The following Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) preliminary data report highlights financial and statistical achievements of the Child Support Enforcement program for fiscal year 1999. This report is a preliminary look at data that shows advancements made in the Child Support program in fiscal year 1999. The information is taken from State-submitted reports on program status submitted to OCSE quarterly or annually. The collections data are taken from form OCSE-34A and the expenditure data from the OCSE-396A. Fiscal year 1999 statistical data included in this report are taken from the new OCSE-157 report. States use this form to report caseload, orders and paternities established, medical support, staffing, and other statistical information to OCSE.

The new OCSE-157 reporting form includes much of the data found on the old statistical reporting forms, but adds new data reporting elements. In previous years the statistical information was collected by, TANF/FC, Non-TANF, and the Arrears categories. The information is now reported under the following categories: current assistance, former assistance, and never assistance. The definitions of these new categories can be found on page four of this report.

Due to the requirements of the new performance-based incentive funding system, the OCSE-157 also reflects several changes in the reporting definitions. Therefore, some of the FY 1999 data are not comparable to previous years’ data and in most cases five-year comparisons, shown in previous reports, are not made.

Federal auditors are in the process of assessing the completeness and reliability of State data. Many States have improved data reporting in anticipation of the data reliability requirements of PRWORA.

The following information is presented as reported by States and no assumption is made here concerning the reliability of the numbers.

Child Support Enforcement Background and Program Results

CSE Program Background

The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program is a Federal/State/local partnership that establishes paternity and child support orders and collects child support. The program was established in 1975, a response by Congress to reduce public expenditures on welfare by obtaining child support from non-custodial parents on an ongoing basis, to help families to get support so they could get off and stay off public assistance, and to establish paternity for children born outside marriage so child support could be obtained for them.

Basic responsibility for administering the program is left to individual States, jurisdictions and local governments, but the Federal Government plays a major role in: dictating the major features of State programs; funding and providing technical assistance; and giving direct assistance to locating absent parents and obtaining support payments. While programs vary administratively from State to State, all programs locate non-custodial parents, establish paternity, orders and enforce orders through the collection and distribution of child support payments.

The CSE program continues to be strengthened through Federal and State statutory, regulatory and executive actions.

CSE Program Results for FY 1999

The following data tables provide preliminary financial and statistical information on the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program for fiscal year 1999 and in some cases for the last five years. Table 1 provides national totals on child support collections, expenditures, program savings and cost-effectiveness for fiscal year 1999. Table 2 gives national statistics on the CSE caseload, cases with collections, percentage of cases with collections, cases with orders established, percentage of cases with orders established, percentage of cases with collections to cases with orders established, paternities established & acknowledged, and child support orders established for the same time period.

Readers should note that all numbers quoted are based on information supplied to the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) by the individual State CSE programs. Fiscal year 1999 data are preliminary as of June 30, 2000, and are subject to change.

During FY 1999, over $15.8 billion in child support payments were collected. Total caseload was almost 16.4 million. The CSE program had over 1.5 million paternities established & acknowledged and almost 1.2 million new child support orders were established in 1999.

Caseload. OCSE defines a child support case as a parent (mother, father, or putative father) who is now or eventually may be obligated under law for the support of a child or children receiving services under the title IV-D program. A "current assistance case" is a case where the children are: (1) recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Children (TANF) under title IV-A of the Social Security Act or (2) entitled to Foster Care maintenance under title IV-E of the Social Security Act. In addition, the children’s support rights have been assigned by a caretaker relative to the State and a referral to the State IV-D agency has been made. A "former assistance case" is a case where the children were formerly receiving title IV-A (AFDC or TANF) or title IV-E Foster Care services. A "never assistance case" is a case where the children are receiving services under the title IV-D program, but are not eligible for and have not previously received assistance under titles IV-A or IV-E of the Social Security Act. This includes cases where the family is receiving IV-D services as a result of a written application for IV-D services, including cases where children are receiving State (not title IV-E) foster care services or a case where they are Medicaid recipients not receiving additional assistance. There were over 16.4 million cases reported in fiscal year 1999.

There were almost 3.6 million current assistance cases, 6.8 million former assistance cases and 6 million never assistance cases reported in fiscal year 1999 (Table 2). Due to revisions in the reporting requirements the national caseload number has dropped, since last fiscal year. This is largely due to the elimination of the "arrears only category" which often reflected a duplicate case count. Cases are no longer counted or reported as arrears cases.

Paternities Established. When children are born out-of-wedlock establishing paternity is the first step for obtaining an order. Paternity establishment involves the legal establishment of fatherhood for a child. Paternity can also be established by a voluntary acknowledgement signed by both parents either as part of an in-hospital program or other acknowledgement programs. States must have procedures that allow paternity to be established at least up to the child’s eighteenth birthday. Child support IV-D caseload paternities were established and acknowledged for over 1.5 million children in fiscal year 1999. There were 811,201 IV-D, and 734,957 statewide paternities established and acknowledged for fiscal year 1999. (Table 2)

Orders Established. States must use standard guidelines to determine how much a parent should pay for child support. CSE staff can take child support cases to court, or to an administrative hearing process to establish the order. Almost 1.2 million orders for child support were established in fiscal year 1999. Never assistance orders made up 40 percent of the support orders established for fiscal year 1999, current assistance orders accounted for 26 percent, and former assistance 33 percent. (Table 2)

Collections. Total child support collections were $15.8 billion for fiscal year 1999 (Table 1 and 3). This was a 10 percent increase in collections over fiscal year 1998. Collection data are shown under the new reporting categories: current IV-A and IV-E assistance ($1.5 billion), former assistance ($4.8 billion), and never assistance ($9.5 billion) instead of the former TANF/FC and Non-TANF.

