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.

Child Support Enforcement Use of Contempt and Criminal Nonsupport Charges in Wisconsin
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- September 2015

The Use of Child Support Guidelines in Wisconsin: 2007 to 2009
- Judi Bartfeld, Steven T. Cook, Eunhee Han
- Report
- September 2015

Child Support Receipt, Moves, and School Changes
- Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
- Report
- September 2015

Does Joint Legal Custody Increase the Child Support Payments of the Fathers of Nonmarital Children?
- Yiyu Chen and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- June 2015

The Contributions of Nonresident Parents to Child Care Arrangements and Costs
- Anna Haley-Lock
- Report
- March 2015

Child Placement Arrangements and Post-Divorce Economic Outcomes
- Judi Bartfeld and Eunhee Han
- Report
- December 2014

Child Support Receipt and the Quality and Stability of Housing
- Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
- Report
- June 2014

Young Dads and Disadvantage
- Dan Simon
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2014

The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014