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.
Negotiating race and racial inequality in family court
- Tonya L. Brito, David J. Pate Jr., and Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2020
Focus & Focus+ 36(4), December 2020
Systemic racism and the justice system
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2020
Shared Placement and Post-Divorce Economic Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda
- Report
- November 2020
Implementing Virtual Human Services: Lessons from Telehealth
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2020
Exploring Paths to Child Support Compliance
- Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, Lawrence Berger, and Molly Costanzo
- Report
- May 2020
Considerations for Successful Virtual Case Management in Human Service Delivery
- Joe Raymond, Lauren Supplee, and Gerrie Cotter
- Webinar
- April 28 2020
Angela Guarin: Do Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers “Trade” Earlier Families for New Ones?
- Angela Guarin
- Podcasts
- February 13 2020
Changes in Placement after Divorce and Implications for Child Support Policy
- Daniel R. Meyer, Marcia J. Carlson, and Md Moshi Ul Alam
- Report
- December 2019
Strengthening Relationships Between Noncustodial Fathers and the Mothers of Their Children
- Tova Walsh and Darryl Davidson
- Webinar
- November 20 2019
Use of Enforcement Actions and Their Relationship to Payments
- Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, and Melody Waring
- Report
- November 2019