Collections per Full-Time Equivalent Staff. The amount of child support collected nationally per full-time equivalent staff (FTE) was $277,818 in fiscal year 1999 (Table 8). There were 57,028 FTE staff reported in fiscal year 1999.

Expenditures. In fiscal year 1999, total administrative expenditures were $4.0 billion, a 13 percent increase from fiscal year 1998. The federal share of expenditures was almost $2.7 billion and the state share was almost $1.4 billion for fiscal year 1999. Estimated Incentives Payments for fiscal year 1999 was nearly 400 million (Table 5). It should be noted that the new incentives established by The Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 do not go into effect until FY 2000.

Collections Due and Distributed. The total amount of current support due for fiscal year 1999 was $21 billion (Table 9), about $11 billion or 52 percent of that amount was distributed (Table 10). Total amount of support collected and distributed as arrears was $5 billion or 6.9 percent (Table 12). The total number of cases with arrears due was 8.8 million and almost 4.8 million, of these cases had collections (Table 13). This means 54 percent of these cases had some payment toward their arrears in fiscal year 1999. Interstate collections forwarded to other States was almost $1.1 billion in FY 99 (Table 14).

Other Statistics. Program increases were also noted in FY 99 for total cases in which a collection was made, 6.1 million. The total number of children in IV-D cases in fiscal year 1999 was 19,759,700 (Figure 9). This is an average of less than 2 children (1.2) per child support case. The cost effectiveness ratio of $3.92 is shown on Table 1.

Table 1
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Financial Overview, FY 1999

TOTAL IV-D COLLECTIONS	$15,843,391,077
Current Assistance IV-A and IV-E	1,480,052,529
Former Assistance	4,820,617,645
Never Assistance	9,542,720,903

Assistance Reimbursement	2,347,303,192

State Share	1,048,385,925
Net Federal Share	921,939,307

Estimated Incentive Payments	376,977,960

Medical Support	95,643,653


CURRENT ASSISTANCE IV-A AND IV-E	$1,480,052,529
Assistance Payments	1,345,642,802
Medical Support	21,069,631
Payments to Families	113,340,096

FORMER ASSISTANCE	$4,820,617,645
Assistance Payments	1,001,660,390
Medical Support	35,742,385
Payments to Families	3,783,214,870
NEVER ASSISTANCE	$9,542,720,903
Medical Support	38,831,637
Payments to Families	9,503,889,266


TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES	$4,038,944,318
Federal Share	2,679,735,632
State Share	1,359,208,686
TOTAL PROGRAM SAVINGS*	-1,687,260,810
Federal Share	-1,756,523,375
State Share	69,262,565
COST EFFECTIVENESS**
TOTAL	$3.92
TANF/FC	0.62
Non-TANF	3.30
Source: OCSE-396A & 34A Note: The federal share of the program savings is the net federal share of collections minus the federal share of administrative expenditures and the state share of program savings is the state share of collections plus the estimated incentive payments minus the state share of administrative expenditures. *This is the cost-effectiveness measure used before the Child Support Performance Incentive Act of 1998. Payments to families are collections that are distributed either to the family or to the foster care agency to be used on the child’s behalf.

Table 2
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Statistical Overview, FY 1999

IV-D CASELOAD
Total	16,418,540
Current Assistance	3,623,319
Former Assistance	6,778,596
Never Assistance	6,016,625
CASES WITH COLLECTIONS
Total	6,103,779
Current Assistance	870,848
Former Assistance	2,735,874
Never Assistance	2,497,057
PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS
Total	37.1
Current Assistance	24.0
Former Assistance	40.3
Never Assistance	41.5
CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED
Total	9,909,029
Current Assistance	1,592,297
Former Assistance	4,459,524
Never Assistance	3,857,208
PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED
Total	60.3
Current Assistance	43.9
Former Assistance	65.7
Never Assistance	64.1
PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH COLLECTIONS TO CASES WITH ORDERS ESTABLISHED OLLECTIONS
Total	62.5
Current Assistance	55.5
Former Assistance	61.9
Never Assistance	66.0
PATERNITIES ESTABLISHED & ACKNOWLEDGED*
Total	1,546,158
IV-D Paternities Established and Acknowledged	811,201
Statewide Paternities Established and Acknowledged	734,957
SUPPORT ORDERS ESTABLISHED
Total	1,153,482
Current Assistance	303,872
Former Assistance	383,045
Never Assistance	466,565
Source: OCSE-157 Note: *Acknowledgement numbers include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in IV-D caseload. Data for fiscal year 1999 are preliminary.

Table 3
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Program Trends for Fiscal Years 1992, 1998, and 1999**

				Percent Change
	1992	1998	1999	1992-1999	1998-1999
Total IV-D Collections (000)	$7,964,141	$14,347,707	$15,843,391	98.9	10.4
TANF/FC*	$2,258,825	$2,649,930	$2,481,713	9.8	-6.3
Non-TANF	$5,705,316	$11,697,777	$13,361,678	134.1	14.2
Total IV-D Expenditures	$1,994,691	$3,584,972	$4,038,944	102.4	12.6
Estimated Incentive Payment	$299,366	$396,388	$376,502	25.7	-5.0
Paternities Established and Acknowledged	***$516,949	$1,462,565	$1,546,158	199.1	5.7
Orders Established	$895,005	$1,147,701	$1,153,482	28.8	0.5
Cases with Collections	$2,839,150	$4,466,976	$6,103,779	114.9	36.6
Total Caseload	$15,172,385	$19,419,449	$16,418,540	8.2	-15.5
Source: Financial and statistical data as reported by the States. Note: TANF/FC collection combines IV-A, IV-E and collections distributed as assistance reimbursements. Collection data shown on this table appear as TANF/FC and Non-TANF to allow comparison with previous years. Data for fiscal year 99 are preliminary. **In FY 92, we only collected information on IV-D paternity establishments, we did not collect information on acknowledgements.

