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The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Aug. 23, 2024
Report Number IF10113
Report Type In Focus
Authors Carmen Solomon-Fears
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program was enacted into law (P.L. 93-647) in January 1975. When the program was first established its goals were to reimburse the states and the federal government for the welfare payments they provided families and to help other families obtain consistent and ongoing child support payments from the noncustodial parent so that they could remain self-sufficient and stay off welfare. The CSE program has evolved over time from a “welfare cost-recovery” program into a “family-first” program that seeks to enhance the well-being of families by making child support a more reliable source of income. The program has the potential to impact more children and for longer periods of time than most other federal programs. In FY2014, it served 16.3 million children (nearly one in four children in the United States).