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.
License Suspension and Civil Contempt as Enforcement Tools
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Molly Costanzo, Aaron Reilly, and Alexis M. Dennis
- Report
- February 2025
An Overview of Findings from the WiscParents Survey
- Judith Bartfeld, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Quinn Kinzer
- Report
- December 2024
Understanding the Neighborhood Contexts of Custodial and Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support System
- Megan Doherty Bea, Judith Bartfeld, and Alison Berube
- Report
- December 2024
Default Orders, Income Imputation, and Implications for Child Support Outcomes
- Molly Costanzo, Lisa Klein Vogel & Aaron Reilly
- Report
- October 2024
Collaborating to Provide a Gateway to Services and Supports for Noncustodial Fathers
- Tova Walsh and Helenia Quince
- Report
- October 2024
Noncustodial Parents’ Child Support and Custodial Parents’ Income Packages: Comparing the Great Recession and COVID-19 Recession Eras
- Marci Ybarra, Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Laura Cuesta, and Anna Walther
- Report
- October 2024
Peer Parenting Groups for Noncustodial Fathers
- Margaret L. Kerr, Jenna Klink, and Gabriel Smith
- Report
- September 2024
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions
- Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, HeeJin Kim, Anna Ko, and Jessica Pac
- Report
- May 2024
Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- May 2024