Table 4
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Total Distributed Collections, FY 1999

STATES	Total	Current Assistance*	Former Assistance	Never Assistance
ALABAMA	$185,929,914	$17,924,082	$70,077,111	$97,928,721
ALASKA	67,131,846	8,311,439	28,373,247	30,447,160
ARIZONA	169,232,529	8,718,336	103,282,876	57,231,317
ARKANSAS	108,480,840	4,504,450	43,022,531	60,953,859
CALIFORNIA	1,604,173,701	286,221,260	339,275,499	978,676,942
COLORADO	163,546,023	21,189,914	69,323,471	73,032,638
CONNECTICUT	175,487,270	25,827,025	100,841,435	48,818,810
DELAWARE	44,962,003	3,701,194	24,249,357	17,011,452
DIST. OF COL.	35,137,996	3,347,534	8,884,410	22,906,052
FLORIDA	579,827,499	22,963,113	361,992,308	194,872,078
GEORGIA	330,631,555	44,224,028	153,231,095	133,176,432
GUAM	7,660,532	1,517,296	1,052,319	5,090,917
HAWAII	60,520,055	9,428,064	5,862,083	45,229,908
IDAHO	64,268,499	550,710	28,229,579	35,488,210
ILLINOIS	325,562,478	72,846,716	NA	252,715,762
INDIANA	271,110,248	25,249,911	NA	245,860,337
IOWA	201,219,305	16,603,024	122,278,636	62,337,645
KANSAS	137,981,151	10,058,584	62,614,778	65,307,789
KENTUCKY	206,241,206	18,477,847	42,519,056	145,244,303
LOUISIANA	188,131,410	15,565,937	74,936,138	97,629,335
MAINE	80,663,945	32,630,295	21,820,818	26,212,832
MARYLAND	350,165,942	13,060,843	78,948,757	258,156,342
MASSACHUSETTS	291,485,832	44,593,261	137,622,386	109,270,185
MICHIGAN	1,274,637,793	44,518,024	408,599,040	821,520,729
MINNESOTA	384,847,451	27,800,821	166,061,849	190,984,781
MISSISSIPPI	128,877,572	4,906,337	44,079,899	79,891,336
MISSOURI	285,818,836	18,959,793	105,612,461	161,246,582
MONTANA	38,221,855	2,067,757	21,708,907	14,445,191
NEBRASKA	110,565,311	11,849,776	12,291,372	86,424,163
NEVADA	92,121,885	1,543,145	6,068,501	84,510,239
NEW HAMPSHIRE	66,166,127	7,815,932	18,513,837	39,836,358
NEW JERSEY	635,116,977	39,864,994	200,679,482	394,572,501
NEW MEXICO	34,894,675	6,166,419	17,376,594	11,351,662
NEW YORK	909,755,049	182,002,707	NA	727,752,342
NORTH CAROLINA	347,969,980	24,627,818	195,420,470	127,921,692
NORTH DAKOTA	40,878,761	1,465,566	19,969,152	19,444,043
OHIO	1,301,311,021	93,853,641	NA	1,207,457,380
OKLAHOMA	96,191,903	19,649,190	55,299,801	21,242,912
OREGON	231,875,332	23,796,596	107,085,018	100,993,718
PENNSYLVANIA	1,107,687,051	64,516,835	200,364,052	842,806,164
PUERTO RICO	166,021,553	1,834,873	3,599,374	160,587,306
RHODE ISLAND	44,304,705	15,359,628	20,985,671	7,959,406
SOUTH CAROLINA	173,756,503	8,203,538	28,267,847	137,285,118
SOUTH DAKOTA	38,323,366	11,160,732	17,707,647	9,454,987
TENNESSEE	224,245,130	20,805,856	73,134,961	130,304,313
TEXAS	802,911,218	33,321,602	382,820,790	386,768,826
UTAH	107,336,206	20,433,786	82,925,213	3,977,207
VERMONT	34,880,355	7,277,103	18,039,189	9,564,063
VIRGIN ISLANDS	6,141,919	453,703	NA	5,688,216
VIRGINIA	312,776,989	25,543,791	119,957,135	167,276,063
WASHINGTON	515,859,493	39,841,176	245,533,312	230,485,005
WEST VIRGINIA	109,379,597	2,825,297	26,728,571	79,825,729
WISCONSIN	532,502,415	9,773,625	322,029,901	200,698,889
WYOMING	38,462,270	297,605	21,319,709	16,844,956
TOTALS	$15,843,391,077	$1,480,052,529	$4,820,617,645	$9,542,720,903
Source: OCSE 396A and 34A. NA - Not Available. Note: *IV-A and IV-E are included in current assistance collection.

