The Performance of the Child Support Enforcement System: Two Points of View

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In this report, The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) highlights the findings of the U.S. Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) reports which describe the state of child support efforts in this country. The CLASP report also discusses what can be made of the seemingly contradictory results of these two reports.

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2000-10-31T19:00:00
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2000-11-01

HHS Role in Child Support Enforcement

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This fact sheet describes the Child Support Enforcement Program and other child support initiatives.

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2002-07-30T20:00:00
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2002-07-31

Collaboration between TANF and Child Support Enforcement: Partnering to Support Families

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This is a November 2003 Newsletter generated by the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network on how TANF and Child Support Enforcement can partner to better serve families.

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2003-10-31T19:00:00
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Building Debt While Doing Time: Child Support and Incarceration

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Authored by Jessica Pearson. Report prepared by the Center for Policy Research and was supported by a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

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2004-06-30T20:00:00
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2004-07-01

State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination

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Authored by Lynne Fender and Jen Bernstein. This Urban Institute report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. This study describes policies and practices in Connecticut, Minnesota, and Texas designed to coordinate the child support enforcement program, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to secure and sustain appropriate health care coverage for child support-eligible children. Based on site visits to the 3 States, the report documents both successes in cross-program coordination as well as challenges to effective coordination.

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2004-08-31T20:00:00
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2004-09-01

The Child Support Program: An Investment That Works

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Revised to include 2004 data, this article through the Center for Law and Social Policy reviews how child support enforcement programs can help families achieve self-sufficiency.

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2005-06-30T20:00:00
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2005-07-01

The Child Support Enforcement Program: A Sound Investment in Improving Children's Chances in Life

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This article, through the Center for Law and Social Policy, reviews the child support enforcement program and its contribution as an "unsung hero" in welfare reform to bringing additional income to low-income families.

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2005-09-30T20:00:00
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2005-10-01
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Compendium of Promising Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement 2008

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From the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), this Compendium is a Federal source for learning about successful child support programs and organizational practices from around the country. OCSE provides a detailed list of successful Child Support programs as well as contact information for each site.

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2006-12-31T19:00:00
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2007-01-01

The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Maternal Health and Wellbeing

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From the National Poverty Center, this working paper outlines the impact on welfare reform policies, such as work requirements, and child support enforcement policies on maternal health and health behavior by utilizing the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing data.

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2006-07-31T20:00:00
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2006-08-01

Compendium of Best Practices in Child Support – 2008

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From the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), this Compendium is a Federal source for learning about successful child support programs and organizational practices from around the country. OCSE provides a detailed list of successful Child Support programs as well as contact information for each site.

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