ERIC Number: ED278484
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Oct
Pages: 64
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Child Support: States' Progress in Implementing the 1984 Amendments. Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.
Information on the states' progress in implementing 14 provisions of the 1984 Child Support Enforcement Amendments is provided in this report, which also summarizes the states' opinions on the effects of the amendments on five enforcement activities. Responses to questionnaires indicated that, as of March 31, 1986, only Oregon had fully implemented all 14 provisions and only 1 provision had been fully implemented by all states. More states had implemented the six provisions not requiring state legislation than the eight that do. States most commonly reported not implementing one or more of the eight provisions because the required state legislation had not been enacted. All states reporting such information expected enactment by October 1, 1987. Regarding the six provisions not requiring legislation, all states reporting such information expected implementation by December 31, 1986. The most frequently cited reasons for implementation delays were (1) administrative procedures were not developed or in effect or, (2) regarding the annual notices provision, needed changes in the states' automated data processing systems had not been made. Overall, states were more optimistic about the amendments' potential effect on nationwide enforcement than on their own state's enforcement. (RH)
Descriptors: Children, Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Financial Support, National Surveys, State Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources.
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