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Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Child Support EnforcementGiving Hope and Support to America's Children

Chapter 1. Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Background and Program Results

In this chapter

1.1. Program Background

The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program is a joint Federal, State, and local partnership established to ensure that parents provide support to their children. Through this program, non-custodial parents are located, paternity is established, support orders are issued and enforced, and collections are received and distributed.

The program includes 54 separate State and Territory child support systems, each with its own unique laws and procedures. The program is usually run by state and local human service agencies, often with the help of prosecuting attorneys and other law enforcement officials, as well as officials, of family or domestic relations courts.

Child support enforcement services are available automatically for families receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Child support collected reimburses the State and Federal governments for TANF payments made to the family. Child support collections above the TANF grant amount go directly to the family, as well as, some passthrough and disregard payments which are voluntarily made by some states. Child support services are available to families not receiving TANF who apply for such services, as well as, families who were formerly on TANF. Child support payments collected on behalf of non-TANF families are sent to the family.

1.2. Program Results for FY 2000

The following data tables provide information on the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program for fiscal year 2000, and in some cases for the last five years. Table 1 provides national totals on child support collections, expenditures, and cost-effectiveness for fiscal year 2000. Table 2 gives national statistics on the CSE caseload, cases with collections, percentage of cases with collections, cases with orders established, percentage of cases with orders established, percentage of cases with collections to cases with orders established, paternities established or acknowledged, and child support orders established, for the same time period. Table 3 provides child support trends over several years. Tables 4 through 6 provide individual state financial information; while tables 7 and 8 provide statistical information for each state. Table 9 provides collections per full-time equivalent (FTE) information. Tables 10 through 17 provide much of the data to be used to calculate state performance measures. Table 18 lists interstate collections for each state.

Some of these data form the basis for incentives paid to states as a result of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 (CSPIA). No assumption regarding individual state data reliability is made. Readers should note that all numbers quoted are based on information supplied to the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) by the individual state CSE programs.

During FY 2000, about $17.9 billion in child support payments were collected. Total caseload was almost 17.4 million. The CSE program had almost 1.6 million paternities established or acknowledged and almost 1.2 million new child support orders were established in 2000.

Caseload. OCSE defines a child support case as a parent (mother, father, or putative father) who is now or eventually may be obligated under law for the support of a child or children receiving services under the title IV-D program.

A current assistance case is a case where the children are: (1) recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) under title IV-A of the Social Security Act or (2) entitled to Foster Care maintenance payments under title IV-E of the Social Security Act. In addition, the children’s support rights have been assigned by a caretaker relative to the state and a referral to the state IV-D agency has been made. A former assistance case is a case where the children were formerly receiving title IV-A (AFDC or TANF) or title IV-E Foster Care services. A never assistance case is a case where the children are receiving services under the title IV-D program, but are not currently eligible for and have not previously received assistance under titles IV-A or IV-E of the Social Security Act. This includes cases where the family is receiving IV-D services as a result of a written application for IV-D services, including cases where children are receiving state (not title IV-E) foster care services or a case where they are Medicaid recipients not receiving additional assistance.

There were about 17.4 million cases reported in the child support enforcement program during fiscal year 2000. There was less than a one percent increase in caseload since fiscal year 1999. There were almost 3.3 million current assistance cases, 8.0 million former assistance cases, and 6.2 million never assistance cases reported in fiscal year 2000 (Table 2).

Paternities Established. When children are born out-of-wedlock establishing paternity is a first step for obtaining a child support order. Paternity establishment involves the legal establishment of fatherhood for a child. Paternity can be established by a voluntary acknowledgement signed by both parents either as part of an in-hospital or other acknowledgement program. States must have procedures that allow paternity to be established at least up to the child’s eighteenth birthday.

Child support paternities were established or acknowledged for about 1.6 million children in fiscal year 2000, almost a 3 percent decrease from levels states reported in fiscal year 1999. There were 867,071 IV-D paternities and 688,510 in-hospital and other paternities acknowledged for fiscal year 2000. (Table 2)

Orders Established. States must use standard guidelines to determine how much a parent should pay for child support. CSE staff can take child support cases to court, or to an administrative hearing process to establish the order.

Almost 1.2 million orders for child support were established in fiscal year 2000. Never assistance orders made up 40 percent of the support orders established for fiscal year 2000, current assistance orders accounted for 22 percent, and former assistance 37 percent. (Table 2)

Collections. Total child support collections were $17.9 billion for fiscal year 2000 (Tables 1 and 3). This was a 12 percent increase in collections over the $15.9 collected during fiscal year 1999. Collection data are shown under the new reporting categories: current IV-A and IV-E assistance ($1.4 billion), former assistance ($6.8 billion), and never assistance ($9.7 billion) in table 1, and under TANF and Non-TANF categories in table 3 to allow comparisons with previous years.

Collections per Full-Time Equivalent Staff. The amount of child support collected nationally per full-time equivalent staff (FTE) was $306,927 in fiscal year 2000 (Table 9). There were 58,171 FTE staff reported in fiscal year 2000.

Expenditures. In fiscal year 2000, total administrative expenditures were $4.5 billion, a 12 percent increase from fiscal year 1999. The federal share of expenditures was almost $3.0 billion and the state share was over $1.5 billion for fiscal year 2000. Estimated incentives payments for fiscal year 2000 were nearly $353 million (Table 6). Actual incentives earned for fiscal year 2000 cannot be determined until data reliability audits are complete for every state. Once these audits are completed, final incentive levels can be determined, and estimated and actual incentives can be reconciled.

It should be noted that the new incentives established by the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 went into effect in fiscal year 2000 and impacted one-third of a state’s incentives for that year.

