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Child Support and Data Analysis Project

General Information

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Evaluator(s) Center for Law and Social Policy
Investigator(s) Vicki Turetsky (Center for Law and Social Policy)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Status Operational with Findings
Duration Jan 1997 - Mar 2003
Type Policy Analysis
Program/Policy Description To describe each state's basic child support program structure and to compare it with each program performance and financing decisions. To make this information available to researchers.
Notes No notes reported.
 
Last Updated 00/00/00
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) Vicki Turetsky (vturet@clasp.org)
Center for Law and Social Policy
1015 15th Street NW
Suite 400
(T) (202) 906-8000
(F) (202) 842-2885
Submitter(s) Lisa Plimpton (lisa@clasp.org)
Center for Law and Social Policy
1015 15th Street NW
Suite 400
(T) (202) 906-8000
(F) (202) 842-2885

Populations Studied

Target Population Local government
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit 50 states and DC
Execution Not reported.

Sites Studied

50 states and DC

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Child support

Variation in program components across sites? No

Outcomes Assessed

Compliance with federal requirements

Policy changes

Types of Studies

Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
 

Data Sources

Source Administrative data
 
Source Survey
 

Findings Available

Interim Descriptive/Analytical Findings

Recommendations

Existing Publications

12/01/98 Child Support Data Analysis Project: You Get What You Pay For: How Federal and State Investment Decisions Affect Child Support CLASP
10/01/00 Child Support and Data Analysis Project: Child Support Distribution Act of 2000, Key Provisions CLASP
10/01/00 Child Support and Data Analysis Project: Assignment and Distribution of Child Support, Comparison of Current Law, H.R. 4678 and S. 3189 CLASP
10/01/00 Child Support and Data Analysis Project: Fatherhood Programs, Comparison of Title V of H.R. 4678 and S. 3189 CLASP
10/01/00 Child Support and Data Analysis Project: Child Support Distribution and Disbursement CLASP
11/01/00 Child Support Data Analysis Project: The Performance of the Child Support Enforcement System: Two Points of View CLASP
11/01/00 Child Support Data Analysis Project: Insights from New Reports on State Disbursement Units CLASP
11/01/00 Child Support Data Analysis Project: Helping Families Keep Their Child Support: The Role of TANF Design Choices CLASP
11/01/00 Child Support Data Analysis Project: New Studies on Child Support Cooperation Requirements CLASP