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Study Name
Study of Empowering Lives through Education, Vocational Assessment, Training, and Employment (ELEVATE)
Study Sharepoint ID
101005
Evaluation name
Five County Demonstration Project (FCDP) Evaluation - ELEVATE Evaluation

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female
No
Subgroup data - Male
No
Subgroup data - White
No
Subgroup data - Black
No
Percent Non-Custodial Parents
100.00
Percent welfare population
65.00
Percent Black or African American
22.50
Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
14.00
Percent White not Hispanic
56.00
Percent another race
7.50
Mean age
34.90
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Wisconsin's ELEVATE program focused on noncustodial parents who were unemployed or underemployed and struggling to meet their child support obligations. Potentially eligible participants were identified through referrals, and interested participants completed a consent and baseline survey process to enroll in the evaluation. The study enrolled 992 participants into the ELEVATE program and used propensity score matching to construct a statistically similar comparison group from administrative data for the quasi-experimental analysis. Enrollment occurred across five Wisconsin counties from January 2020 through December 2022, with a temporary pause in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Study enrollment occurred from January 2020 through December 2022. The intervention was studied over a period of twelve months (four-quarters) from enrollment.

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Child support agencies

Treatment condition formatted

The Empowering Lives through Education, Vocational Assessment, Training, and Employment (ELEVATE) program aimed to help noncustodial parents (NCPs) who were unemployed or underemployed and behind on, or at risk of falling behind on, their child support obligations. The program’s main goals were to improve NCPs’ workforce participation and subsequently increase their child support compliance. ELEVATE provided a range of individualized services across four primary service domains – case management, employment services, enhanced child support services, and parenting services.

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The comparison group included participants similar to ELEVATE participants on different characteristics from non-ELEVATE counties.

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None

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ELEVATE took place in five counties across Wisconsin (Brown, Kenosha, Marathon, Racine, and Wood).

Secondary domains examined

Monthly Child Support Order Amounts, Monthly Child Support Payment Amounts, Child Support Compliance

Earliest publication year
2021
Most recent publication year
2025
Manuscripts
101005_01_Shager_2025
101005_02_Costanzo_2024
101005_03_Vogel_2021
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No
Primary Service
Child support assistance
Services Referred
Benefit navigation/access
Treatment or recovery services for substance use disorder
Mental health services
Housing supports and subsidies
Financial education
Legal assistance
Basic skills/bridge programs
Occupational or sectoral training
Services Unclear
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Enrollment Period
[Enter the full name of the month and the 4-digit year when study enrollment started and ended. For example, "September 1997 to October 2001" or "March 2005 to May 2006"]
Intervention Duration
0.00
Subgroup data - Hispanic
No
State & Region
Wisconsin