Abstract
Child support enforcement (CSE) has experienced dramatic changes in the last decade; however, it is not clear whether child support staff is fully aware of the development. Using data from the New Jersey child support training program (n = 530), this article aims to evaluate the professional knowledge of child support staff. The results show that participants answered 55% of the questions on CSE correctly in the pretraining assessment. After the training, the participants answered 77% of all questions correctly. The findings reveal an urgent need for training for child support staff in a rapidly changing profession.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-18 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Evaluation Review |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- General Social Sciences
Keywords
- Child support enforcement
- Child support staff
- Evaluation
- Professional knowledge
- Training program