Publications provide insight into how local, state and/or federal program impact family well-being and outcomes.
Financial shocks and system contact: exploring the role of child support disbursement instability in child welfare involvement
Published September 2026
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions: Examining the Potential Economic Mechanisms Linking Child Support Cost-Recovery Orders to Reunification from Foster Care
Published April 2026
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions: Evaluating the Effect of Cost-Recovery Arrears on the Stability of Reunification
Published September 2025
Delaying Implementation of Washington State’s Full Pass-Through of Monthly Child Support Would Harm Families in Poverty | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (cbpp.org)
Published April 4, 2025
Improving Economic Mobility through Child Support: Opportunities for Future Research | ASPE (hhs.gov)
Published January 15, 2025
Factors that Impact the Child Support Program’s Role in Reducing Child Poverty: Convening Summary | ASPE (hhs.gov)
Published September 26, 2024
The Impact of Cost-Recovery Child Support Orders on Foster Care Trajectories: JPAM Working Paper
Published August 2024
Evaluation of Child Support Enforcement Cooperation Requirements in SNAP (mathematica.org)
Published June 6, 2024
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions – INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON POVERTY – UW–Madison (wisc.edu)
Published May 2024
Applying Insights from Human Connection and Co-Regulation: Supporting Fathers in Human Services Programs | The Administration for Children and Families (acf.gov)
Published April 24, 2024
Child Support Family Distribution | Aspen Institute (aspeninstitute.org)
Published November 1, 2023
Strengthening Connections to Support Child & Family Well-Being: How Economic Supports, Inclusive of Child Support Programs, Can Work Together for a Whole Family Approach
Published July 2023
Temporary Assistance For Needy Families: Sanctioning And Child Support Compliance Among Black Families In Illinois
Published December 2022
Applying Human-Centered Design to Human Services: Pilot Study Findings
Published September 2022
States Should Use New Guidance to Stop Charging Parents for Foster Care, Prioritize Family Reunification | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (cbpp.org)
Published October 13, 2022
Gathering and Using Family Input to Improve Child Support and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Services: Approaches from the Human Services Field
Published September 2022
Child Support and Foster Care
Published July 2020
Evaluating the Effect of Colorado’s Full Child Support Pass-Through Policy
Published November 2019
Are Parents with a Child Support Order More Likely to be Eligible for Both SNAP and Subsidized Child Care?
Published October 2018
How Many Families Might Be Newly Reached by Child Support Cooperation Requirements in SNAP and Subsidized Child Care, and What Are their Characteristics?
Published July 2018
Child Support Pass-Through and Disregard Policies for Public Assistance Recipients
Published May 2020
Interactions of the Child Support and Child Welfare Systems: Child Support Referral for Families Served by the Child Welfare System: Final Report
Published May 2012