Table 5
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Administrative Expenditures, FY 1999

STATES	Administrative Expenditures	Estimated Incentive Payment
ALABAMA	$53,533,869	$3,676,000
ALASKA	17,964,120	2,683,407
ARIZONA	58,657,247	3,978,349
ARKANSAS	36,804,856	1,377,846
CALIFORNIA	612,709,196	83,543,452
COLORADO	51,970,056	5,292,000
CONNECTICUT	38,575,967	7,570,415
DELAWARE	18,204,947	926,000
DIST. OF COL.	13,240,866	555,930
FLORIDA	190,501,671	14,899,400
GEORGIA	89,929,572	9,002,000
GUAM	3,803,786	NA
HAWAII	20,129,474	1,960,000
IDAHO	10,486,201	709,494
ILLINOIS	138,846,999	10,783,072
INDIANA	38,548,504	4,132,433
IOWA	42,592,938	5,056,000
KANSAS	49,627,981	3,743,000
KENTUCKY	56,187,842	4,960,915
LOUISIANA	47,330,767	3,197,000
MAINE	18,622,365	5,000,000
MARYLAND	82,662,138	4,410,000
MASSACHUSETTS	75,075,897	8,085,847
MICHIGAN	164,473,879	19,631,000
MINNESOTA	113,148,820	7,740,000
MISSISSIPPI	30,617,658	3,577,000
MISSOURI	94,391,679	7,429,692
MONTANA	11,640,510	1,023,104
NEBRASKA	31,973,151	2,085,000
NEVADA	38,022,688	2,027,169
NEW HAMPSHIRE	16,919,544	1,324,000
NEW JERSEY	139,127,636	11,003,246
NEW MEXICO	32,341,992	1,468,000
NEW YORK	212,809,547	26,032,000
NORTH CAROLINA	130,060,394	6,262,887
NORTH DAKOTA	9,957,810	815,211
OHIO	274,378,160	17,410,000
OKLAHOMA	32,252,862	4,241,000
OREGON	42,336,273	5,319,000
PENNSYLVANIA	183,519,293	13,745,000
PUERTO RICO	29,797,384	528,000
RHODE ISLAND	10,920,203	2,955,749
SOUTH CAROLINA	36,672,072	2,400,000
SOUTH DAKOTA	6,554,522	936,000
TENNESSEE	52,191,331	3,800,000
TEXAS	202,946,289	19,014,000
UTAH	36,312,567	2,476,250
VERMONT	9,047,583	1,345,317
VIRGIN ISLANDS	2,559,423	90,000
VIRGINIA	75,708,963	3,432,000
WASHINGTON	118,133,123	14,193,675
WEST VIRGINIA	28,668,535	1,336,573
WISCONSIN	96,688,882	6,880,000
WYOMING	8,764,286	438,500
TOTALS	$4,038,944,318	$376,501,933
Source: OCSE-396A Lines 9A + 9C, OCSE-34A Line 11E. NA - Not Available.

Table 6
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Statistical Program Status, FY 1999

STATES	Caseload	Cases With Orders	Orders Established	Cases With Collections	Total Number of Children
ALABAMA	313,189	188,636	20,298	105,565	314,247
ALASKA	46,806	36,318	1,075	27,489	52,939
ARIZONA	254,192	124,563	8,654	77,157	298,059
ARKANSAS	128,748	91,420	3,312	66,871	185,460
CALIFORNIA	2,030,070	1,329,100	200,892	766,733	2,881,082
COLORADO	169,166	120,989	8,170	83,851	213,237
CONNECTICUT	198,060	122,186	8,497	75,326	205,090
DELAWARE	56,210	31,385	1,952	25,808	62,948
DIST. OF COL.	116,889	34,036	1,540	16,145	95,335
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	500,000	273,288	5,972	79,012	515,262
GUAM	10,643	5,594	577	865	18,752
HAWAII	82,033	41,938	3,062	25,491	86,933
IDAHO	70,434	52,105	3,552	28,553	78,066
ILLINOIS	979,999	304,117	31,415	162,782	1,039,643
INDIANA	468,407	243,134	106,953	130,225	441,392
IOWA	161,859	139,137	10,093	97,536	227,210
KANSAS	145,118	69,896	39,345	45,351	139,678
KENTUCKY	285,576	183,398	6,897	104,035	344,140
LOUISIANA	297,267	140,883	17,303	108,763	393,309
MAINE	61,133	53,558	3,794	39,787	86,538
MARYLAND	342,878	218,139	21,016	143,430	338,148
MASSACHUSETTS	208,707	145,714	15,935	98,586	279,393
MICHIGAN	888,750	638,704	29,041	538,596	854,064
MINNESOTA	223,817	163,264	12,832	138,087	267,972
MISSISSIPPI	255,669	122,165	13,827	89,274	316,246
MISSOURI	362,156	257,504	13,283	144,876	514,507
MONTANA	36,009	30,807	2,335	23,105	41,484
NEBRASKA	99,686	71,176	4,552	42,667	111,218
NEVADA	102,681	51,375	4,673	28,336	77,477
NEW HAMPSHIRE	41,160	31,328	3,301	25,961	50,442
NEW JERSEY	371,426	276,676	42,340	212,632	531,416
NEW MEXICO	101,421	26,871	2,220	20,126	148,891
NEW YORK	997,096	614,854	44,387	400,521	1,285,775
NORTH CAROLINA	489,350	273,573	31,348	155,197	555,760
NORTH DAKOTA	31,414	23,672	4,310	15,853	37,683
OHIO	798,523	573,827	58,163	218,234	1,101,962
OKLAHOMA	139,831	84,490	11,217	32,718	263,432
OREGON	228,707	152,972	16,862	107,452	267,466
PENNSYLVANIA	681,039	489,564	59,878	395,073	942,549
PUERTO RICO	225,230	137,532	2,087	86,081	342,513
RHODE ISLAND	64,411	34,607	2,055	19,663	72,372
SOUTH CAROLINA	231,599	137,194	NA	NA	NA
SOUTH DAKOTA	27,025	24,341	2,674	3,701	24,229
TENNESSEE	487,246	183,253	70,924	117,900	450,836
TEXAS	1,215,245	547,806	92,469	251,679	1,676,858
UTAH	84,986	64,132	5,485	51,803	118,225
VERMONT	23,444	20,198	5,867	15,124	25,186
VIRGIN ISLANDS	12,828	5,761	NA	NA	NA
VIRGINIA	415,755	266,841	31,262	170,857	422,744
WASHINGTON	320,846	283,666	25,024	214,798	370,264
WEST VIRGINIA	126,732	76,477	10,232	51,522	132,484
WISCONSIN	362,254	264,487	28,338	204,663	421,294
WYOMING	44,820	30,378	2,192	17,919	37,490
TOTALS	16,418,540	9,909,029	1,153,482	6,103,779	19,759,700
Source: OCSE 157 Line 1 Line 2 Line17 Line 18 Line 4

