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In June 2002 a third independent evaluation of the program was issued by Dr. William Blount, former Chairman of the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida, with then following key program outcomes:
- The program remains strongly endorsed by local judges, the Department of Revenue, and the Clerk of the Courts.
- The program generated $4.84 of revenue to the State, as recorded by the Department of Revenue, for every $1.00 spent for the program. Over the past three years NCEP has spent an average of 26.5 cents ($ .265) for each dollar ($1.00) collected by the Department of Revenue.
- Child support dollars collected continue to exceed program operating costs by a substantial margin, with $5.6 million collected over costs since the beginning of the program.
- Long-term work habits are being generated, as 75% of all program generated child support collections posted by the Department of Revenue are now coming from clients who are no longer in the program, but continue to pay their child support.
- Noncustodial parents in NCEP are more involved with their children. More than 60% of participants report that their relationship with their children and the custodial parent have improved since being in the program, with the most common visitation arrangement being one to two times per week.
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