Collections Due and Distributed. The total amount of current support due for fiscal year 2000 was $23 billion (Table 10), almost $13 billion, or 56 percent, of that amount was collected and distributed (Table 11). The total amount of support of arrearages due in fiscal year 2000 for all previous fiscal years was $84 billion (Table 12), almost $6 billion was collected and distributed (Table 13). There were almost 10 million cases with arrears due in fiscal year 2000 and almost 5.6 million of these cases had collections (Table 14). Hence, 57 percent of arrears cases had some payment toward their arrears in fiscal year 2000. There were $1.2 billion in interstate collections forwarded to other states in fiscal year 2000 (Table 18).

Other Statistics. In fiscal year 2000, program increases were noted for total cases in which a collection was made. At 7.2 million, this is a 10 percent increase over the number of paying cases for fiscal year 1999.

There were almost 10.7 million cases with an order in fiscal year 2000. This a 4 percent increase over the number of cases with orders reported in the previous fiscal year.

The total number of children in CSE cases totaled more than 19 million in fiscal year 2000. While this represents a slight decrease under the number reported for fiscal year 1999--this change is more likely due to improved accuracy in reporting, than any significant change in the number of children in the child support caseload

The traditional cost effectiveness ratio for fiscal year 2000 was $3.95. Cost-effectiveness represents the amount of child support collected for every $1.00 expended on the program. With the effective date of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 (CSPIA), states are evaluated under a new cost-effectiveness number that will be phased-in over three years. The CSPIA cost-effectiveness ratio was $4.21 for fiscal year 2000 (Table 16).

Table 1.1. FINANCIAL OVERVIEW, FY 2000

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW, FY 2000

TOTAL COLLECTIONS

$ 17,854,271,522

Current Assistance IV-A and IV-E

1,354,080,033

Former Assistance

6,845,580,055

Never Assistance

9,654,611,434

Total Assistance Reimbursement

2,401,120,436

State Share

1,080,195,844

*Net Federal Share

968,237,321

Estimated Incentive Payments

352,687,270

Total Medical Support

92,268,727

Total Payments to Families

15,360,882,359

CURRENT ASSISTANCE IV-A AND IV-E COLLECTIONS

$ 1,354,080,032

Assistance Reimbursement

1,162,113,083

Medical Support

26,704,745

Payments to Families

165,262,203

FORMER ASSISTANCE COLLECTIONS

$ 6,845,580,055

Assistance Reimbursement

1,239,007,353

Medical Support

42,519,189

Payments to Families

5,564,053,514

NEVER ASSISTANCE COLLECTIONS

$ 9,654,611,434

Medical Support

23,044,792

Payments to Families

9,631,566,642

TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES

$ 4,525,771,150

Federal Share

2,996,515,619

State Share

1,529,255,531

**COST EFFECTIVENESS

$ 3.95

TANF/FC

0.57

Non-TANF

3.38

Source: Forms OCSE-396A & 34A

Note: Total assistance reimbursement equals collections that will be divided between the State and Federal governments to reimburse their respective shares of either Title IV-A TANF payments or Title IV-E Foster Care maintenance payments. No assumption is made regarding data reliability.

*Incentives are paid out of the Federal share.

** This is not the cost-effectiveness ratio established under the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 (CSPIA).

Table 1.2. STATISTICAL OVERVIEW, FY 2000

STATISTICAL OVERVIEW, FY 2000

TOTAL IV-D CASELOAD

17,384,009

Current Assistance

3,263,879

Former Assistance

7,960,942

Never Assistance

6,159,188

CASES OPEN

17,201,163

Current Assistance

3,228,657

Former Assistance

7,868,088

Never Assistance

6,104,418

CASES WITH NO JURISDICTION

182,846

Current Assistance

35,222

Former Assistance

92,854

Never Assistance

54,770

TOTAL CASES WITH COLLECTIONS

7,232,243

Current Assistance

822,809

Former Assistance

3,490,978

Never Assistance

2,918,456

TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS

41.6

Current Assistance

25.2

Former Assistance

43.9

Never Assistance

47.4

TOTAL CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED

10,688,022

Current Assistance

1,437,754

Former Assistance

5,319,584

Never Assistance

3,930,684

TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED

61.5

Current Assistance

44.1

Former Assistance

66.8

Never Assistance

63.8

TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS

67.7

TO CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED

Current Assistance

57.2

Former Assistance

65.6

Never Assistance

74.2

TOTAL PATERNITIES ESTABLISHED OR ACKNOWLEDGED

1,555,581

IV-D Paternities Established or Acknowledged

867,071

State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged*

688,510

TOTAL SUPPORT ORDERS ESTABLISHED

1,174,882

Current Assistance

261,154

Former Assistance

439,740

Never Assistance

473,988

Source: OCSE-157. Note: Total IV-D caseload combines lines 1 (cases open) and 3 (cases with no jurisdiction) of the OCSE-157 report.

Note: *State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.

