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.
Interactions of the Child Support and Child Welfare Systems: Child Support Enforcement after Family Reunification
- Maria Cancian, Steven Cook, Mai Seki, and Lynn Wimer
- Report
- May 2012
The Role of Child Support in the Current Economic Safety Net for Low-Income Families with Children
- Kristen S. Slack, Lawrence M. Berger, Bomi Kim, Mi Youn Yang
- Report
- May 2012
Fathers’ Investments of Time and Money across Residential Contexts
- Marcia J. Carlson, Alicia G. VanOrman, and Kimberly J. Turner
- Report
- May 2012
Economic Well-Being of Divorced Mothers with Varying Child Placement Arrangements in Wisconsin: Contributions of Child Support and Other Income Sources
- Judi Bartfeld, Hong-Min Ahn, and Jeong Hee Ryu
- Report
- April 2012
Child Support Models and the Perception of “Fairness”
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- December 2011
Child Support Orders and the Incarceration of Noncustodial Parents
- Daniel R. Meyer and Emily Warren
- Report
- December 2011
Shared Placement: An Overview of Prevalence, Trends, Economic Implications, and Impacts on Child Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld
- Report
- December 2011
Child Support and Subsequent Nonmarital Fertility
- Yeongmin Kim, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- July 2011
Disadvantaged fathers and their families
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, and Ronald B. Mincy
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
The Use of Civil Contempt and Criminal Nonsupport as Child Support Enforcement Tools: A Report on Local Perspectives and the Availability of Data
- Steven Cook and Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- May 2011