effective entity within society. It also looks at the role of the leadership within the child welfare system in supporting and promoting this cultural sensitivity.
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"The research supports the concept that child welfare agencies would benefit from developing culturally sensitive environments. This is evidenced through systems approaches that acknowledge that all elements within a system, or culture, should be considered as a means of understanding the system. Additionally, culturally sensitive environments can be impacted by the workers that support the organization and the leadership styles that inspire workers to meet new objectives and visions for a culturally sensitive workplace."
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Insights into the Child Welfare System, 2007.
An analysis of the areas that call for attention in terms of revision within the child welfare system (CWS).
3,081 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper presents a welfare professional's insights into the child welfare system (CWS). The paper explains that the welfare professional was a foster child herself and then goes on to describe three areas that call for attention in terms of revision within CWS: These issues concern systems thinking and the interrelatedness of all CWS decisions, cultural issues in CWS dealings relating to both structural inequality and diversity theories and organizational structure issues, which are relevant in both leadership and change theories and organizational change theories.
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"Finally, changes in the organizational structure and overall running protocol of CWS agencies will allow improvements in the system. Expecting and fostering accountability will create an environment of strength and security, greatly improving the chances of success for CWS clients. Additional collaboration with outside and connected organizations will provide support and insight while maintaining that accountability through open expectations and goal sharing with those agencies. Most importantly, these changes must occur while moving CWS toward a flat organizational structure. This will address current structural and bureaucratic problems while increasing inter-agency communication. Reducing levels of management will also allow management to work more closely with "front line" staff and improve quality of care."
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The Child Welfare System, 2002.
The paper discusses two essays written by leaders in the field to expose the facts and problems of the child welfare system.
1,435 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper compares essays written by experts in the field of child welfare which examine the problems of the system and the solutions they offer. The paper discusses Duncan Lindsey?s article "The Changing Welfare of Children" which involves the changing needs of children since the family structure has changed so dramatically over the last fifty years. The paper then examines Catharyn Baird?s article "Conversations about Distributive Justice" which challenges people to seek equal distributive justice.
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"This essay first started by exposing the problem of child poverty. First, it pointed out that the United States is the wealthiest nation in the world with the highest rate of child poverty. Lindsey then explained the problem that developed due in part to mothers joining the workforce and the lack of childcare that stemmed from it. Lindsey gives many quotes that are difficult to read and require more analyzation to process. The essay is meant for concerned individuals. The charts and statistics give an insight into the problem of child poverty. The essay appeals to the reason individuals and their emotions toward children."
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Child Assessment in School Systems, 2002.
This essay focuses on the current system of assessment testing in schools which the author finds is no longer a tool to help children, but is now used as an intimidation tactic that places pressure on teachers and schools.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper contains information on the legislation that makes assessment tests mandatory, the consequences of making these tests of such great importance and a solution to refocus the system so that it is more geared toward helping the individual child than intimidating teachers and administrators.
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"Under the ?No Child Left Behind Act? teachers and principals will be held accountable for the performance of their students and will face consequences if test scores are not meeting the AYP (average yearly progress). Because of this act, assessment tests have become overly stressful for teachers and students alike and have caused teachers and administrators to go to great lengths to make sure their students succeed on these tests, even if it means cheating. The level of accountability created and placed on assessment test scores has defeated the original purpose of assessment testing and has taken away valuable instruction time in the classroom by making assessment testing the focus of the classroom. I believe there are better ways to make sure that no child gets left behind. I believe that if we focus on meeting the needs of the individual student by helping him or her achieve grade level performance, without holding them back, we will be closer to that goal. Teachers do not need to be threatened to do a better job, they need support systems to help them better handle the children of today. In this report I will explain the current legislation, the consequences imposed if a school does not meet the AYP, the problems created by the system currently in place, and lastly I will explain how we can implement a new, more effective system that will make assessment tests serve their original intended purpose."
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Child Custody, 2000.
A definition, establishing paternity, gender biases of courts, non-custodial fathers, visitation rights and child support.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 12 sources, $ 55.95
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"Child custody is the right and duty to care for a child on a day to day basis. It involves making major decisions concerning the life and well being of the child. From the early history of our country until the mid 1800s, fathers were generally favored for custody in the event of divorce because children were basically considered property, all of which belonged to the man (ABA, p. 82, 1994). However, by the mid 1800s, this sentiment changed and the mother received custody of the children so long as she was minimally fit (ABA, p. 82, 1994). This preference continued until the 1970s and 1980s, at which time both parents..."
were theoretically to have equal status in the battle for
custody. Currently, both the mother and the father have an equal
burden of proving to the court that it is in "the best interests
of the child" for the child to be in his or her custody (ABA, p.
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Family Law: Child Custody, 2004.
Presents a hypothetical law case to determine the rights of custody when the child is not biologically related to the parents.
1,776 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses a hypothetical custodial and child support-related case (Smith vs. Smith), in which the father is suing for child support payments from his ex-partner, despite the fact that neither is the child's biological parent. The paper essentially discusses the issue of child custody when reproductive technology is used and the extent of responsibility by the parties involved.
