The child support and criminal justice systems interact in numerous ways. Parents may be incarcerated for child support noncompliance. In addition, most parents do not fulfill their child support obligations (and their children do not receive child support) during periods of incarceration. While incarcerated, they typically accrue arrears and thus exit jail or prison with child support debt.
Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- May 2024
How to Better Serve Families Involved in the Criminal Justice System
- Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, Pajarita Charles, and Kalvin Barrett
- Webinar
- September 15 2021
Incarcerated Payers: A Review of Child Support Agency Practice
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- July 2018
County Performance and the Role of Incarceration
- Emma Frankham and Michael Massoglia
- Report
- July 2018
Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Four Year Outcomes
- Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, Laura Cuesta, and Vanessa Rios Salas
- Report
- April 2017
Child Support Enforcement Use of Contempt and Criminal Nonsupport Charges in Wisconsin
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- September 2015
Young Dads and Disadvantage
- Dan Simon
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2014
Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Final Evaluation Report
- Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, and Laura Cuesta
- Report
- September 2012
Factors Associated with Nonpayment of Child Support
- Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han
- Report
- September 2008
Review of Child Support Policies for Incarcerated Payers
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- December 2006