The child support enforcement system serves the dual roles of transferring resources from noncustodial to custodial parents and of recovering funds government spends on custodial parents and children involved in social welfare programs. Federal policy allows states flexibility in dividing between families and government the child support collected on behalf of families receiving government benefits. State policy determines the amount that is retained by the state versus “passed through” to custodial parents receiving government benefits. It also determines the extent to which child support payment or receipt is taken into account or disregarded in determining program eligibility or benefit amounts.

Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- May 2024

Enhancing the Child Support Knowledge of TANF-Eligible Families and TANF Caseworkers: A Collaborative Strategy for Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children and Their Families – Outcomes Evaluation
- Rebekah Selekman, Maria Cancian, and Jennifer Noyes
- Report
- October 2012

Child Support and Subsequent Nonmarital Fertility
- Yeongmin Kim, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- July 2011

Comparisons of Outcomes
- Steven T. Cook and Emma Caspar
- Report
- December 2006

The Experiences of American Indians in Wisconsin in the Child Support Demonstration Evaluation
- Steven T. Cook
- Report
- December 2006

Welfare and Child Support Policy Knowledge among Parents of Children on W-2 in Dane County
- David Pate
- Report
- June 2006

Effects of the Full Child Support Pass-Through/Disregard on Marriage and Cohabitation
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer, with the assistance of Youseok Choi
- Report
- June 2006

The Effects of Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policies
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Jen Roff
- Report
- April 2006

Focus Groups with Noncustodial and Custodial Parents of Children Receiving TANF Benefits in Wisconsin
- David Pate
- Report
- March 2006

Child Support Demonstration Evaluation Cost-Benefit Analysis, September 1997-December 2004
- Emma Caspar and Steven T. Cook
- Report
- March 2006