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Child Support Resource Library
Welcome to the YoungWilliams Child Support Resource Library. Search by keywords or use the filters to select categories of interest to you. Currently, our Library consists of academic and government research articles and reports from around the country, federal opinions, and case law from states in which our full service child support projects are located.
Do Nonresident Fathers Who Pay Child Support Visit Their Children More?
This report examines the answer to the question raised by the title. Children who have child support orders and receive child support payments have more frequent contact with their nonresident fathers. Children living in poverty were less likely to have seen their fathers in the previous year than were children whose family earnings exceeded the poverty line. African-American children born to unmarried parents were more likely to see their fathers than are white or Hispanic children. Children born out of wedlock, regardless of income, were more likely to visit their fathers after the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was enacted. There was no increase in nonresident father visitation among children born in wedlock, regardless of income.
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An Evaluation of the Colorado Arrears Forgiveness Demonstration Project: Final Report
This final report covers a demonstration project in two Colorado Counties in which non-custodial parents (NCP) were offered opportunities for forgiveness of state debts in exchange for regular support payments over a ten month period. This research was conducted by the Division of Child Support Services with the Colorado Department of Human Services.
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The Madrina Project
Examining Child Support Arrears in California: The Collectibility Study
Determining the Composition and Collectibility of Child Support Arrearages: Volume II –the Case Assessment
The second of two reports, this Report examines the history of the non-custodial parent’s (NCP) involvement with the child support program, and reviewed orders calculated using the Washington State child support guidelines, the quality of work performed by the field staff, payment and debt records, and identified NCP barriers to payment.
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Determining the Composition and Collectibility of Child Support Arrearages: Volume I – the Longitudinal Analysis
State of Washington Joint Agency Collection Project
This report summarizes the results of a federal grant to study ways to assist incarcerated and recently released non-custodial parents (NCP). Three agencies collaborated: the Department of Social and Health Services Division of Child Support, the Employment Security Department, and the Department of Corrections, all of which share a common interest in the success of this population.
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Getting Noncustodial Dads Involved in the Lives of Foster Children
Cost Avoidance and Cost Recovery in California’s Child Support Program: SFY 2000-01
In 2003, the Child Support Directors Association of California contracted with the Urban Institute to develop a cost avoidance estimate for California using the same methodology used for the Office of Child Support Enforcement study. The results of that study are presented here (for state fiscal year 2000-01) and cover the following programs: the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, the Food Stamp Program, Medi-Cal, the Supplemental Security Income program, and federal housing assistance.
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