The child support enforcement system plays a critical role in facilitating private income transfers from noncustodial parents to their nonresident children. It also functions as a cost-recovery mechanism for government expenditures on these children. The program serves a majority of custodial families and transfers a substantial amount of support. Moreover, child support receipt has been credited with considerably reducing poverty.
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Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- 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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Tiffany Green on How Charging Dads for the Medicaid Costs of Their Baby’s Birth Affects Child Support
- Tiffany Green
- Podcasts
- November 08 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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New Research on the Child Support Landscape in Wisconsin
- Jooyoung Kong, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Tova Walsh
- Webinar
- January 11 2023
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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