Child Support

It Makes Sound Fiscal Sense to Restore Funding for Child Support Enforcement by CLASP. The goal of the child support enforcement program is to ensure that children receive financial and medical support from their parents. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 cut funds from the program, threatening to reverse the progress made in its effectiveness over the last 10 years. This fact sheet offers several reasons that Congress should restore funding.

State Policy Choices: Child Support. This new report by The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) examines how important child support is to the well being of low income families and how the manner in which child is implemented and distributed varies greatly by state.