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 and Child Welfare System Interactions
- Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, HeeJin Kim, Anna Ko, and Jessica Pac
- Report
- May 2024
Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- May 2024
Experiences, Characteristics, and Service Needs of Noncustodial Parents with Challenges Meeting Child Support Obligations: Evidence from ELEVATE Parents
- Molly Costanzo, Yonah Drazen, Hanna Han, Liesl Hostetter, Hilary Shager, and Lisa Klein Vogel
- Report
- March 2024
Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Support: A Scoping Review
- Yoona Kim, Katarina Liptrot-Ploch, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- January 2024
Reducing the Interest Rate Charged on Arrears
- Quentin H. Riser and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- December 2023
Tiffany Green on How Charging Dads for the Medicaid Costs of Their Baby’s Birth Affects Child Support
- Tiffany Green
- Podcasts
- November 08 2023
Tribal Child Support: Final Report
- Joseph Jean, Hilary Shager, and Carolee Dodge Francis
- Report
- August 2023
New Approaches to Child Support Services: Custodial Parent Perspectives
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Alexis M. Dennis, Liesl Hostetter, and Hilary Shager
- Report
- July 2023
Effects of Medicaid Birth Cost Recovery Policy Changes on Child Support Outcomes
- Tiffany Green, Steven T. Cook, Hoa Vu
- Report
- May 2023