Table 1.3. PROGRAM TRENDS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996,1999, and FY 2000

PROGRAM TRENDS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996,1999, and FY 2000

1996

1999

2000

Percent Change

1996-2000

1999-2000

Total IV-D Collections (000)

$ 12,019,789

$ 15,901,201

$ 17,854,272

0.49

0.12

TANF/FC

2,855,066

2,481,713

2,593,087

-0.09

0.04

Non-TANF

9,164,723

13,361,678

15,261,184

0.67

0.14

Total IV-D Expenditures (000)

$ 3,049,248

$ 4,038,952

$ 4,525,771

0.48

0.12

Total ADP Expenditures (000)

470,443

630,511

561,959

0.19

-0.11

Estimated Incentive Payment (000)

$ 409,142

$ 376,978

$ 352,687

-0.14

-0.06

Actual Incentive Payment (000)

$ 409,986

$ 357,838

NA

NA

NA

Total IV-D Caseload

19,318,691

17,330,366

17,384,009

-0.1

0.3 %

Current Assistance

NA

11,128,265

11,224,821

NA

0.01

Former Assistance

NA

7,403,792

7,960,942

NA

0.08

Never Assistance

NA

6,202,101

6,159,188

NA

-0.01

*Total Cases for Which a

3,953,492

6,599,936

7,232,243

0.83

0.1

Collection was Made

Total Paternities Established

1,067,508

1,599,979

1,555,581

0.46

-0.03

or Acknowledged

Total IV-D Paternities

718,152

845,205

867,071

0.21

0.03

State In-Hospital and Other

349,356

754,774

688,510

0.97

-0.09

Paternities Acknowledged**

Total Support Orders Established

1,081,981

1,220,051

1,174,882

0.09

-0.04

Source: Financial and statistical data as reported by the States

Note: TANF/FC collections equals IV-A, IV-E, and former assistance collections as reported on the OCSE-34A report.

*The number of cases for which one or more collections were made during the fiscal year.

**State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.

Table 1.4. TOTAL DISTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS, FY 2000

TOTAL DISTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS, FY 2000

STATES

TOTAL

*CURRENT ASSISTANCE

FORMER ASSISTANCE

NEVER ASSISTANCE

ALABAMA

$ 192,136,827

$ 12,231,702

$ 72,347,165

$ 107,557,960

ALASKA

71,101,719

6,833,822

35,121,777

29,146,120

ARIZONA

196,761,640

8,540,425

123,408,925

64,812,290

ARKANSAS

120,493,465

4,399,332

44,195,640

71,898,493

CALIFORNIA

2,059,472,938

347,112,620

1,016,557,358

695,802,960

COLORADO

176,120,256

19,759,441

74,028,220

82,332,595

CONNECTICUT

190,849,231

22,023,250

114,980,030

53,845,951

DELAWARE

49,010,326

3,365,219

26,445,908

19,199,199

DIST. OF COL.

35,029,816

3,199,989

9,816,574

22,013,253

FLORIDA

648,007,202

24,258,623

406,279,653

217,468,926

GEORGIA

361,895,069

27,469,150

175,321,577

159,104,342

GUAM

7,701,905

1,306,447

1,829,840

4,565,618

HAWAII

66,547,674

7,225,633

26,019,125

33,302,916

IDAHO

75,069,124

748,638

31,312,369

43,008,117

**ILLINOIS

361,276,437

81,333,731

0

279,942,706

INDIANA

366,155,285

21,936,142

11,189,159

333,029,984

IOWA

218,721,976

16,012,283

131,554,037

71,155,656

KANSAS

139,181,584

9,150,645

82,919,826

47,111,113

KENTUCKY

226,432,656

15,489,795

104,304,388

106,638,473

LOUISIANA

213,901,350

6,501,620

107,801,325

99,598,405

MAINE

89,399,356

24,248,837

43,596,396

21,554,123

MARYLAND

367,930,051

10,602,064

100,250,084

257,077,903

MASSACHUSETTS

318,570,247

38,763,540

158,408,138

121,398,569

MICHIGAN

1,347,410,776

49,937,420

387,738,845

909,734,511

MINNESOTA

477,367,932

28,794,233

229,498,670

219,075,029

MISSISSIPPI

144,398,420

4,232,933

47,936,389

92,229,098

MISSOURI

338,989,078

23,188,350

132,411,758

183,388,970

MONTANA

40,751,932

2,686,316

19,660,842

18,404,774

NEBRASKA

142,451,583

6,881,979

52,404,028

83,165,576

NEVADA

79,309,062

4,104,074

9,419,113

65,785,875

NEW HAMPSHIRE

71,390,460

6,331,389

29,540,359

35,518,712

NEW JERSEY

679,194,346

33,036,275

218,554,811

427,603,260

NEW MEXICO

39,542,994

4,867,663

19,156,147

15,519,184

NEW YORK

1,101,981,677

126,271,193

443,493,497

532,216,987

NORTH CAROLINA

395,597,968

21,714,898

225,857,814

148,025,256

NORTH DAKOTA

41,828,314

1,491,140

12,754,926

27,582,248

OHIO

1,411,208,969

52,362,970

184,258,108

1,174,587,891

OKLAHOMA

107,182,337

11,587,595

72,104,391

23,490,351

OREGON

248,205,633

22,940,519

117,104,710

108,160,404

PENNSYLVANIA

1,167,422,477

57,354,522

290,790,327

819,277,628

PUERTO RICO

182,840,956

2,333,234

4,708,139

175,799,583

RHODE ISLAND

48,445,775

13,972,776

26,265,261

8,207,738

SOUTH CAROLINA

188,234,179

8,114,829

24,475,614

155,643,736

SOUTH DAKOTA

43,519,157

13,890,904

19,172,707

10,455,546

TENNESSEE

248,195,435

23,009,828

104,366,452

120,819,155

TEXAS

964,935,244

32,523,907

434,961,220

497,450,117

UTAH

118,099,773

7,099,360

47,074,026

63,926,387

VERMONT

38,738,022

7,598,886

20,288,867

10,850,269

VIRGIN ISLANDS

7,533,124

811,966

0

6,721,158

VIRGINIA

347,763,838

16,923,027

124,720,329

206,120,482

WASHINGTON

548,674,852

35,172,033

265,202,995

248,299,824

WEST VIRGINIA

120,349,180

12,903,233

31,823,664

75,622,283

WISCONSIN

569,045,649

9,243,388

329,657,829

230,144,432

WYOMING

41,896,246

186,244

22,490,703

19,219,298

TOTALS

$ 17,854,271,522

$ 1,354,080,032

$ 6,845,580,055

$ 9,654,611,434

Source: Form OCSE34-A line 8

Note: *Current Assistance includes IV-A and IV-E collections. **Illinois amount reported for former assistance was moved to never assistance category due to reporting requirements. No assumption is made regarding data reliability.

