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.

Enhancing the Child Support Knowledge of TANF-Eligible Families and TANF Caseworkers: A Collaborative Strategy for Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children and Their Families – Outcomes Evaluation
- Rebekah Selekman, Maria Cancian, and Jennifer Noyes
- Report
- October 2012

Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Final Evaluation Report
- Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, and Laura Cuesta
- Report
- September 2012

Child Support and Income Equality
- Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- September 2012

Interactions of the Child Support and Child Welfare Systems: Child Support Referral for Families Served by the Child Welfare System, Final Report
- Maria Cancian, Steven Cook, Mai Seki, and Lynn Wimer
- Report
- May 2012

Interactions of the Child Support and Child Welfare Systems: Child Support Enforcement after Family Reunification
- Maria Cancian, Steven Cook, Mai Seki, and Lynn Wimer
- Report
- May 2012

The Role of Child Support in the Current Economic Safety Net for Low-Income Families with Children
- Kristen S. Slack, Lawrence M. Berger, Bomi Kim, Mi Youn Yang
- Report
- May 2012

Fathers’ Investments of Time and Money across Residential Contexts
- Marcia J. Carlson, Alicia G. VanOrman, and Kimberly J. Turner
- Report
- May 2012

Economic Well-Being of Divorced Mothers with Varying Child Placement Arrangements in Wisconsin: Contributions of Child Support and Other Income Sources
- Judi Bartfeld, Hong-Min Ahn, and Jeong Hee Ryu
- Report
- April 2012

Child Support Models and the Perception of “Fairness”
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- December 2011

Child Support Orders and the Incarceration of Noncustodial Parents
- Daniel R. Meyer and Emily Warren
- Report
- December 2011