Publications on parents’ ability to contribute financially to their children’s well-being. This includes materials regarding earnings, factors associated to support payment or nonpayment, parent work programs, impacts of large arrearages, and other related topics.
Parental Debt and Child Well-Being: What Type of Debt Matters for Child Outcomes?
Published August 2021
Revisiting the 19 Percent Ratio of Order to Wage Threshold on Payment Compliance
Published June 2021
What Happens When the Amount of Child Support Due Is a Burden? Revisiting the Relationship between Child Support Orders and Child Support Payments
Published June 2020 (link updated 08/20/2024)
State Policies and Employment Outcomes among Fathers with Criminal Records
Published October 2019
Illicit Substance Use and Child Support: An Exploratory Study
Published June 2019
Final Implementation Findings from the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration (CSPED) Evaluation
Published January 2019
Actual Earnings and Payment Outcomes among Obligors with Imputed Income
Published August 2018
Providing Financial Support for Children: Views and Experiences of Low-Income Fathers in the PACT Evaluation
Published December 2017
Indebted Relationships: Child Support Arrears and Nonresident Fathers’ Involvement with Children
Published September 2016
How Do Child Support Order Amounts Affect Payments and Compliance?
Published October 2011
An Evidence-Based Approach to Child Support
Published August 2020
State Strategies for Improving Child Support Outcomes for Incarcerated Parents
Published July 2020
Who Is at Risk of Contempt of Court for Child Support Noncompliance?
Published June 2020
Piling on Debt: The Intersections Between Child Support Arrears and Legal Financial Obligations
Published June 2020
COVID-19 and Child Support: Changes in Payers and Non-Payers and What Child Support Agencies Can Do
Published May 2020
Child Support Enforcement-Led Employment Services for Noncustodial Parents: In Brief
Published May 2020
Using Principles of Procedural Justice to Engage Disconnected Parents
Published April 2020
Child support reform can help parents better support their children during and after the COVID-19 recession
Published June 2020
Child Support Payments, Income Imputation, and Default Orders
Published August 2019
