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Table 2
Statistical Overview, FY 2004 and FY 2005
 20042005Percent or Percentage Point Change 2004 - 2005
TOTAL IV-D CASELOAD 115,854,47515,860,7530.0%
Current Assistance2,628,2142,495,817-5.0%
Former Assistance7,281,0927,292,8280.2%
Never Assistance5,945,1696,072,1082.1%
CASES OPEN (line 1)15,803,92115,809,1710.0%
Current Assistance2,613,4282,484,397-4.9%
Former Assistance7,254,0427,267,1490.2%
Never Assistance5,936,4516,057,6252.0%
CASES WITH NO JURISDICTION (line 3)50,55451,5822.0%
Current Assistance14,78611,420-22.8%
Former Assistance27,05025,679-5.1%
Never Assistance8,71814,48366.1%
NUMBER OF CHILDREN17,289,69517,173,286-0.7%
TOTAL CASES WITH COLLECTIONS8,133,6468,303,9462.1%
Current Assistance781,188755,588-3.3%
Former Assistance3,852,2553,908,3201.5%
Never Assistance3,500,2033,640,0384.0%
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS51.552.51.1
Current Assistance29.930.40.5
Former Assistance53.153.80.7
Never Assistance59.060.11.1
TOTAL CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED11,753,60311,994,5902.1%
Current Assistance1,383,6831,354,110-2.1%
Former Assistance5,862,4365,960,7001.7%
Never Assistance4,507,4844,679,7803.8%
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED74.475.91.5
Current Assistance52.954.51.6
Former Assistance80.882.01.2
Never Assistance75.977.31.3
TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS TO CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED69.269.20.0
Current Assistance56.555.8-0.7
Former Assistance65.765.6-0.1
Never Assistance77.777.80.1
TOTAL PATERNITIES ESTABLISHED OR ACKNOWLEDGED1,606,3031,629,9711.5%
IV-D Paternities Established or Acknowledged 2/691,554680,068-1.7%
State In-Hospital and Other Paternities Acknowledged 3/914,749949,9033.8%
TOTAL SUPPORT ORDERS ESTABLISHED1,181,0121,180,238-0.1%
Current Assistance241,627229,746-4.9%
Former Assistance413,231405,935-1.8%
Never Assistance526,154544,5573.5%
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF 60,35459,678-1.1%
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.
FY 2005 CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PRELIMINARY DATA REPORT