Table 7
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Paternity Statistics, FY 1999

STATES	Paternity Established & Acknowledged	Statewide Paternity Acknowledged	Total
ALABAMA	6,618	6,618	13,236
ALASKA	622	2,189	2,811
ARIZONA	14,064	25,041	39,105
ARKANSAS	3,297	502	3,799
CALIFORNIA	186,620	139,431	326,051
COLORADO	4,180	11,379	15,559
CONNECTICUT	7,936	10,880	18,816
DELAWARE	4,234	1,587	5,821
DIST. OF COL.	5,491	4,219	9,710
FLORIDA	NA	45,384	45,384
GEORGIA	25,172	NA	25,172
GUAM	993	1,169	2,162
HAWAII	2,085	1,625	3,710
IDAHO	4,147	2,600	6,747
ILLINOIS	20,927	28,409	49,336
INDIANA	15,595	NA	15,595
IOWA	3,800	6,564	10,364
KANSAS	415	6,932	7,347
KENTUCKY	11,133	3,467	14,600
LOUISIANA	11,258	15,593	26,851
MAINE	2,292	1,212	3,504
MARYLAND	14,503	13,955	28,458
MASSACHUSETTS	9,990	14,528	24,518
MICHIGAN	16,740	32,171	48,911
MINNESOTA	7,531	13,000	20,531
MISSISSIPPI	30,863	9,486	40,349
MISSOURI	8,366	15,286	23,652
MONTANA	1,181	1,488	2,669
NEBRASKA	2,853	3,593	6,446
NEVADA	2,817	NA	2,817
NEW HAMPSHIRE	754	182	936
NEW JERSEY	17,615	24,196	41,811
NEW MEXICO	45,237	7,143	52,380
NEW YORK	34,666	56,045	90,711
NORTH CAROLINA	23,431	NA	23,431
NORTH DAKOTA	6,486	1,708	8,194
OHIO	59,272	37,541	96,813
OKLAHOMA	8,324	9,637	17,961
OREGON	5,040	9,527	14,567
PENNSYLVANIA	25,852	30,199	56,051
PUERTO RICO	59	NA	59
RHODE ISLAND	3,187	NA	3,187
SOUTH CAROLINA	NA	5,667	5,667
SOUTH DAKOTA	703	1,998	2,701
TENNESSEE	36,126	14,782	50,908
TEXAS	63,443	62,744	126,187
UTAH	2,257	5,635	7,892
VERMONT	731	NA	731
VIRGIN ISLANDS	NA	NA	NA
VIRGINIA	15,326	21,091	36,417
WASHINGTON	12,781	15,120	27,901
WEST VIRGINIA	1,790	4,863	6,653
WISCONSIN	21,673	7,592	29,265
WYOMING	725	979	1,704
TOTALS	811,201	734,957	1,546,158
Source: OCSE-157 Line 16 Line 10 NA - Not Available.

Table 8
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Total Distributed Collections per Full-Time Equivalent, FY 1999

STATES	Total FTE Staff	Total Distributed Collections	Total Distributed Collections Per FTE
ALABAMA	463	$185,929,914	$401,576
ALASKA	237	67,131,846	283,257
ARIZONA	1,017	169,232,529	166,404
ARKANSAS	609	108,480,840	178,129
CALIFORNIA	8,531	1,604,173,701	188,041
COLORADO	701	163,546,023	233,304
CONNECTICUT	542	175,487,270	323,777
DELAWARE	195	44,962,003	230,574
DIST. OF COL.	210	35,137,996	167,324
FLORIDA	3,331	579,827,499	174,070
GEORGIA	1,555	330,631,555	212,625
GUAM	52	7,660,532	147,318
HAWAII	225	60,520,055	268,978
IDAHO	202	64,268,499	318,160
ILLINOIS	1,801	325,562,478	180,768
INDIANA	812	271,110,248	333,880
IOWA	575	201,219,305	349,947
KANSAS	539	138,181,151	256,366
KENTUCKY	990	206,241,206	208,324
LOUISIANA	798	188,131,410	235,754
MAINE	288	80,663,945	280,083
MARYLAND	1,191	350,165,942	294,010
MASSACHUSETTS	870	291,485,832	335,041
MICHIGAN	2,441	1,274,637,793	522,179
MINNESOTA	1,318	384,847,451	291,994
MISSISSIPPI	613	128,877,572	210,241
MISSOURI	1,273	285,818,836	224,523
MONTANA	212	38,221,855	180,292
NEBRASKA	392	110,565,311	282,054
NEVADA	369	92,121,885	249,653
NEW HAMPSHIRE	180	66,166,127	367,590
NEW JERSEY	2,139	635,116,977	296,922
NEW MEXICO	293	34,894,675	119,094
NEW YORK	2,949	909,755,049	308,496
NORTH CAROLINA	1,610	347,969,980	216,130
NORTH DAKOTA	137	40,878,761	298,385
OHIO	4,305	1,301,311,021	302,279
OKLAHOMA	556	96,191,903	173,007
OREGON	747	231,875,332	310,409
PENNSYLVANIA	1,810	1,107,687,051	611,982
PUERTO RICO	718	166,021,553	231,228
RHODE ISLAND	138	44,304,705	321,049
SOUTH CAROLINA	300	173,756,503	579,188
SOUTH DAKOTA	93	38,323,366	412,079
TENNESSEE	772	224,245,130	290,473
TEXAS	2,443	802,911,218	328,658
UTAH	559	107,336,206	192,015
VERMONT	121	34,880,355	288,267
VIRGIN ISLANDS	58	6,141,919	105,895
VIRGINIA	1,110	312,776,989	281,781
WASHINGTON	1,751	515,859,493	294,609
WEST VIRGINIA	510	109,379,597	214,470
WISCONSIN	1,102	532,502,415	483,215
WYOMING	275	38,462,270	139,863
TOTALS	57,028	$15,843,391,077	$277,818
Source: OCSE-157. NA - Not Available.

