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> ASSOCIATON FOR CHILDREN FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT
>
> CHILD SUPPORT STATISTICS
>
> Collection Rates listed below - Click here for
> Undistributed and
> Missing Child Support Payments
>
>
> The Federal Office of Child Support in the
> Preliminary Statistics
> for 2002 reports that $92.3 billion in accumulated
> unpaid support
> (up from $88 billion in 2001)is due to almost 20
> million children in
> the United States. The government child support
> agency collection
> rate, the percentage of cases receiving one or more
> payments was
> 68%. Collection on current support payments has
> significantly
> improved and is 68%( up from 44% in 2001) <
>
>
>
> 30-35% of all child support cases in the U.S.
> involve more than one
> state, yet collection on these cases make up only
> 10%.( this is a
> 17% increase in amount of money collected) of
> Delinquent parents are
> able to flee across state lines to avoid child
> support obligations.
>
> 50% of all white children growing up in single
> parent households,
> who do not receive support, live at or below the
> poverty level.
>
>
>
> 60% of all Hispanic children growing up in single
> parent households,
> live at or below the poverty level.
>
>
> 70% of all black children growing up in single
> parent households,
> live at or below the poverty level.
>
>
> Children who receive child support: are more likely
> to have contact
> with their fathers have better grade point averages
> and
> significantly better test scores have fewer behavior
> problems remain
> in school longer
>
>
>
> Receipt of child support is associated with
> significantly higher
> expenditures on children than from any other source
> of income.
>
>
>
> The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
> annually compiles
> statistics of the 50 states and territories from
> state-submitted
> reports.
>
> The Preliminary data reports for 2002 showed that
> only 17% of open
> child support cases involve a family on welfare, 46%
> are for
> families formerly on welfare and 37% are for
> families who have never
> received welfare. 1.5 million paternities were
> established or
> acknowledged (about the amount as 2001 and almost
> 1.2 million( 3%
> increase from 2001) new child support orders
> established. Although
> $20 billion in child support payments ( up from $19
> billion in 2001)
> were collected for IV-D cases, and the collection
> rate for the U.S.
> was only 68% during 2002. More below.....
>
>
> State
> Number of Children1
> Total Arrears Due2
> Total Support Distributed as Arrears3
> Collection Rate4
> % of Cases with Payment Toward Arrearages5
>
> Alabama
> 285,354
> $1.1 Billion
> $82.6 Million
> 7.5%
> 48%
>
> Alaska
> 51,023
> 599 Million
> 41.2 Million
> 6.9%
> 67%
>
> Arizona
> 247,393
> 1.7 Billion
> 99.4 Million
> 5.8%
> 51%
>
> Arkansas
> No Data
> -
> -
> -
> -
>
> California
> 2,095,354
> 17.9 Billion
> 1 Billion
> 5.6%
> 55%
>
> Colorado
> 147,793
> 1.1 Billion
> 84.8 Million
> 7.7%
> 66%
>
> Connecticut
> 223,637
> 1.4 Billion
> 74.6 Million
> 5.3%
> 53%
>
> Delaware
> 59,545
> 218 Million
> 17.9 Million
> 8.2%
> 68%
>
> District of Columbia
> 128,503
> 363 Million
> 11.7 Million
> 3.2%
> 37%
>
> Florida
> 736,158
> 3.6 Billion
> 278 Million
> 7.7%
> 63%
>
> Georgia
> 523,528
> 2.5 Billion
> 134 Million
> 5.4%
> 61%
>
> Guam
> No Data
> -
> -
> -
> -
>
> Hawaii
> 104,185
> 512 Million
> 23 Million
> 4.5 %
> 37%
>
> Idaho
> 87,228
>
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H.C. DEATON
Howie the clown laughing on the outside but crying on the inside
Caring Fathers of Colorado
carefatherco@yahoogroups
outlet110volts@yahoo.com
coloradomilliondadsmarch.org
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