Child Support Enforcement Council

Reports

• GAO Report on Child Support Enforcement   PDF Version
  

  After ten months of in-depth investigation and research, a well documented report about Child Support Enforcement issued in March, 2002, by the U.S. General Accounting Office, shows that private child support enforcement agencies are providing valuable assistance to custodial parents.

• Private Attorney Access To Child Support Enforcement Tools In The Recommendations Of The U.S. Commission On Interstate Child Support
  

  By Laura Morgan,
  Chair of the Child Support Subcommittee
  Family Law Section of the American Bar Association

• Child Support Enforcement in the United States
  and the Role of the Private Bar
  

  By Laura Morgan,
  Chair of the Child Support Subcommittee
  Family Law Section of the American Bar Association

• Child Support Offers Some Protection Against Poverty
  

  By Elaine Sorenson and Chava Zibman
  In 1996, Congress ended welfare as we know it and replaced it with time-limited benefits, strict work requirements, and stronger child support enforcement. Many experts have wondered, however, whether child support can really be a significant source of income for poor families. In fact, it already is for poor families that receive it.

• Strong Child Support Enforcement Decreases Welfare Caseloads
  

  A study on child support and welfare caseloads completed by the Institute for Research on Poverty, released in December of 2000.

• Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers
  

  Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2003 by the Census Bureau.

• Federal Child Support Enforcement, Fiscal Year 2005 Preliminary Report