Table 9
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Total Amount of Current Support Due, FY 1999

STATES	Total	Current Assistance	Former Assistance	Never Assistance
ALABAMA	$310,834,685	$26,026,755	$117,626,006	$167,181,924
ALASKA	97,671,425	16,356,195	37,309,823	44,005,407
ARIZONA	302,879,775	34,276,787	161,518,427	107,084,561
ARKANSAS	175,884,413	19,398,962	61,390,201	95,095,250
CALIFORNIA	2,295,613,629	688,445,731	1,025,667,343	581,500,555
COLORADO	240,715,623	28,525,071	116,944,682	95,245,870
CONNECTICUT	237,337,504	46,111,051	117,116,582	74,109,871
DELAWARE	71,201,163	7,334,218	29,708,798	34,158,147
DIST. OF COL.	73,205,708	19,902,913	10,614,752	42,688,043
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	543,904,348	71,250,179	237,035,704	235,618,465
GUAM	19,394,010	3,785,522	5,912,695	9,695,793
HAWAII	97,739,035	20,442,032	31,612,686	45,684,317
IDAHO	97,645,654	8,455,942	40,540,319	48,649,393
ILLINOIS	559,149,549	103,240,571	130,094,965	325,814,013
INDIANA	1,390,496,003	82,291,360	372,326,191	935,878,452
IOWA	268,637,090	54,298,483	135,744,920	78,593,687
KANSAS	142,412,030	11,925,097	74,492,699	55,994,234
KENTUCKY	314,263,417	37,197,960	90,327,389	186,738,068
LOUISIANA	271,870,033	18,521,776	134,073,497	119,274,760
MAINE	95,381,706	23,442,181	46,057,164	25,882,361
MARYLAND	480,264,198	28,230,343	101,327,955	350,705,900
MASSACHUSETTS	421,795,363	49,068,486	222,053,277	150,673,600
MICHIGAN	1,351,498,385	113,036,069	298,805,618	939,656,698
MINNESOTA	480,559,253	47,270,410	176,588,394	256,700,449
MISSISSIPPI	199,019,952	24,419,138	66,093,754	108,507,060
MISSOURI	532,882,668	72,243,948	194,065,931	266,572,789
MONTANA	56,186,629	4,793,047	29,267,924	22,125,658
NEBRASKA	156,214,799	14,979,408	57,364,069	83,871,322
NEVADA	125,610,569	21,624,412	12,075,260	91,910,897
NEW HAMPSHIRE	83,981,112	8,141,340	34,059,030	41,780,742
NEW JERSEY	856,935,657	101,607,511	271,147,509	484,180,637
NEW MEXICO	56,832,894	10,214,119	22,437,137	24,181,638
NEW YORK	1,137,980,519	215,584,148	390,233,480	532,162,891
NORTH CAROLINA	493,781,872	29,626,912	251,828,755	212,326,205
NORTH DAKOTA	46,731,414	3,810,593	12,665,594	30,255,227
OHIO	1,472,574,854	127,533,529	88,964,641	1,256,076,684
OKLAHOMA	149,051,968	21,497,229	73,823,103	53,731,636
OREGON	314,531,948	35,137,745	130,779,149	148,615,054
PENNSYLVANIA	1,284,415,291	79,035,968	347,267,481	858,111,842
PUERTO RICO	313,177,354	17,619,557	8,160,168	287,397,629
RHODE ISLAND	66,031,469	21,943,876	30,689,876	13,397,717
SOUTH CAROLINA	NA	NA	NA	NA
SOUTH DAKOTA	46,905,830	3,778,523	22,686,335	20,440,972
TENNESSEE	392,666,918	45,482,170	155,915,494	191,269,254
TEXAS	1,109,306,396	112,231,541	500,959,765	496,115,090
UTAH	135,632,348	16,004,393	69,382,515	50,245,440
VERMONT	44,051,900	8,694,612	23,086,608	12,270,680
VIRGIN ISLANDS	12,240,538	1,275,186	NA	10,965,352
VIRGINIA	479,261,852	34,674,546	145,644,778	298,942,528
WASHINGTON	658,676,626	112,111,079	271,012,353	275,553,194
WEST VIRGINIA	162,346,391	9,959,684	23,303,398	129,083,309
WISCONSIN	556,527,652	14,536,132	331,618,294	210,373,226
WYOMING	50,764,242	2,760,831	12,730,808	35,272,603
TOTALS	$21,334,675,661	$2,730,155,271	$7,352,153,296	$11,252,367,094
Source: OCSE 157 Line 24. NA - Not Available.