The data reported in this table and on table 15 can be used to compute the incentive collection base under CSPIA.

The formula for this calculation can be found in the appendix.

Table 1.5. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES, FY 2000

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES, FY 2000

STATES

Administrative Expenditures

ALABAMA

$ 57,092,080

ALASKA

21,504,796

ARIZONA

60,566,506

ARKANSAS

40,532,021

CALIFORNIA

675,981,358

COLORADO

63,147,019

CONNECTICUT

55,368,897

DELAWARE

18,724,440

DIST. OF COL.

16,005,125

FLORIDA

216,327,472

GEORGIA

110,417,715

GUAM

3,177,131

HAWAII

16,440,967

IDAHO

19,708,904

ILLINOIS

158,739,966

INDIANA

50,509,947

IOWA

54,642,292

KANSAS

51,219,331

KENTUCKY

59,654,701

LOUISIANA

46,501,951

MAINE

19,891,875

MARYLAND

109,816,813

MASSACHUSETTS

95,727,805

MICHIGAN

246,924,580

MINNESOTA

120,238,329

MISSISSIPPI

31,351,978

MISSOURI

106,566,487

MONTANA

13,356,202

NEBRASKA

38,324,928

NEVADA

41,050,965

NEW HAMPSHIRE

16,004,941

NEW JERSEY

156,961,031

NEW MEXICO

33,642,649

NEW YORK

239,933,915

NORTH CAROLINA

111,574,925

NORTH DAKOTA

9,746,769

OHIO

301,987,183

OKLAHOMA

42,613,621

OREGON

49,500,340

PENNSYLVANIA

199,449,743

PUERTO RICO

30,057,676

RHODE ISLAND

11,783,959

SOUTH CAROLINA

39,295,587

SOUTH DAKOTA

7,099,472

TENNESSEE

55,776,197

TEXAS

207,392,384

UTAH

37,027,913

VERMONT

10,313,647

VIRGIN ISLANDS

5,330,740

VIRGINIA

79,436,342

WASHINGTON

129,378,306

WEST VIRGINIA

31,163,641

WISCONSIN

90,127,039

WYOMING

10,660,549

TOTALS

$ 4,525,771,150

Source: Form OCSE-396A line 9 (a+ c)

Table 1.6. ESTIMATED INCENTIVES, FY 2000

ESTIMATED INCENTIVES, FY 2000

STATES

Estimated Incentive

ALABAMA

$ 3,676,000

ALASKA

2,500,000

ARIZONA

4,152,380

ARKANSAS

1,906,935

CALIFORNIA

69,363,381

COLORADO

5,260,000

CONNECTICUT

4,817,330

DELAWARE

926,000

DIST. OF COL.

302,500

FLORIDA

13,876,900

GEORGIA

9,002,000

GUAM

100,000

HAWAII

1,960,000

IDAHO

926,483

ILLINOIS

11,828,727

INDIANA

2,548,287

IOWA

5,056,000

KANSAS

3,434,203

KENTUCKY

6,348,000

LOUISIANA

3,197,000

MAINE

5,000,000

MARYLAND

4,169,266

MASSACHUSETTS

4,913,968

MICHIGAN

19,631,000

MINNESOTA

9,460,000

MISSISSIPPI

2,235,626

MISSOURI

6,371,920

MONTANA

2,196,280

NEBRASKA

2,085,000

NEVADA

773,161

NEW HAMPSHIRE

711,284

NEW JERSEY

11,000,000

NEW MEXICO

1,528,403

NEW YORK

26,032,000

NORTH CAROLINA

6,309,010

NORTH DAKOTA

735,616

OHIO

18,560,384

OKLAHOMA

3,200,000

OREGON

5,319,000

PENNSYLVANIA

13,745,000

PUERTO RICO

528,000

RHODE ISLAND

2,955,750

SOUTH CAROLINA

1,800,000

SOUTH DAKOTA

2,634,000

TENNESSEE

3,800,000

TEXAS

14,260,500

UTAH

2,021,687

VERMONT

1,200,000

VIRGIN ISLANDS

67,500

VIRGINIA

7,427,200

WASHINGTON

13,998,653

WEST VIRGINIA

1,367,000

WISCONSIN

5,000,000

WYOMING

467,936

TOTALS

$ 352,687,270

Source: Form OCSE-34A line 11.

Table 1.7. STATISTICAL PROGRAM STATUS, FY 2000

STATISTICAL PROGRAM STATUS, FY 2000

STATES

Caseload

Cases with Orders

Orders Established

Cases with Collections

Total Number of Children

ALABAMA

305,234

172,224

20,110

107,547

302,382

ALASKA

47,008

36,892

1,073

28,402

52,166

ARIZONA

246,249

134,097

9,268

84,772

283,842

ARKANSAS

150,455

100,993

3,370

69,477

174,797

CALIFORNIA

2,028,851

1,400,875

170,233

797,793

2,388,343

COLORADO

145,666

113,747

8,421

76,684

158,152

CONNECTICUT

185,997

119,327

8,980

80,114

193,264

DELAWARE

56,321

33,763

1,877

27,140

61,734

DIST. OF COL.

