This document consists of the twelve issues of "Child Support Report" newsletter published during 1997. Monthly issues typically explore problems related to child support enforcement, report on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarize research related to child support. Editorials and information on events and conferences of interest and funding opportunities are featured regularly. Major topics during 1997 included: (1) child support payments and child outcomes, noncustodial parents' reasons for failure to pay child support, unintended pregnancies (January); (2) using the Internet to apply for child support, national strategies to prevent teen pregnancy, welfare reform, program collaboration (February); (3) child support/Head Start collaboration, responsible fathering, welfare reform, reciprocity with foreign nations (March); (4) Big 8 Initiative, health insurance, training needs assessments results, Illinois child support, Child Support Recovery Act (April); (5) incarcerated mothers, welfare reform, male/female relationships, military personnel (May); (6) public/private agency collaboration, predictors of child support payments, welfare reform (June); (7) payment processing systems, health care access, military children, federal statistics web site, (July); (8) noncustodial parents, outreach to employers, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, hotlines for new and expectant mothers (August); (9) community oriented law enforcement, federal/state partnerships, verifying military income (September); (10) new hire and welfare reform deadlines, Ireland and Canada child support laws (October); (11) job training initiatives, child support innovations, Census Bureau report (November); and (12) locating noncustodial parents, welfare reform, child support/domestic violence partnerships, low-income fathers, health insurance (December). (KB)