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 Guidelines in Practice
- Lisa Klein Vogel, David Pate, and Nasitta Keita
- Report
- October 2022
Child Support Agencies as Connectors
- Lisa Klein Vogel and Samina Hossain
- Report
- August 2022
Child Support, Child Placement, Repartnering, and Divorced Mothers’ Objective and Subjective Economic Well-Being: Insights from Combining Survey and Administrative Data
- Judith Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda
- Report
- August 2022
Exploring the Long-Term Effects of Child Support
- Jooyoung Kong, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Quentin Riser
- Report
- June 2022
The Wisconsin Approach to Developing Administrative Data Resources for Research & Evaluation
- Hilary Shager, Steven Cook, Kristina Trastek, Marah A. Curtis, and Lawrence Berger
- Webinar
- May 11 2022
COVID-19 and Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers
- Tova Walsh, Michael Hoffmeister, Laura Zimmerman, and Sarah Meier
- Report
- May 2022
How to Better Serve Families Involved in the Criminal Justice System
- Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, Pajarita Charles, and Kalvin Barrett
- Webinar
- September 15 2021
Who Is Not Paying Child Support?
- Maria Cancian, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- September 2021
Shared Placement in Paternity Cases: An Initial Look
- Molly A. Costanzo and Aaron Reilly
- Report
- September 2021
How States Decide on the Right Amount of Child Support When Setting Orders for Low-Income Parents
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2021