127,890

33,509

1,157

15,650

115,087

FLORIDA

784,293

372,210

61,652

305,078

932,052

GEORGIA

695,986

300,576

3,940

182,781

581,501

GUAM

55,757

5,714

718

3,349

19,102

HAWAII

91,663

43,495

3,509

28,017

92,911

IDAHO

72,439

56,057

4,303

39,663

79,766

ILLINOIS

1,069,250

320,704

33,234

175,048

1,148,908

INDIANA

475,175

244,849

90,304

141,194

459,952

IOWA

165,474

142,144

10,632

117,942

230,803

KANSAS

151,693

74,802

47,913

63,990

154,516

KENTUCKY

303,888

196,734

8,262

112,505

395,772

LOUISIANA

291,630

145,990

19,328

114,500

350,499

MAINE

61,514

54,526

3,598

41,463

86,601

MARYLAND

346,060

211,721

18,728

144,310

339,099

MASSACHUSETTS

236,484

158,352

20,849

103,882

257,708

MICHIGAN

1,013,166

714,138

34,130

476,416

1,007,452

MINNESOTA

228,695

170,980

12,921

145,540

269,697

MISSISSIPPI

265,846

130,682

16,522

96,260

326,036

MISSOURI

371,810

274,548

17,393

155,895

524,520

MONTANA

37,773

29,959

2,928

24,076

40,998

NEBRASKA

96,656

72,446

4,943

55,098

108,831

NEVADA

104,659

58,282

10,702

35,703

143,422

NEW HAMPSHIRE

40,052

31,401

3,216

26,451

49,019

NEW JERSEY

363,637

268,638

21,873

218,259

480,529

NEW MEXICO

107,015

28,183

3,858

19,378

150,845

NEW YORK

987,465

647,050

33,311

441,369

1,163,278

NORTH CAROLINA

504,174

285,605

32,252

220,954

532,352

NORTH DAKOTA

36,644

24,192

4,478

18,915

32,858

OHIO

766,942

596,813

47,795

435,480

863,657

OKLAHOMA

143,163

88,627

10,060

62,538

176,205

OREGON

240,445

159,389

21,165

111,285

275,093

PENNSYLVANIA

624,500

487,389

54,433

397,253

721,913

PUERTO RICO

234,611

146,810

2,069

92,439

267,688

RHODE ISLAND

62,964

32,084

2,092

20,270

66,623

SOUTH CAROLINA

190,411

147,969

8,024

93,585

251,516

SOUTH DAKOTA

30,530

25,039

3,097

21,300

23,632

TENNESSEE

435,774

187,363

53,323

122,360

414,517

TEXAS

1,058,180

590,232

74,131

303,686

1,298,459

UTAH

80,528

64,016

8,989

55,686

98,901

VERMONT

24,840

21,067

6,677

15,989

28,386

VIRGIN ISLANDS

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

VIRGINIA

391,851

265,869

31,996

181,736

400,061

WASHINGTON

321,529

287,283

25,476

226,921

365,694

WEST VIRGINIA

128,168

78,545

7,987

52,287

138,983

WISCONSIN

352,626

269,970

65,533

223,967

333,762

WYOMING

44,378

30,152

2,049

19,846

35,530

TOTALS

17,384,009

10,688,022

1,174,882

7,232,243

19,449,414

Source: Form OCSE-157

lines 1 & 3

line 2

line 17

line 18

line 4

Note: No assumption is made regarding data reliability. NA-not available.

Table 1.8. PATERNITY STATISTICS, FY 2000

PATERNITY STATISTICS, FY 2000

STATES

IV-D Paternity Established & Acknowledged

State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged

Total

ALABAMA

6,689

NA

6,689

ALASKA

745

2,310

3,055

ARIZONA

13,929

29,586

43,515

ARKANSAS

2,324

738

3,062

CALIFORNIA

204,661

101,847

306,508

COLORADO

3,534

10,211

13,745

CONNECTICUT

6,058

10,629

16,687

DELAWARE

2,845

1,766

4,611

DIST. OF COL.

3,520

4,343

7,863

FLORIDA

48,966

49,038

98,004

GEORGIA

22,467

NA

22,467

GUAM

1,199

686

1,885

HAWAII

3,608

329

3,937

IDAHO

3,526

2,545

6,071

ILLINOIS

26,510

45,186

71,696

INDIANA

25,921

NA

25,921

IOWA

3,776

6,785

10,561

KANSAS

1,225

7,346

8,571

KENTUCKY

10,940

5,060

16,000

LOUISIANA

10,525

9,971

20,496

MAINE

2,228

1,144

3,372

MARYLAND

17,578

15,381

32,959

MASSACHUSETTS

9,693

15,504

25,197

MICHIGAN

15,727

34,151

49,878

MINNESOTA

15,468

11,407

26,875

MISSISSIPPI

19,420

NA

19,420

MISSOURI

15,194

16,686

31,880

MONTANA

1,216

2,072

3,288

NEBRASKA

2,126

3,760

5,886

NEVADA

18,765

NA

18,765

NEW HAMPSHIRE

946

465

1,411

NEW JERSEY

13,623

23,364

36,987

NEW MEXICO

3,372

7,620

10,992

NEW YORK

41,692

60,676

102,368

NORTH CAROLINA

29,875

NA

29,875

NORTH DAKOTA

5,687

1,791

7,478

OHIO

31,499

35,724

67,223

OKLAHOMA

4,614

9,080

13,694

OREGON

6,343

9,896

16,239

PENNSYLVANIA

30,517

30,783

61,300

PUERTO RICO

50

40

90

RHODE ISLAND

3,747

NA

3,747

SOUTH CAROLINA

11,687

5,166

16,853

SOUTH DAKOTA

724

2,240

2,964

TENNESSEE

21,919

15,424

37,343

TEXAS

74,482

52,458

126,940

UTAH

2,478

5,391

7,869

VERMONT

737

NA

737

VIRGIN ISLANDS

NA

1,161

1,161

VIRGINIA

15,588

19,498

35,086

WASHINGTON

14,228

13,472

27,700

WEST VIRGINIA

2,391

4,895

7,286

WISCONSIN

29,429

NA

29,429

WYOMING

1,060

885

1,945

TOTALS

867,071

688,510

1,555,581

Source: Form OCSE-157

line 16

line 10

Note: No assumption is made regarding data reliability. These are not paternity numbers that are used for incentive purposes.