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"Still, child support modification cases have increasingly stressed appropriateness of situation, in lieu of traditional family structures, such as Graham v. Graham (Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 1991, Areen 822-825). This case stressed how cohabitation and remarriage should not necessarily be a factor in deciding fitness, unless these issues adversely affect the life of the child, as well as the fact that states are taking a more active role in ensuring that individuals continue to take an active financial and personal life in the lives of their child, even subsequent to a divorce. This goes even so far as to suspend driver?s licenses for individuals who shirk appropriate court-ordered support payments, as in State Department of Revenue v. Beans (Supreme Court of Alaska, 1998, Areen 853-856)."
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Social Causes of Child Abuse, 2006.
This well-researched paper analyzes the issue of child abuse in the United States while focusing primarily on the social aspects involved.
2,516 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper details the published research findings which state that there are four basic types of abusers. The writer of this paper explores the various theories that claim child abuse is in fact based on social, environmental and structural factors including economic status, cultural values, social isolation and lack of a community support system. The writer contends and explains why cultural norms are a significant cause of child abuse. The writer of this paper emphasizes the need for early intervention to both identify and combat cases of child abuse. The writer also stresses the importance of understanding the social causes of child abuse which can then help treat the abuser and prevent abuse from both occurring and escalating.
Table of Contents:
The Types of Abusers
The Social Systems Theory
Socialization/Role Strain Theory
The Social Interaction Theory
The Religious Theory
Other Social Phenomena
Intervention
Conclusion
References
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"Research and studies on child abuse and abusers indicate there are four basic types of abuser. The "accelerator" sees the child as having some kind of negative affect. (The child may remind them of a former spouse, or be inadvertently blamed for the break-up of a relationship). The abuser may take out their anger and frustration at these situations on the child. The "mediator" has some kind of reason that rationalizes the abuse, such as Biblical passages or "folk" wisdom that seem to support some kind of harsh discipline ("spare the rod and spoil the child"). In the "brakes" abuser, the abuser cannot control their actions and impulses and so allow their impulses to rule over their common sense.
Finally, the "reinforcer" finds some kind of emotional payoff from the abuse. They feel more in control, they can ignore other problems in their life, etc."
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Collecting for The Kids, 2001.
This paper examines the issues of child support collection by the government and the alternative of privatization.
2,820 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 83.95
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This paper debates the collection efficiency of child support by the government or private industry. It illustrates in detail the government?s collection backlog and its inability to handle the immediate needs of families. The paper explores the possibility of overhauling the government system and setting up cooperation between the government and yet to be established private agencies.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Pulling Strings, Pulling Hairs
III. Combining the Best of Both Worlds
IV. Conclusion
V. References
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"The holiday season is upon us. Many consumers are currently participating in a frenzied shopping attempt to find just the right gifts for just the right purpose. It is a time of joy, a time of giving and a time of watching children?s faces light up as they open their gifts. This is the way it is in most American households but for millions of children across the nation it won?t even come close. Children who live in single parent households and do not receive their child support on time or in many cases at all, will be facing a bleak holiday. And while the absence of holidays will be hard enough for these children, the struggle to pay for life itself faces their parents each and every day. Child support is not a luxury. It is the absent parent?s contribution to the living needs of their children. It is rent, it is food, it is haircuts and sports, it is water, it is the phone bill and it is the braces on their teeth. Millions of non-custodial parents are currently behind in their child support payments. The government seems overwhelmed with the task of collecting the funds and private companies have begun to spring up throughout America. Is it a good idea for the government to release its hold on the child support collection issue and allow private industry to step in? Or should the government concentrate on fixing its problems and maintaining control? The best answer may be to utilize the best of both worlds and combine the two. "
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No Child Left Behind, 2006.
This paper looks at the education system in Canada and at the "No Child Left Behind" act.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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In this article the writer studies the Canadian public education system. The writer discusses some of the problems faced in the education field in Canada and looks also at the successes and failures of changes in education in the US. Further, the writer looks at the "No Child Left Behind" act within the education system.
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"It is a fact that the Canadian public education system suffers from many of the same concerns as the US education system: chronic overcrowding in some areas, limited services, and concerns over effectiveness. Canada can learn much from the successes as well as the failures of the US education system. In the US the quality of both public and private education systems has come under a great deal of criticism for the last 5-10 years as new trends in education have emerged in an attempt to raise the achievement scores of students at all levels of primary and secondary education."
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Hernando County's Educational System, 2004.
A report on the status of the Hernando County education system under the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act.
3,500 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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This paper discusses the effect the "No Child Left Behind" Act is having on the education system in the Hernando County. The paper analyzes the current and potential harm that can be done in the name of this federal educational reform. The paper offers the suggestion to repeal the NCLB Act and return management of local school districts to local school officials, parents, students, and other concerned citizens in each district.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Hernando County?s Current NCLB Situation
The Hernando County Situation in a Larger Context
National Commentary on NCLB
Recommendations
Appendix A: 2004 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report ?District Level, Hernando
Appendix B: 1004 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report, Hernando
References
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"The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act has stamped modern American education with the mark of mediocrity. In mandating that all school districts in the nation live up to a set of standards or lose important Title 1 funding for their disadvantaged schools, and by imposing sanctions that are draconian in their effects, the federal government is imposing the will of Congress on the choices of parents. In addition, the dissonant requirement that states set their own standards creates disparity of a magnitude unimaginable before the federal government decided to intrude into this most important, not to say intimate, local issue between children, parents and those who are entrusted to educate those children."
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