Program Research
CSDA maintains a body of research that reflects the issues the child support and academic community is or has focused on in the past.
Materials
CSDA prepares background materials and briefing documents to assist LCSA directors in the implementation of their local programs. Directors are encouraged to consider the use of these materials as they share information about their programs with local and community leaders or evaluate opportunities for improved program services.
Arrears
Arrears Prevention: Arrears Prevention in California
Child Support Quarterly – 2008
The Story Behind the Numbers – Understanding and Managing Child Support Debt
OCSE – 2008
DCSS – 2008
Factors Associated with Non-Payment of Child Support
Institute for Research on Poverty – 2008
Assessing Child Support Arrears in Nine Large States and the Nation
Urban Institute – 2007
Preventing Child Support Arrears in Texas by Improving Front-End Processes
Urban Institute – 2006
Strategies for Preventing the Accumulation of Child Support Arrears
CLASP/Urban Institute – 2005
Examining Child Support Arrears in California: The Collectibility Study
Urban Institute – 2003
An Evaluation of the Colorado Arrears Forgiveness Demonstration Project
Center for Policy Research – 2002
California and Other State Comparisons
State Use of Debt Compromise to Reduce Child Support Arrearages
Office of the Inspector General – October 2007
This Information Memorandum Conveys the “Compendium of Promising Practices/Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement – Part 1 and Part 2
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) – 2007
Strategies for Improving Child Support Collections in California
Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) – 2006
Child Support Enforcement: Comparing California’s Performance
Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) – 2005
CRB: California Child Support Comparison
Cost Avoidance
Cost Avoidance – The Texas Approach
Texas Child Support Division – 2008
Washington State Department of Child Support Services – 2007
Cost Avoidance and Cost Recovery – Final Report and Powerpoint
Urban Institute – 2004
Cost Avoidance and Cost Recovery in California’s Child Support Program
Urban Institute – 2001
Data Warehouse
Data Warehousing/Data Mining: Linking the Past and the Future
Washington State Department of Child Support Services – 2007
Enhancing Child Support Enforcement Efforts: Summary of Data Warehouse Efforts in Nine States
The Lewin Group – 2006
Guideline Calculator
How Do Child Support Orders Effect Payments and Compliance?
Orange County DCSS – 2011
California Child Support Guideline Review Report and Powerpoint
Child Support Directors Association – 2009
Washington State Department of Child Support Services – 2005
An Economic Study of Recent Child Support Orders
Washington State Department of Child Support Services – 2002
Early Intervention
Early Intervention and Child Support Outcomes: Lessons Learned
University of Maryland Family Welfare Research and Training Group – 2009
Monterey Department of Child Support Services – 2008
Reducing Child Support Default Orders in Colorado
Center for Policy Research – 2007
Fatherhood
Urban Institute – 2009
Ten Key Findings From Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives
Urban Institute – 2008
Urban Institute – 2007
Urban Institute – 2006
Do Nonresident Fathers Who Pay Child Support Visit Their Children More?
Urban Institute – 2002
Incarceration
Collateral Costs: Incarceration’s Effect on Economic Mobility
PEW Charitable Trusts – 2010
Michigan Supreme Court – 2010
Journal of Poverty Law and Policy – 2007
Staying in Jobs and Out of the Underground: Child Support Policies that Work
Center for Law and Social Policy – 2007
Incarceration, Reentry and Child Support Issues – National and State Research Overview
OCSE – 2006
The Intersection of Incarceration and Child Support: A Snapshot of Maryland’s Case Load
Family Welfare Research and Training Group – 2005
Building Debt While Doing Time: Child Support and Incarceration
American Bar Association – 2004
Testing A Modification Process For An Incarcerated Parent
Center for Policy Research – 2001
Investment in Child Support
CA Child Support Program – A Cost Effective and Cost Efficient Program
CA State DCSS – 2008
Stretched Thin: 2008 – State Budget Cuts Undermine CA HHS Programs
California Budget Project – 2008
The Potential Impact of Increasing Child Support Payments to TANF Families
Urban Institute – 2007
The Child Support Program: An Investment that Works
Center for Law and Social Policy – 2005
Beneficial Impacts of Child Support Services on Custodial Family Self-Sufficiency
Washington State Division of Child Support – 2004
Child Support Offers Some Protection Against Poverty
The Urban Institute – 2000
Medical
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
United States Census Bureau – 2008
Increasing Healthcare Coverage for Children: A New Coordinated Approach
Policy Studies Inc. – 2004
State Practices in Medical Child Support Cross-Program Coordination
Urban Institute – 2003
Performance
Analysis of Federal/State Financing of the Child Support Enforcement Program
Congressional Research Institute, 2012
Deloitte – 2009
Minnesota Department of Human Services, Child Support Enforcement Division Policy BPR Project
Deloitte – 2009
Orange County, CA, Studies Payments by Credit Card as Child Support Collections Increase
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) – 2009
Accurately Evaluating State Child Support Program Performance
National Conference of State Legislatures – 2008
Colorado Parenting Time/ Visitation Project
Center for Policy Research – 2007
Enhancing Child Support Enforcement Efforts Through Improved Use of Information on Debtor Income
The Lewin Group – 2006
Administrative and Judicial Processes for Establishing Child Support Orders
The Lewin Group – 2002
Child Support Enforcement is Working Better Than We Think
Urban Institute – 1999
Child Support Enforcement: How Well is it Doing?
Urban Institute – 1999
Poverty
Initial Results from the New York Non-Custodial Parent EITC
Urban Institute – 2010
Does Debt Discourage Employment and Payment of Child Support? Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Institute for Research on Poverty – 2009
The Importance of Child Support for Low-Income Families
Institute for Research on Poverty – 2003
Special Topics
Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: Social Services
Current Population Reports: Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2009
Public Policy Institute of California – 2012
Noncustodial Parents: Summaries of Research, Grants and Practices
OCSE – 2009
Driving High Performance in Government: Maximizing the Value of Public Sector Shared Services
Accenture – 2009
Birthrates and Fertility Trends in California
Public Policy Institute of California – 2008
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support
U.S. Census Bureau – 2007
California Counts – Populations, Trends and Profiles – 2007
Minority Families and Chid Support – Data Analysis
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) – 2007
Demographic Survey Results from Nine-State IV-D Programs
Urban Institute – 2007
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2005
United States Census Bureau – 2007
The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Nonmarital Child Bearing
University of Washington – 2006
Predicting Child Support Payment Delinquency Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5.1
SAS Institute – 2006
Maternity Before Maturity – Teen Birth Rates in California
California Counts – Population, Trends and Profiles – 2003