Child support order and payment amounts have implications for the economic well-being of noncustodial parents, custodial parents, and children. Most noncustodial parents with a child support order pay part, but not the full amount of that order; likewise, most custodial parents who are owed child support receive some support, but not the full amount they are owed.
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions: Evaluating the Effect of Cost-Recovery Arrears on the Stability of Reunification
- Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, HeeJin Kim, Anna Ko, and Jessica Pac
 - Report
 - September 2025
 
Driver’s License Action Prevalence and Characteristics Report
- Molly Costanzo, Lisa Klein Vogel, and Aaron Reilly
 - Report
 - August 2025
 
License Suspension and Civil Contempt as Enforcement Tools
- Lisa Klein Vogel, Molly Costanzo, Aaron Reilly, and Alexis M. Dennis
 - Report
 - February 2025
 
Understanding the Neighborhood Contexts of Custodial and Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support System
- Megan Doherty Bea, Judith Bartfeld, and Alison Berube
 - Report
 - December 2024
 
Default Orders, Income Imputation, and Implications for Child Support Outcomes
- Molly Costanzo, Lisa Klein Vogel & Aaron Reilly
 - Report
 - October 2024
 
Noncustodial Parents’ Child Support and Custodial Parents’ Income Packages: Comparing the Great Recession and COVID-19 Recession Eras
- Marci Ybarra, Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Laura Cuesta, and Anna Walther
 - Report
 - October 2024
 
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions
- Lawrence M. Berger, Maria Cancian, HeeJin Kim, Anna Ko, and Jessica Pac
 - 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
 
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