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Welfare Reform and Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers: New Constraints and Opportunities

Elaine J. Sorensen

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This report assesses the likely effects of welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PROWRA) and the 1997 Balanced Budget Act on low-income, noncustodial fathers. The report describes the population of these fathers, the current child support enforcement system, and that system's treatment of low-income, noncustodial fathers before enactment of PROWRA. The report recommends future policy initiatives that may enable these fathers to meet their financial obligations to their children.

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This report assesses the likely effects of welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PROWRA) and the 1997 Balanced Budget Act on low-income, noncustodial fathers. The report describes the population of these fathers, the current child support enforcement system, and that system's treatment of low-income, noncustodial fathers before enactment of PROWRA. The report recommends future policy initiatives that may enable these fathers to meet their financial obligations to their children.

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This report assesses the likely effects of welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PROWRA) and the 1997 Balanced Budget Act on low-income, noncustodial fathers. The report describes the population of these fathers, the current child support enforcement system, and that system's treatment of low-income, noncustodial fathers before enactment of PROWRA. The report recommends future policy initiatives that may enable these fathers to meet their financial obligations to their children.

Key concepts: Child support, Welfare reform, Enforcement, Welfare, Low income, Population, Public economics, Work (physics)

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