State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.

NA-not available.

Table 1.9. TOTAL DISTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS PER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, FY 2000

1

TOTAL DISTRIBUTED COLLECTIONS PER FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, FY 2000

STATES

Total FTE Staff

Total Distributed Collections

Collections Per FTE

ALABAMA

697

$ 192,136,827

$ 275,663

ALASKA

256

71,101,719

277,741

ARIZONA

1,042

196,761,640

188,831

ARKANSAS

637

120,493,465

189,158

CALIFORNIA

8,936

2,059,472,938

230,469

COLORADO

721

176,120,256

244,272

CONNECTICUT

544

190,849,231

350,826

DELAWARE

199

49,010,326

246,283

DIST. OF COL.

NA

35,029,816

NA

FLORIDA

3,383

648,007,202

191,548

GEORGIA

1,382

361,895,069

261,863

GUAM

42

7,701,905

183,379

HAWAII

226

66,547,674

294,459

IDAHO

190

75,069,124

395,101

ILLINOIS

1,957

361,276,437

184,607

INDIANA

862

366,155,285

424,774

IOWA

588

218,721,976

371,976

KANSAS

531

139,181,584

262,112

KENTUCKY

1,070

226,432,656

211,619

LOUISIANA

871

213,901,350

245,581

MAINE

283

89,399,356

315,899

MARYLAND

1,108

367,930,051

332,067

MASSACHUSETTS

780

318,570,247

408,423

MICHIGAN

2,645

1,347,410,776

509,418

MINNESOTA

1,445

477,367,932

330,358

MISSISSIPPI

540

144,398,420

267,404

MISSOURI

1,307

338,989,078

259,364

MONTANA

183

40,751,932

222,688

NEBRASKA

383

142,451,583

371,936

NEVADA

331

79,309,062

239,604

NEW HAMPSHIRE

176

71,390,460

405,628

NEW JERSEY

2,159

679,194,346

314,587

NEW MEXICO

314

39,542,994

125,933

NEW YORK

3,025

1,101,981,677

364,291

NORTH CAROLINA

1,604

395,597,968

246,632

NORTH DAKOTA

154

41,828,314

271,612

OHIO

3,395

1,411,208,969

415,673

OKLAHOMA

629

107,182,337

170,401

OREGON

742

248,205,633

334,509

PENNSYLVANIA

2,637

1,167,422,477

442,709

PUERTO RICO

998

182,840,956

183,207

RHODE ISLAND

147

48,445,775

329,563

SOUTH CAROLINA

349

188,234,179

539,353

SOUTH DAKOTA

97

43,519,157

448,651

TENNESSEE

760

248,195,435

326,573

TEXAS

2,547

964,935,244

378,852

UTAH

554

118,099,773

213,176

VERMONT

123

38,738,022

314,943

VIRGIN ISLANDS

NA

7,533,124

NA

VIRGINIA

1,062

347,763,838

327,461

WASHINGTON

1,726

548,674,852

317,888

WEST VIRGINIA

515

120,349,180

233,688

WISCONSIN

1,039

569,045,649

547,686

WYOMING

280

41,896,246

149,629

TOTALS

58,171

$ 17,854,271,522

$ 306,927

Source: OCSE- 157 and 34A. Note: No assumption is made regarding data reliability. NA-not available.

Table 1.10. TOTAL AMOUNT OF CURRENT SUPPORT DUE, FY 2000

TOTAL AMOUNT OF CURRENT SUPPORT DUE, FY 2000

STATES

TOTAL

CURRENT ASSISTANCE

FORMER ASSISTANCE

NEVER ASSISTANCE

ALABAMA

$ 315,803,435

$ 23,520,792

$ 121,143,350

$ 171,139,293

ALASKA

91,791,375

11,961,678

38,605,239

41,224,458

ARIZONA

327,042,241

35,373,295

177,637,742

114,031,204

ARKANSAS

183,343,862

19,461,240

64,362,492

99,520,130

CALIFORNIA

2,564,798,942

702,594,573

1,177,527,529

684,676,840

COLORADO

247,046,247

24,426,012

123,127,447

99,492,788

CONNECTICUT

257,476,125

39,411,138

136,309,607

81,755,380

DELAWARE

74,339,065

6,710,237

30,015,522

37,613,306

DIST. OF COL.

