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.
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Do low-income noncustodial fathers “trade” earlier families for newer ones?
- Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, Angela Guarin, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- July 2019
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Can a redesigned child support system do better?
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Robert G. Wood
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- July 2019
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Culture change: Implementing a new approach to child support
- Jennifer L. Noyes, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Lanikque Howard
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- July 2019
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Helping the hard-To-Employ transition to employment
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- July 2019
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Comparison of CSPED Participants to National and State Child Support Caseloads
- Leslie Hodges
- Discussion Paper
- June 2019
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Cost of Raising Children and Expenditures on Children
- Cliff Robb
- Report
- June 2019
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Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) Evaluation: Weighting Specifications
- Amy Beyler, Nancy Clusen, and Emily Weaver
- Discussion Paper
- March 2019
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Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED): Findings from the Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Quinn Moore, Katherine Anne Magnuson, and April Yanyuan Wu
- Report
- March 2019
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Maria Cancian and Dan Meyer on Final Results from the CSPED Impact Evaluation
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Podcasts
- March 2019
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Final Impact Findings from the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED): Technical Supplement
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, Lawrence M. Berger, Angela Guarin , Leslie Hodges, Katherine Anne Magnuson, Lisa Klein Vogel, Melody Waring, Robert G. Wood, Quinn Moore, and April Yanyuan Wu
- Report
- March 2019