Table 10
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Total Amount of Support Distributed as Current Support, FY 1999

STATES	Total	Current Assistance	Former Assistance	Never Assistance
ALABAMA	$104,995,838	$4,380,682	$35,226,981	$65,388,175
ALASKA	44,681,885	4,554,085	15,058,054	25,069,746
ARIZONA	127,926,612	9,127,797	69,263,300	49,535,515
ARKANSAS	78,873,671	5,955,798	25,226,042	47,691,831
CALIFORNIA	930,102,705	183,122,680	427,025,324	319,954,701
COLORADO	113,781,451	9,883,504	54,644,722	49,253,225
CONNECTICUT	122,084,056	15,601,851	58,744,754	47,737,451
DELAWARE	39,382,759	1,903,843	15,124,012	22,354,904
DIST. OF COL.	40,402,207	7,891,113	6,386,916	26,124,178
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	263,124,656	21,071,389	115,451,595	126,601,672
GUAM	476,885	103,392	122,759	250,734
HAWAII	47,606,209	5,522,651	14,130,037	27,953,521
IDAHO	47,648,380	2,747,024	18,303,185	26,598,171
ILLINOIS	288,502,207	36,292,281	61,562,705	190,647,221
INDIANA	203,397,663	6,070,492	62,074,096	135,253,075
IOWA	132,890,531	12,716,079	73,414,722	46,759,730
KANSAS	83,606,371	4,574,775	41,126,077	37,905,519
KENTUCKY	149,203,449	9,209,379	45,176,895	94,817,175
LOUISIANA	144,424,256	4,313,702	67,150,914	72,959,640
MAINE	53,159,622	10,787,595	25,761,731	16,610,296
MARYLAND	273,489,395	7,557,866	47,417,020	218,514,509
MASSACHUSETTS	230,642,537	19,232,402	118,277,536	93,132,599
MICHIGAN	908,708,334	31,877,926	205,821,627	671,008,781
MINNESOTA	317,699,969	18,447,986	106,127,684	193,124,299
MISSISSIPPI	94,879,757	8,726,208	28,528,675	57,624,874
MISSOURI	229,944,772	16,376,606	71,406,990	142,161,176
MONTANA	28,827,675	2,671,809	11,803,297	14,352,569
NEBRASKA	95,144,410	4,259,231	30,552,101	60,333,078
NEVADA	62,317,361	10,229,934	5,143,918	46,943,509
NEW HAMPSHIRE	53,030,123	3,552,971	20,927,219	28,549,933
NEW JERSEY	528,015,251	33,584,898	141,014,071	353,416,282
NEW MEXICO	21,134,286	1,555,249	8,392,852	11,186,185
NEW YORK	796,549,142	75,593,517	294,019,765	426,935,860
NORTH CAROLINA	295,412,014	17,724,721	150,660,127	127,027,166
NORTH DAKOTA	25,702,215	2,083,065	8,424,132	15,195,018
OHIO	1,046,451,491	39,372,770	35,678,747	971,399,974
OKLAHOMA	63,371,503	4,921,068	30,748,331	27,702,104
OREGON	185,380,145	13,459,693	67,004,731	104,915,721
PENNSYLVANIA	837,482,516	28,100,247	185,662,451	623,719,818
PUERTO RICO	132,587,712	2,329,784	2,925,960	127,331,968
RHODE ISLAND	26,192,984	8,786,580	12,341,476	5,064,928
SOUTH CAROLINA	NA	NA	NA	NA
SOUTH DAKOTA	34,064,431	2,308,475	16,703,633	15,052,323
TENNESSEE	175,173,584	12,999,424	72,138,273	90,035,887
TEXAS	556,170,111	16,704,741	243,783,538	295,681,832
UTAH	74,020,676	5,572,401	35,677,643	32,770,632
VERMONT	28,221,489	4,453,466	15,328,694	8,439,329
VIRGIN ISLANDS	5,554,177	398,392	NA	5,155,785
VIRGINIA	257,156,722	9,466,548	69,996,800	177,693,374
WASHINGTON	379,875,816	33,678,713	150,135,193	196,061,910
WEST VIRGINIA	83,150,548	2,213,098	12,587,516	68,349,934
WISCONSIN	429,335,590	9,103,709	236,786,802	183,445,079
WYOMING	26,667,916	1,086,144	5,915,766	19,666,006
TOTALS	$11,318,626,065	$804,259,754	$3,672,907,389	$6,841,458,922
Source: OCSE-157 Line 25. NA - Not Available.

Table 11
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Total Amount of Arrearages Due for All Fiscal Years*

