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.

Shared Placement: An Overview of Prevalence, Trends, Economic Implications, and Impacts on Child Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld
- Report
- December 2011

Child Support and Subsequent Nonmarital Fertility
- Yeongmin Kim, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- July 2011

The Use of Civil Contempt and Criminal Nonsupport as Child Support Enforcement Tools: A Report on Local Perspectives and the Availability of Data
- Steven Cook and Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- May 2011

The Families Forward Program Final Evaluation Report
- Carolyn Heinrich, Brett Burkhardt, Hilary Shager, and Lara Rosen
- Report
- January 2011

Child Support in an Economic Downturn: Changes in Earnings, Child Support Orders, and Payments
- Chi-Fang Wu
- Report
- January 2011

Updating Estimates of the Costs of Raising Children with a Focus on Medical Support Costs
- Maximilian D. Schmeiser and Gina M. Longo
- Report
- December 2010

Child Support: Responsible Fatherhood and the Quid Pro Quo
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010

“I’m Not Supporting His Kids”: Noncustodial Fathers’ Contributions When Mothers Have Children with New Partners
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- April 2010

Reducing Child Support Debt and Its Consequences: Can Forgiveness Benefit All?
- Carolyn J. Heinrich, Brett C. Burkhardt, and Hilary M. Shager
- Report
- March 2010