Child Support

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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Child Support Debt: Tracing the Evolution of the Problem and Implications for Policy Solutions

  • Yeongmin Kim, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • November 2012
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Child Support Referrals for Out-of-Home Placements: A Review of Policy and Practice

  • Carol Chellew, Jennifer L. Noyes, and Rebekah Selekman
  • Report
  • October 2012
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The Wisconsin Mothers with Young Children Study (WiscMoms): Report on a Pilot Survey of Formal and Informal Support of Children in Complex Families

  • Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, Nora Cate Schaeffer, and Jessica Price
  • Report
  • October 2012
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Exploring Reasons for the Decline in Child Support Orders among Paternity Cases

  • Maria Cancian, Yiyu Chen, Eunhee Han, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • October 2012
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The Implications of Complex Families for Poverty and Child Support Policy

  • Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Webinar
  • September 19 2012
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Holding Child Support Orders of Incarcerated Payers in Abeyance: Final Evaluation Report

  • Jennifer L. Noyes, Maria Cancian, and Laura Cuesta
  • Report
  • September 2012
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Child Support and Income Equality

  • Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
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  • September 2012