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Child Support Enforcement: States and Localities Move to Privatized Services

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Nov. 20, 1995
Report No. HEHS-96-43FS
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Summary:

Facing budgetary and staffing constraints and increasing federal performance standards, state child support enforcement programs are struggling to serve their ever-increasing caseloads. As states strive to improve their services to the public, many are turning to the private sector to augment their child support enforcement programs. Although states continue to expand these public and private partnerships, little is known nationally about such efforts. This fact sheet discusses (1) the extent of, rationale for, and perceived advantages and disadvantages of privatizing child support functions; (2) the terms of these contracts; (3) the legal issues surrounding privatization; and (4) what is known about the cost-effectiveness of these efforts.

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