Family Support Programs

We're working to protect and strengthen child support enforcement and other family support programs that help women escape poverty and make ends meet.

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Coalition Action Materials | Sign-On Letter to Congress in Support of Maintaining Critical Funding for Child Support

September 27, 2010

Diverse coalition urges Congress to protect funding for the child support program which serves 17.4 million children and distributes about $24 billion dollars in child support to families annually. Families stand to lose $2 billion in uncollected support in FY 2011 alone if Congress does not act soon to prevent cuts to the program from taking effect.

Fact Sheet | Putting Families First: Pending Proposals to Distribute More Child Support to Children

August 15, 2009

The Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2009 would benefit children and families by distributing more child support money directly to children and their custodial parents.

Fact Sheet | Child Support and TANF Reauthorization

July 23, 2009

Reports & Toolkits | How the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Addresses Women's Needs: Child Support

February 13, 2009

Child Support

The Act will help protect child support enforcement services for over 17 million children and their single parents, mostly mothers, by:

Fact Sheet | Restoring Funding for Child Support Enforcement Is Vital to Families

June 15, 2008

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 cut funding for child support enforcement by approximately 20 percent. Families will lose $1 billion of badly needed child support yearly if Congress doesn't act to restore funding for child support enforcement.

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Joan Entmacher

Joan Entmacher is Vice President for Family Economic Security at the National Women's Law Center, where she leads a team working to improve policies important to the economic security of low-income women and their families, including tax and budget, child care, child support, unemployment insurance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, and Social Security. Ms.

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