https://www.sharedparenting.org/mission

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e28a95cdc8bed16729b93de/t/5faecb509488406ed9b30df8/1605290833349/NPO+Issues+in+Child+Support+11.2020.pdf

Background In 2016 alone, 15.6 million—one in five—children were served by the Child Support Program, according to the U.S. Office on Child Support Enforcement (OCSE). Compared to other federal programs in the human services field, the Child Support Program ranks third behind Medicaid (35.8 million) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (19.9 million) in terms of the number of children it serves. To put these numbers in perspective, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) serves 2.1 million children. For families in poverty, child support represents 40% of their income when they receive it (Sorensen, 2010). According to a recent study published by the Orange County California Department of Child Support Services Research Team, half of noncustodial parents who were previously classified as “not impoverished” became “impoverished” when child support payments were deducted from their income. 92% of the noncustodial parents in the study were fathers.