FY 2018 Annual Report to Congress

Office of Child Support Enforcement

Publication Date: March 24, 2021
Current as of:

The 2018 Annual Report to Congress includes individual pages for each state and tribe. The report also includes information on collections, expenditures, paternities, orders established, and other program statistics.

Highlights:

  • Total distributed IV-D child support collections were $28.6 billion
  • $27.4 billion, or 96% of the distributed collections were sent directly to families
  • The program served 14.7 million children
  • 88% of cases in the caseload had orders established
  • 66% of current support due was collected
  • 64% of cases with arrears had collections
  • IV-D Paternity Establishment Percentage (PEP) is 102%
  • Statewide PEP is 93%
  • The cost-effectiveness rate is $5.14

Tables (Excel)

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XLSXFY 2018 Annual Report Tables (Excel).xlsx350.58 KB