Judith Bartfeld Trisha ChandaChild Support Policy Research Agreement • March 21st, 2023
This research was supported by the Child Support Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. We are grateful for the use of administrative data from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and Department of Children and Families. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone. The authors thank James Spartz and Dawn Duren for assistance in preparing this report.
ContractChild Support Policy Research Agreement • August 13th, 2021
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. We are grateful for expert review, editing, and production assistance from Daniel R. Meyer, Lisa Klein Vogel, James T. Spartz, and Dawn Duren.
Child Support and Child Welfare System Interactions 2022–2024 Child Support Policy Research Agreement: Task 2Child Support Policy Research Agreement • July 25th, 2024
This report is the deliverable associated with Task 2 of the 2022–2024 Child Support Policy Research Agreement (CSPRA): “Child support and child welfare system interactions.” The overarching aim of this task is to update the landmark 2017 analysis of the impact of foster care cost-recovery child support orders on children’s foster care placement trajectories (Cancian et al., 2012, 2017). In addition to including a longer time series to provide updated causal estimates on a range of outcomes related to time to reunification, permanency, and foster care re- entry, we describe current child support enforcement policies and practices at the state and federal levels.
Incarceration, Child Support, and Family RelationshipsChild Support Policy Research Agreement • May 23rd, 2024
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone and not necessarily the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank Judith Bartfeld for helpful comments; James T. Spartz, Dawn Duren, and Lisa Klein Vogel for assistance with editing and production; and Grace Dai and David Blatz for their technical assistance.
Peer Parenting Groups for Noncustodial FathersChild Support Policy Research Agreement • September 27th, 2024
This report is the primary deliverable associated with Task 15 of the 2022–2024 Child Support Research Agreement (CSRA): “Peer Parenting Groups for Noncustodial Fathers.” This task supports the goal of developing and evaluating new ways of constructively engaging noncustodial fathers to help strengthen their nonfinancial and financial support of nonresident children.
Child Support Payments, Income Imputation, and Default Orders Child Support Policy Research Agreement, 2018-20: Task 5 Maria Cancian, Steven Cook, and Daniel R. MeyerChild Support Policy Research Agreement • August 30th, 2019
The December 2016 Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Programs final rule limits the use of income imputation and default orders. At least two sets of concerns have motivated related policy and research: concerns that these orders may be unfair to low-income noncustodial parents, and concerns that if they are set beyond a noncustodial parent’s (NCP’s) ability to pay, they may be counterproductive. In this report, we examine the likelihood of imputed-income and default orders and how total child support paid and compliance—that is, total payments as a proportion of the amount due—vary with these types of orders.
Associations Between Problematic Substance Use and Child Support Order ComplianceChild Support Policy Research Agreement • October 28th, 2022
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone. The authors thank Judi Bartfeld, Molly Costanzo and Lisa Klein Vogel for comments; James Spartz for editing; and Dawn Duren for assistance with production.
Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support / UW Institute for Research on Poverty 2016–2018 Child Support Policy Research Agreement Task 10B.2: States’ Treatment of High-Income PayersChild Support Policy Research Agreement • December 20th, 2018
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone and not necessarily the sponsoring institutions. The author thanks Emma Caspar and Dawn Duren for assistance with preparing the report and Lynn Wimer for programming assistance.
Task 12: Potential Effects of a Self-Support Reserve in WisconsinChild Support Policy Research Agreement • March 6th, 2019
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank the IRP DataCore staff, especially Lynn Wimer, for expert assistance assembling the original data.
ContractChild Support Policy Research Agreement • September 12th, 2019
Child Support Policy Research Agreement, 2016‐2018 contracttasks, PI: Cancian x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Child Support Policy ResearchAgreement, 2018‐2020 contract tasks, PI: Meyer x x x x x x x x x x WiscFams, Project GAIN Evaluation,PI: Slack x x x x x x x x x x x x SES and Educational Outcomes, PI:Cancian x x x x x x x x x x x BadgerCare Waiver Evaluation, PI:Burns, Friedsam x x x x BD4LK (Big data for little kids)projects, PI: Ehrenthal x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
ContractChild Support Policy Research Agreement • October 12th, 2021
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank Lisa Klein Vogel for helpful comments, and Lynn Wimer for expert assistance assembling the original data.
ContractChild Support Policy Research Agreement • November 24th, 2021
The research presented in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not reflect the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank: Judi Bartfeld and Daniel R. Meyer for helpful comments; Yoona Kim and the IRP Data Science team for programming and data assistance; and Lisa Klein Vogel, James T. Spartz, and Dawn Duren for their editing and production assistance.
ContractChild Support Policy Research Agreement • June 23rd, 2021
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. We are grateful for expert review, editing, and production assistance from Daniel R. Meyer, Lisa Klein Vogel, James Spartz, and Dawn Duren.
Child Support Agencies as ConnectorsChild Support Policy Research Agreement • August 31st, 2022
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone. The authors thank Judith Bartfeld for her helpful comments, Nasitta Keita for research support, Molly Costanzo for consultation, and James Spartz and Dawn Duren for their assistance in preparing this report. The authors are especially grateful for the Wisconsin CSA directors and staff who took time to participate in this research.
ContractChild Support Policy Research Agreement • December 20th, 2019
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank Laura Cuesta for assistance with the data.
Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin–MadisonChild Support Policy Research Agreement • February 16th, 2023
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone. The authors thank Lisa Klein Vogel for helpful comments, and James Spartz and Dawn Duren for their assistance in preparing this report.
Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support / UW Institute for Research on Poverty 2014–2016 Child Support Policy Research AgreementChild Support Policy Research Agreement • December 20th, 2018
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions. The authors thank Maria Cancian and Emma Caspar for helpful comments; and Pat Brown, Yiyoon Chung, Steve Cook, Katherine Thornton, and Lynn Wimer for expert assistance assembling the original data.
Version of MSPF DCF data DHS data DOC data UI dataChild Support Policy Research Agreement • August 13th, 2018
Child Support Policy Research Agreement, 2016-2018 contracttasks, PI: Cancian x x x x x x x x x x x x x x WiscFams, Project GAIN Evaluation,PI: Slack x x x x x x x x x x x SES and Educational Outcomes, PI:Cancian x x x x x x x x x x x BadgerCare Waiver Evaluation, PI:Burns x x x x BD4LK (Big data for little kids)projects, PI: Ehrenthal x x x x x x x x x x x x Youth Adult Outcomes in Out ofHome Care, PI: Berger x x x x x x x x x x Testing the Promise, The DegreeProject, PI: Brad Carl x x x x x x x x x x
Judi Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda November 30, 2020Child Support Policy Research Agreement • November 30th, 2020
The research reported in this paper was supported by the Child Support Policy Research Agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Any views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the sponsoring institutions.
