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ABSTRACT
The study examines and evaluates the effectiveness of a federal and county collaboration in Pennsylvania designed to help military veterans with child support arrearages in the criminal justice system. The study focused on the veteran participants (n=232) identified psychosocial problems, their range of justice involvement, strategies to mitigate, address barriers and legal dilemmas through the collaborative. The average age 40, majority male, Caucasian, divorced, enrolled in Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare, serving on supervised parole or probation, homeless episodes, and income <$500.00 per month. In general, the findings enhance the limited body of knowledge about military-veteran child support and provide strategies and specific insight into the problems veterans face on individual, familial, and societal levels.
Resources
American Bar Association: Veterans Legal Services Initiative:
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/veterans_benefits.html
Free Legal Clinics at VAs: https://www.va.gov/ogc/docs/LegalServices.pdf
U.S. Census Bureau, Veterans: https://www.census.gov/hhes/veterans/links/
U.S. Office of Child Support Enforcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/css
U.S. Veterans Justice Outreach Program: http://www.va.gov/homeless/vjo.asp
Veterans Treatment Courts: http://www.justiceforvets.org/