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.
Post-Divorce Placement Arrangements and Children’s Test Scores
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Report
- July 2018
Incarcerated Payers: A Review of Child Support Agency Practice
- Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- July 2018
County Performance and the Role of Incarceration
- Emma Frankham and Michael Massoglia
- Report
- July 2018
Maria Cancian on Changing Families and Changing Child Support Policies
- Maria Cancian
- Podcasts
- May 2018
Making a difference over 50 years
- Rebecca M. Blank
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Single-Parent-Family policy
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Comparing Income-Shares and Percentage-of-Income Child Support Guidelines
- Maria Cancian and Molly A. Costanzo
- Report
- December 2017
Changes in the Incidence of Complex Families and the Implications for Child Support Orders
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- December 2017
The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement
- Vanessa Ríos-Salas
- Report
- June 2017
Reducing the Interest Rate Charged on Child Support Arrears
- Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Serakos
- Report
- June 2017