The Story Behind the Numbers: The Child Support Program is a Good Investment
This paper takes a closer look at trends in child support program data and other data that affects the program. This paper explains why the child support program is a good investment. FY 2015 set a new record for achieving child support program results. In FY 1977, shortly after the program began, the child support…
Read MoreChild Support Cost Avoidance in 1999: Final Report
This report updates and expands upon the earlier microsimulation approach used by Wheaton and Sorensen (1998).
Read MoreReducing Welfare Costs and Dependency: How Much Bang for the Child Support Buck?
The report examines the degree to which the nation has been successful in reducing welfare costs through child support, and estimates the welfare savings that might be expected if more fathers were to pay child support.
Read MoreThe Effect of Child Support and Self-Sufficiency Programs on Reducing Direct Support Public Costs
This report examines cost avoidance of government funded programs attributable to regular child support income. While the report examines cost avoidance in Washington State, the methodology could be used by other states.
Read MoreThe Potential of the Child Support Enforcement Program to Avoid Costs to Public Programs: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature: Final Report
The purpose of this study is to synthesize the theoretical and empirical literature on cost avoidance and to build a comprehensive and coherent framework to evaluate the intricacies of child support cost avoidance.
Read MoreFeasibility of Collecting Fees for Child Support Services
This Report was written in response to a June 28, 2000, recommendation by the Washington State Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to implement fees and recover costs for child support services.
Read MoreCost 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…
Read MoreChild Support Enforcement: $25 Annual User Fee
This report includes a discussion of the user fee mandated by Congress in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, and which of the four implementation options states have selected.
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