| Child Support Evaders | | Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:45:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Child Support Evaders on the Top Ten List are being singled out because they have the ability to take responsibility for their children but refuse to do so. Incarceration is the only option for parents who flagrantly ignore a court's order to pay child support. The Office of the Attorney General helps parents who lack the ability to pay child support by referring them to job training and employment services. The Attorney General's Child Support Division is directed by state and federal law to help Texas families collect child support. The division handled nearly one million cases and collected $2 billion for the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31. More than $7 billion has been collected during the Abbott administration. For a parent to be named a Most Wanted Child Support Evader, court-ordered delinquent support must be in excess of $5,000 and an arrest warrant must have been issued.... | |
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| | | American Airlines and AmSafe Introduce Child Aviation Restraint System (CARES) | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:45:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 13/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Just in time for the holidays, American Airlines is teaming up with AmSafe Aviation to offer consumers the only Child Aviation Safety Restraint System (CARES) certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for use on flights within the Continental United States. American Airlines is the first airline to offer the CARES product, one of several initiatives in which American Airlines is focusing on enhancing the travel experience for families. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061113/DAM029 ) The FAA regulation requires children over two years old to occupy their own seat. Although not required, the FAA encourages the voluntary use of a child restraint system to enhance safety during taxi, take-off and landing.... | |
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| | | Canadian hedge fund Industry rallies in support of prevention and treatment of child abuse | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:45:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | More than 150 hedge fund professionals are expected to wine, dine and mingle at the Sutton Place Hotels exclusive Stop 33 top-floor lounge on Thursday November 9 in support of Hedge Funds Care Canada, the countrys only philanthropy exclusively dedicated to the treatment and prevention of child abuse. Bay Street and visiting Wall Street hedge fund high-rollers will be treated to a gourmet-gala evening of top-tier foods with fine wines graciously donated by Halpern Enterprises. Guests will be invited to partake in Hedge Funds Care Canadas second-annual Diamond Rush event, where a genuine one-carat custom-designed diamond pendant by jewelers P&H Design worth US$15,000 will be hidden among more than 100 cubic zirconium pendants, with one lucky guest wearing home the real diamond.... | |
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| | | Allen, Webb Stake Out Positions on 'No Child' | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:45:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | In a state skeptical of federal intrusion in local school affairs, Virginia Sen. George Allen and challenger James Webb each say they support the goals of No Child Left Behind but quarrel with how the federal law has played out. The Democratic challenger says schools need more federal funding to fulfill mandates to test students and narrow achievement gaps. The Republican incumbent, who voted for the landmark legislation five years ago, now argues that states need more flexibility in how they grade schools. But neither candidate supports an outright repeal of the law. .... | |
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| | | $11,000 brings Bobby Brown's child support up to date | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:45:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | CANTON, Mass. -- Bobby Brown has paid $11,000 in delinquent child support after being threatened with arrest if he stepped into Massachusetts. A family judge had issued an arrest warrant two weeks ago after Brown failed to show up at a hearing over two months' payments he owed to Kim Ward, the mother of his two teen kids. Brown's attorney said then he was having a ''very difficult'' time as his tumultuous marriage to singer Whitney Houston was coming to an end with her filing for legal separation. ''I have at least been given the word that Kim Ward is satisfied that payment has been made and she's good to go, for now,'' Judge Patrick McDermott said. AP .... | |
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| | | Bangladeshi child labour makes clothes for Tesco | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:45:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | LONDON (AFP) - Bangladeshi children are being used to make clothes for supermarket giant Tesco, a charter member of the Ethical Trading Initiative that bans the use of child labour, a British television network has claimed. Channel 4 News secretly visited and filmed four factories that supply the British supermarket giant, two of which are owned by Harvest Rich Ltd. and two others belonging to Evince Group, where children as young as 12 were apparently employed. Tesco is a founding member of the Ethical Trading Initiative, which states that child labour must not be used, but Channel 4 News filmed child workers making men's trousers and shirts at the factories over a period of four months. One alleged worker from a Harvest Rich factory told the team: "I am 12 years old.... | |
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| | | Child support office closes for move | | Posted Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:45:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | RALEIGH - Wake County's Child Support Enforcement office will be closed the rest of the week and Monday as it relocates from the Wake County Courthouse to the adjacent Waverly F. Akins Wake County Office Building, 336 Fayetteville St.Child Support Enforcement has been on the eighth floor of the courthouse and will move to the eighth floor of the Akins Building, Suite 800.Any clients scheduled to be in court Monday regarding child support issues must still attend court that day, and the Wake County CSE office will be able to work with them. All other public inquiries will be addressed once the office completes its move and reopens Tuesday.During the move, the office's computers and telephones will not be running. The N.C. Child Support Enforcement Call Center at (800) 992-9457 will field calls for Wake County during the three-day closure.... | |
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| | | Child support grant exceeds target | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 10:45:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | The target set three years ago to extend the child support grant to 3.2 million children by March this year, has already been exceeded by 300000, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) reports on its website. A report on the state of social grants appears under the president's regular column and notes that by June this year over 3.5 million children were registered as beneficiaries of the child support grant. The total number of people receiving social grants was 7.4 million, noted the report. It stated that a detailed study which profiled all child beneficiaries and their access to various forms of government services had been completed. The report would be presented to Cabinet during October. No fee policy The report noted that "more than 7000 schools" had implemented a voluntary no fee policy.... | |
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| | | SUPPORT GROUPS | | Posted Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:45:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Support and Educational Group meeting -- 2 to 4 p.m., People's Church, 1758 N. 10th St. 664-6892. At 3 p.m., Tom Seiler, English professor emeritus of Western Michigan University, is leading the first of two group discussions of the book ``Writing a Jewish Life,'' by Lev Raphael. This precedes the Oct. 20 event ``Building Bridges: Gay, Straight and In-Between,'' during which the author will address his story and ideas in person. 664-6892, 375-1453 or 349-4402. Self-Management and Recovery Training -- 6 p.m., Portage Community Outreach Center, 7130 S. Westnedge Ave. Group offers non-12-step approach to dealing with recovery from substance abuse. 760-8557, or www.smartrecovery.org. Monday The Kalamazoo Parent Network -- 6 to 8 p.m., Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane.... | |
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| | | Child support payments go to debit accounts | | Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 10:46:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | Having access to child support payments will soon be as easy as using a debit card according to a release from the Missouri Department of Social Services (MDSS). Scheduled to begin in October in the Stoddard County area, recipients of child support payments will no longer be issued payments in the form of paper checks. Instead, recipients will be issued a new SecuritE Card from the Family Support Division (FSD) of the MDSS. The first cards were issued in Cole County beginning July 31 and the last cards will be phased in by the end of November. "I'm really pleased to provide this improved method of service to our child support clients," said FSD Director Janel Luck. "The card provides more security, more convenience and more timely payments than paper checks." Once the SecuritE Card has been received by the recipient, all support payments will then be electronically transferred from the payment center at FSD to the individual's card.... | |
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