IRP’s decades-long collaborations with the State of Wisconsin have led to the development of consistent income standards for determining child support awards, multiple policy evaluations of child support policy and practice initiatives, and the collection of an extended and uniquely complete series of court records of child support decisions in select Wisconsin counties.
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Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
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- May 2024
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Experiences, Characteristics, and Service Needs of Noncustodial Parents with Challenges Meeting Child Support Obligations: Evidence from ELEVATE Parents
- Molly Costanzo, Yonah Drazen, Hanna Han, Liesl Hostetter, Hilary Shager, and Lisa Klein Vogel
- Report
- March 2024
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Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Support: A Scoping Review
- Yoona Kim, Katarina Liptrot-Ploch, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- January 2024
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Reducing the Interest Rate Charged on Arrears
- Quentin H. Riser and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- December 2023
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Tribal Child Support: Final Report
- Joseph Jean, Hilary Shager, and Carolee Dodge Francis
- Report
- August 2023
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New Approaches to Child Support Services: Custodial Parent Perspectives
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Alexis M. Dennis, Liesl Hostetter, and Hilary Shager
- Report
- July 2023
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Effects of Medicaid Birth Cost Recovery Policy Changes on Child Support Outcomes
- Tiffany Green, Steven T. Cook, Hoa Vu
- Report
- May 2023
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Perceptions of Fairness in Child Support
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Alexis Dennis, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- December 2022
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Shared Placement, Child Support Payments, and Sharing of Child-Related Expenses: Overview and Mothers’ Perception of Fairness
- Judith Bartfeld, Trisha Chanda, Lonnie Berger, and Quentin Riser
- Report
- December 2022
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Child Support Guidelines in Practice
- Lisa Klein Vogel, David Pate, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- October 2022