Number: RL33422
Title: Analysis of Federal-State Financing of the Child Support Enforcement Program
Authors: Carmen Solomon-Fears, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report describes the current system of child support financing, analyzes trends in child support collections and expenditures, and discusses the effect of declining Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)1 rolls on CSE program financing. It also explains how child support collections are distributed to families and to the state and federal governments. In addition, the report includes two appendices. Appendix A presents several state-by-state tables, which include an examination of state income and expenditures for every state for FY1999 and FY2004, collection and expenditure data by state for FY1999-FY2004, average monthly child support payments in cases in which a collection was made for every state for FY1999-FY2004, and child support collections made on behalf of TANF families as a percentage of total CSE collections for every state for FY1999-FY2004. Appendix B describes the distribution of child support payments and the "family first" policy.
Pages: 50
Date: May 17, 2006