SYRACUSE, NY (January 17, 2007) – The Parent Success Initiative (PSI), an organization that helped non-custodial parents get back to work and repay $2 million dollars in back child support from 2000 to 2005, is back in business after exhausting their resources in 2005. It will officially re-launch its operation on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 8:30-9:30AM at the Southwest Community Center, 401 South Avenue, Syracuse. Featured guests include Onondaga County Commissioner of Social Services David Sutkowy; newly appointed Commissioner of the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) David Hansell; other representatives from his office; and staff from the Parent Success Initiative and their partners.
The Parent Success Initiative (PSI) will host, Child Support Issues: Rights & Responsibilities Workshop from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. If you have questions about child support issues now is your chance to find out more about your rights and responsibilities.
PSI is committed to assisting parents living apart from their children to find, keep and advance in employment as well as become better parents. PSI previously operated through a grant from the US and NYS Departments of Labor and Onondaga County Department of Social Services. Based on their past successful practices, the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently selected PSI for a $500,000 grant as one of five pilot programs across the state under their Strengthening Families Initiative, allowing PSI to reopen. PSI’s highly collaborative model involves the efforts of Greater Syracuse Works, OCM BOCES and nine other community organizations that recruit, serve and follow up with participants in the program.
