Table 2: Statistical Overview, FY 2002 and FY 2003

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Table 2
Statistical Overview, FY 2002 and FY 2003
	2002	2003	Percent or Percentage Point Change 2002 - 2003
TOTAL IV-D CASELOAD ¹	16,065,728	15,923,353	-0.9%
Current Assistance	2,806,829	2,759,291	-1.7%
Former Assistance	7,376,953	7,371,641	-0.1%
Never Assistance	5,881,946	5,792,421	-1.5%
CASES OPEN (line 1)	16,018,228	15,873,322	-0.9%
Current Assistance	2,790,992	2,743,460	-1.7%
Former Assistance	7,351,724	7,346,247	-0.1%
Never Assistance	5,875,512	5,783,615	-1.6%
CASES WITH NO JURISDICTION (line 3)	47,500	50,031	5.3%
Current Assistance	15,837	15,831	-0.0%
Former Assistance	25,229	25,394	0.7%
Never Assistance	6,434	8,806	36.9%
NUMBER OF CHILDREN	17,869,516	17,595,222	-1.5%
TOTAL CASES WITH COLLECTIONS	7,819,434	7,982,311	2.1%
Current Assistance	806,207	804,450	-0.2%
Former Assistance	3,768,001	3,817,797	1.3%
Never Assistance	3,245,226	3,360,064	3.5%
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS	48.8	50.3	1.5
Current Assistance	28.9	29.3	0.4
Former Assistance	51.3	52.0	0.7
Never Assistance	55.2	58.1	2.9
TOTAL CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED	11,275,601	11,471,374	1.7%
Current Assistance	1,399,357	1,402,186	0.2%
Former Assistance	5,642,834	5,769,503	2.2%
Never Assistance	4,233,410	4,299,685	1.6%
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED	70.4	72.3	1.9
Current Assistance	50.1	51.1	1.0
Former Assistance	76.8	78.5	1.7
Never Assistance	72.1	74.3	2.2
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS TO CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED	69.3	69.6	0.3
Current Assistance	57.6	57.4	-0.2
Former Assistance	66.8	66.2	-0.6
Never Assistance	76.7	78.1	1.4
TOTAL PATERNITIES ESTABLISHED OR ACKNOWLEDGED	1,527,103	1,524,569	-0.2%
IV-D Paternities Established or Acknowledged ²	697,115	662,526	-5.0%
State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged ³	829,988	862,043	3.9%
TOTAL SUPPORT ORDERS ESTABLISHED	1,220,034	1,161,206	-4.8%
Current Assistance	248,285	235,284	-5.2%
Former Assistance	441,668	409,378	-7.3%
Never Assistance	530,081	516,544	-2.6%
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF	61,797	60,756	-1.7%
Source: Form OCSE-157.
¹ Total IV-D caseload combines lines 1 (cases open) and 3 (cases with no jurisdiction).
² IV-D paternities established or acknowledged for the current year are reported on line 16.
³ State paternity acknowledgements include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload and are reported on line 10.