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.
Knowledge about Child Support Policy in a Changing Environment
- Kisun Nam, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- February 2006
Difference-in-Difference Evaluation of the Wisconsin Full Child Support Pass-Through Policy: Final Report
- Steven T. Cook and Emma Caspar
- Report
- February 2006
Mothers’ Family Networks and Livelihood in the Context of Child Support Enforcement Policy
- Jane Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Report
- January 2006
SSI Caretaker Cases, Child Support, and Economic Well-Being
- Hwa-Ok Park and Sandra Magaña
- Report
- October 2005
Arrearages, Lying-in Orders, and Child Support Compliance among Fathers of W-2 Children in Wisconsin
- Judi Bartfeld
- Report
- February 2005
The Effect of Child Support Enforcement Efforts on Nonmarital Fertility
- Geoffrey L. Wallace
- Report
- February 2005
Forgiveness of State-Owed Child Support Arrears
- Judith Bartfeld
- Report
- February 2003
W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 1: Final Report – Volume I: Effects of the Experiment
- Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, Principal Investigators
- Report
- April 2001