74,224,648

13,344,978

18,768,455

42,111,215

FLORIDA

960,260,634

55,001,718

544,957,465

360,301,451

GEORGIA

590,436,601

62,839,909

265,711,295

261,885,397

GUAM

13,566,591

2,411,307

4,607,957

6,547,327

HAWAII

102,470,534

18,619,855

34,988,497

48,862,182

IDAHO

109,728,992

8,035,932

41,962,206

59,730,854

ILLINOIS

607,783,528

72,364,346

239,285,431

296,133,751

INDIANA

570,997,933

3,679,099

182,993,619

384,325,215

IOWA

282,498,570

46,488,489

146,502,021

89,508,060

KANSAS

181,006,741

18,611,386

91,748,901

70,646,454

KENTUCKY

342,580,307

41,744,163

101,484,951

199,351,193

LOUISIANA

294,327,389

16,648,287

146,509,119

131,169,983

MAINE

101,116,697

21,236,683

51,896,832

27,983,182

MARYLAND

505,666,657

27,284,281

114,965,435

363,416,941

MASSACHUSETTS

442,837,643

42,406,781

240,249,781

160,181,081

MICHIGAN

1,345,790,062

75,009,547

429,647,542

841,132,973

MINNESOTA

516,684,571

44,957,087

273,839,479

197,888,005

MISSISSIPPI

218,291,486

22,210,021

73,844,375

122,237,090

MISSOURI

533,721,523

76,566,293

192,196,493

264,958,737

MONTANA

55,050,453

4,737,663

29,026,239

21,286,551

NEBRASKA

166,282,212

12,247,576

66,148,527

87,886,109

NEVADA

128,494,209

4,132,537

20,567,969

103,793,703

NEW HAMPSHIRE

87,617,271

7,852,503

36,439,854

43,324,914

NEW JERSEY

890,247,178

89,118,010

292,645,449

508,483,719

NEW MEXICO

61,529,972

10,766,294

25,441,523

25,322,155

NEW YORK

1,176,812,432

180,421,631

400,549,176

595,841,625

NORTH CAROLINA

540,065,781

33,043,891

297,746,237

209,275,653

NORTH DAKOTA

50,465,170

3,841,813

12,601,401

34,021,956

OHIO

1,563,376,923

61,689,420

350,978,779

1,150,708,724

OKLAHOMA

156,939,016

19,007,105

79,184,947

58,746,964

OREGON

333,658,244

35,951,777

133,036,598

164,669,869

PENNSYLVANIA

1,359,882,471

86,023,791

371,673,689

902,184,991

PUERTO RICO

329,227,206

16,807,835

9,875,054

302,544,317

RHODE ISLAND

64,911,717

19,352,640

32,327,001

13,232,076

SOUTH CAROLINA

338,473,408

41,542,450

172,144,618

124,786,340

SOUTH DAKOTA

49,683,344

3,564,620

22,897,526

23,221,198

TENNESSEE

416,082,805

51,145,119

167,694,036

197,243,650

TEXAS

1,205,524,758

111,797,130

524,298,342

569,429,286

UTAH

148,635,257

17,104,466

73,853,452

57,677,339

VERMONT

46,787,255

8,453,616

24,704,989

13,628,650

VIRGIN ISLANDS

NA

NA

NA

NA

VIRGINIA

511,215,650

29,162,416

161,356,479

320,696,755

WASHINGTON

675,785,054

97,160,634

286,117,192

292,507,228

WEST VIRGINIA

136,470,501

8,839,877

62,957,177

64,673,447

WISCONSIN

597,798,701

17,167,760

339,558,588

241,072,353

WYOMING

53,823,059

2,476,127

25,340,437

26,006,495

TOTALS

$ 23,000,472,446

$ 2,506,327,828

$ 9,084,054,061

$ 11,410,090,557

Source: Form OCSE 157 Line 24. Note: No assumption is made regarding data reliability. NA-not available.

Table 1.11. TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED AS CURRENT SUPPORT, FY 2000

TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED AS CURRENT SUPPORT, FY 2000

STATES

TOTAL

CURRENT ASSISTANCE

FORMER ASSISTANCE

NEVER ASSISTANCE

ALABAMA

$ 110,998,934

$ 4,307,305

$ 38,685,453

$ 68,006,176

ALASKA

45,147,440

3,739,016

16,599,493

24,808,931

ARIZONA

146,025,214

9,955,116

80,551,305

55,518,793

ARKANSAS

86,889,715

6,260,047

27,587,090

53,042,578

CALIFORNIA

1,026,426,644

179,697,000

475,154,434

371,575,210

COLORADO

125,300,539

9,013,555

61,966,024

54,320,960

CONNECTICUT

137,691,835

13,302,414

70,680,477

53,708,944

DELAWARE

43,254,771

1,915,831

16,043,278

25,295,662

DIST. OF COL.

