We analyze the role of newly integrated data from the child support and child welfare
systems in seeding a major policy change in Wisconsin. Parents are often ordered to pay …

Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, outdated, perfunctory, or anecdotal information that
often mischaracterized the foster care caseload was being used to monitor the child welfare …

Our sample includes all mothers in Wisconsin who had a child removed and placed in an
out-of-home placement (OHP) in a four year Page 1 Interactions of the Child Support and Child …

Welfare agencies provide income assistance or services to needy families, while child
welfare agencies seek to protect children from abuse and neglect. Not surprisingly, these …

There is limited information regarding how to achieve positive outcomes for children in the
child welfare system (Courtney, 2000). This dearth of information generally arises from three …

This article presents preliminary findings from an impact study that drew upon administrative
data collected by city agencies and data collected by a supportive housing program for …

Interactions of the Child Support and Child Welfare Systems: Page 1 Interactions of the Child
Support and Child Welfare Systems: Child Support Enforcement after Family Reunification …

Within departments of social services, child welfare and income assistance programs are
typically separate administrative units. Coordinating services for dual-system families across …

Most families in the child protective services system also interact with the child support
enforcement system. This study exploits a natural experiment in Wisconsin, created by the …

This paper describes Connecticut's Supportive Housing for Families (SHF) program, which
is one of five national sites comprising a federallyfunded demonstration of housing and child …