32,921,023

3,905,949

8,004,476

21,010,598

FLORIDA

479,006,912

14,470,630

264,912,302

199,623,980

GEORGIA

280,543,110

19,478,531

123,600,981

137,463,598

GUAM

5,424,903

668,600

1,539,173

3,217,130

HAWAII

51,176,537

5,018,378

15,543,846

30,614,313

IDAHO

57,802,180

2,758,580

20,696,266

34,347,334

ILLINOIS

221,719,083

15,911,422

78,013,803

127,793,858

INDIANA

267,306,713

8,360,871

72,664,947

186,280,895

IOWA

176,185,142

14,095,125

97,405,062

64,684,955

KANSAS

87,196,238

5,275,347

42,565,311

39,355,580

KENTUCKY

174,405,009

10,469,817

53,193,566

110,741,626

LOUISIANA

154,197,489

3,956,280

72,143,234

78,097,975

MAINE

57,939,190

9,955,013

29,907,929

18,076,248

MARYLAND

295,937,323

8,455,262

53,868,375

233,613,686

MASSACHUSETTS

260,055,126

17,573,265

134,711,454

107,770,407

MICHIGAN

904,977,474

20,410,461

237,569,908

646,997,105

MINNESOTA

352,625,419

18,162,440

178,255,512

156,207,467

MISSISSIPPI

107,196,127

7,853,152

33,583,543

65,759,432

MISSOURI

255,263,814

18,905,065

84,684,650

151,674,099

MONTANA

31,269,401

1,812,518

15,051,430

14,405,453

NEBRASKA

100,809,635

4,104,298

35,237,305

61,468,032

NEVADA

63,817,527

791,774

5,774,417

57,251,336

NEW HAMPSHIRE

56,976,220

3,350,015

23,024,113

30,602,092

NEW JERSEY

562,119,293

29,354,631

156,219,896

376,544,766

NEW MEXICO

24,832,871

2,630,118

10,929,625

11,273,128

NEW YORK

866,553,593

96,471,196

321,199,533

448,882,864

NORTH CAROLINA

319,782,063

11,155,853

170,553,067

138,073,143

NORTH DAKOTA

33,876,771

1,765,029

8,022,735

24,089,007

OHIO

1,038,132,522

17,502,677

159,572,715

861,057,130

OKLAHOMA

69,562,705

4,757,979

34,140,623

30,664,103

OREGON

199,023,600

13,631,024

68,879,894

116,512,682

PENNSYLVANIA

905,320,844

29,283,910

219,772,577

656,264,357

PUERTO RICO

147,733,766

3,063,853

3,925,761

140,744,152

RHODE ISLAND

34,857,071

10,237,407

17,692,945

6,926,719

SOUTH CAROLINA

128,017,485

12,226,755

65,791,906

49,998,824

SOUTH DAKOTA

33,618,651

1,525,794

14,914,512

17,178,345

TENNESSEE

186,879,977

12,180,479

73,118,126

101,581,372

TEXAS

784,830,275

39,010,309

304,435,272

441,384,694

UTAH

82,474,624

5,781,354

39,057,700

37,635,570

VERMONT

30,693,608

4,508,857

16,571,834

9,612,917

VIRGIN ISLANDS

NA

NA

NA

NA

VIRGINIA

288,857,635

7,993,499

80,368,759

200,495,377

WASHINGTON

407,400,303

30,414,305

164,278,913

212,707,085

WEST VIRGINIA

85,206,865

2,670,348

35,793,674

46,742,843

WISCONSIN

458,128,784

9,003,243

242,215,781

206,909,760

WYOMING

30,040,852

1,089,777

13,207,333

15,743,742

TOTALS

$ 12,914,430,845

$ 790,191,474

$ 4,689,882,338

$ 7,434,357,033

Source: Form OCSE-157 Line 25. Note: No assumption is made regarding data reliability. NA-not available.

Table 1.12. TOTAL AMOUNT OF ARREARAGES DUE, FY 2000

TOTAL AMOUNT OF ARREARAGES DUE, FY 2000

STATES

TOTAL

CURRENT ASSISTANCE

FORMER ASSISTANCE

NEVER ASSISTANCE

ALABAMA

$ 947,064,143

$ 119,067,336

$ 457,394,242

$ 370,602,565

ALASKA

569,271,785

86,084,273

331,800,994

151,386,518

ARIZONA

1,525,819,973

203,029,330

816,226,814

506,563,829

ARKANSAS

661,082,372

90,424,172

239,274,545

331,383,655

CALIFORNIA

15,773,984,622

3,241,094,801

9,801,921,660

2,730,968,161

COLORADO

1,198,413,411

592,401,733

289,636,034

316,375,644

CONNECTICUT

1,328,183,511

172,080,654

955,978,018

200,124,839

DELAWARE

205,407,475

23,726,415

121,972,817

59,708,243

DIST. OF COL.

321,920,123

66,434,395

94,186,619

161,299,109

FLORIDA

3,081,404,303

220,906,138

1,909,006,547

951,491,618

GEORGIA

2,222,153,246

339,478,541

1,036,310,459

846,364,246

GUAM

60,485,259

13,947,252

25,587,561

20,950,446

HAWAII

436,741,780

124,505,629

169,641,337

142,594,814

IDAHO

321,155,275

27,519,997

187,666,003

105,969,275

ILLINOIS

2,372,520,354

308,143,205

929,829,639

1,134,547,510

INDIANA

1,222,641,177

253,320,909

340,360,604

628,959,664

IOWA

1,033,544,530

129,569,911

732,662,860

171,311,759

KANSAS

601,748,126

86,211,701

351,555,710

163,980,715

KENTUCKY

981,525,202

158,327,701

332,434,900

490,762,601

LOUISIANA

647,052,191

52,899,297

370,611,481

223,541,413

MAINE

483,599,793

94,313,617

300,120,799

89,165,377

MARYLAND

1,302,632,235

112,049,226

388,433,705

802,149,304

MASSACHUSETTS

1,425,170,466

203,583,198

882,811,880

338,775,388

MICHIGAN

6,271,633,171

681,887,938

4,291,936,849

1,297,808,384

MINNESOTA

1,004,649,515

184,832,766

667,720,709

152,096,040

MISSISSIPPI

592,091,092

71,639,877

259,120,384

261,330,831

MISSOURI

1,876,483,050

280,563,480

899,225,223

696,694,347

MONTANA

181,590,137

17,473,374

112,868,728

51,248,035

NEBRASKA

455,124,456

39,502,733

257,926,224

157,695,499

NEVADA

641,849,978

17,816,548

170,972,652

453,060,778

NEW HAMPSHIRE

185,868,386

22,472,473

88,135,727

75,260,186

NEW JERSEY

1,920,548,280

254,728,342

1,051,166,169

614,653,769

NEW MEXICO

411,385,785

86,129,690

189,658,478

135,597,617

NEW YORK

3,088,027,428

647,065,483

1,855,464,692

585,497,253

NORTH CAROLINA

1,359,356,445

112,891,013

852,837,444

393,627,988

NORTH DAKOTA

148,099,442

13,442,396

88,926,595

45,730,451

OHIO

2,643,298,362

270,937,509

1,379,000,902

993,359,951

OKLAHOMA

741,396,303

114,820,497

423,386,949

203,188,857