STATES	Total	Current Assistance	Former Assistance	Never Assistance
ALABAMA	$1,278,796,345	$117,863,215	$384,941,658	$775,991,472
ALASKA	533,570,045	100,052,352	290,985,811	142,531,882
ARIZONA	1,410,222,381	186,222,275	748,162,436	475,837,670
ARKANSAS	605,313,627	85,021,251	209,399,653	310,892,723
CALIFORNIA	14,121,522,375	3,478,083,759	8,065,184,054	2,578,254,562
COLORADO	1,194,145,528	608,114,192	277,182,279	308,849,057
CONNECTICUT	1,253,466,779	187,999,547	881,047,769	184,419,463
DELAWARE	198,350,976	25,687,011	114,261,662	58,402,303
DIST. OF COL.	294,950,248	66,296,952	80,287,782	148,365,514
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	2,045,858,301	347,622,664	931,987,605	766,248,032
GUAM	53,143,929	13,396,649	19,714,180	20,033,100
HAWAII	408,665,687	120,905,530	150,280,471	137,479,686
IDAHO	308,827,078	28,083,745	180,815,742	99,927,591
ILLINOIS	549,738,323	106,868,592	110,208,578	332,661,153
INDIANA	1,885,677,245	117,159,919	831,894,136	936,623,190
IOWA	996,167,021	147,745,119	686,277,133	162,144,769
KANSAS	515,407,042	42,562,762	343,155,049	129,689,231
KENTUCKY	925,336,764	160,757,255	301,911,127	462,668,382
LOUISIANA	584,666,706	57,132,345	325,468,707	202,065,654
MAINE	459,355,307	104,548,833	267,816,207	86,990,267
MARYLAND	1,229,453,053	114,355,081	335,455,270	779,642,702
MASSACHUSETTS	1,273,575,423	208,548,443	760,492,491	304,534,489
MICHIGAN	5,871,278,920	921,275,995	2,601,719,763	2,348,283,162
MINNESOTA	915,773,913	193,513,458	435,528,483	286,731,972
MISSISSIPPI	555,794,939	76,191,196	239,161,933	240,441,810
MISSOURI	1,800,307,107	260,949,249	874,188,728	665,169,130
MONTANA	183,589,392	17,170,577	110,439,414	55,979,401
NEBRASKA	426,181,415	43,249,154	226,619,108	156,313,153
NEVADA	290,551,660	55,612,930	19,616,148	215,322,582
NEW HAMPSHIRE	185,531,267	22,910,828	83,556,264	79,064,175
NEW JERSEY	1,896,231,673	286,132,901	989,393,895	620,704,877
NEW MEXICO	206,480,979	41,254,520	92,750,678	72,475,781
NEW YORK	2,918,867,312	671,579,557	1,717,194,562	530,093,193
NORTH CAROLINA	1,295,453,199	156,712,072	761,030,159	377,710,968
NORTH DAKOTA	87,834,141	8,933,067	48,450,441	30,450,633
OHIO	2,774,124,791	293,758,097	1,008,972,443	1,471,394,251
OKLAHOMA	703,606,928	108,089,351	400,704,224	194,813,353
OREGON	925,794,731	153,472,369	513,266,518	259,055,844
PENNSYLVANIA	3,715,268,040	327,230,213	1,517,132,219	1,870,905,608
PUERTO RICO	570,188,438	42,782,935	15,688,217	511,717,286
RHODE ISLAND	228,808,189	79,837,679	86,645,069	62,325,441
SOUTH CAROLINA	NA	NA	NA	NA
SOUTH DAKOTA	109,446,134	13,202,367	66,405,630	29,838,137
TENNESSEE	1,410,329,901	181,306,843	610,120,067	618,902,991
TEXAS	6,684,448,005	1,113,573,813	3,213,422,279	2,357,451,913
UTAH	394,629,477	68,483,832	245,591,055	80,554,590
VERMONT	88,032,701	26,523,990	42,745,889	18,762,822
VIRGIN ISLANDS	NA	NA	NA	NA
VIRGINIA	1,608,442,784	141,729,216	665,713,664	800,999,904
WASHINGTON	1,679,488,436	356,647,087	929,980,515	392,860,834
WEST VIRGINIA	630,445,911	45,929,575	214,744,201	369,772,135
WISCONSIN	1,413,121,934	731,603,401	374,846,231	306,672,302
WYOMING	240,214,492	14,372,269	60,830,303	165,011,920
TOTALS	$71,936,476,992	$12,879,056,032	$34,463,387,900	$24,594,033,060
Source: OCSE-157 Line 26. NA - Not Available. Note: *As of the end of 1999

This represents arrearages due since inception of the program. Some arrearages include interest and others are inputted. Data should be viewed only as an illustration.

Table 12
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Total Amount of Support Distributed as Arrears, FY 1999

STATES	Total	Current Assistance	Former Assistance	Never Assistance
ALABAMA	$99,256,340	$5,279,490	$38,400,077	$55,576,773
ALASKA	33,015,096	5,829,899	14,853,784	12,331,413
ARIZONA	57,985,506	5,556,123	32,515,799	19,913,584
ARKANSAS	36,919,686	3,276,725	13,472,467	20,170,494
CALIFORNIA	793,191,949	172,671,850	458,819,442	161,700,657
COLORADO	76,101,572	32,247,911	19,831,393	24,022,268
CONNECTICUT	67,196,985	7,737,120	41,985,570	17,474,295
DELAWARE	14,309,321	1,297,313	7,659,513	5,352,495
DIST. OF COL.	3,553,333	1,489,511	919,389	1,144,433
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	111,381,333	16,691,017	47,037,366	47,652,950
GUAM	211,534	36,869	73,691	100,974
HAWAII	20,405,917	3,235,503	7,289,779	9,880,635
IDAHO	27,298,013	1,105,062	13,986,051	12,206,900
ILLINOIS	32,653,098	4,418,220	6,589,387	21,645,491
INDIANA	70,728,525	2,818,190	30,700,062	37,210,273
IOWA	74,761,164	7,949,764	48,008,768	18,802,632
KANSAS	51,694,673	13,569,660	10,608,264	27,516,749
KENTUCKY	66,276,216	6,041,985	23,796,343	36,437,888
LOUISIANA	63,921,939	3,705,227	33,256,023	26,960,689
MAINE	31,065,075	5,182,653	19,557,551	6,324,871
MARYLAND	91,337,466	4,394,054	24,270,375	62,673,037
MASSACHUSETTS	71,787,450	10,493,577	40,363,975	20,929,898
MICHIGAN	291,312,902	17,978,976	99,834,324	173,499,602
MINNESOTA	132,176,173	14,686,747	56,002,776	61,486,650
MISSISSIPPI	40,183,230	4,404,949	14,782,703	20,995,578
MISSOURI	90,841,299	8,806,259	39,300,740	42,734,300
MONTANA	15,556,266	1,251,817	8,620,874	5,683,575
NEBRASKA	40,042,663	2,675,490	16,707,802	20,659,371
NEVADA	18,564,977	2,475,238	3,524,762	12,564,977
NEW HAMPSHIRE	17,195,467	1,915,345	7,431,419	7,848,703
NEW JERSEY	139,942,068	15,164,519	60,748,403	64,029,146
NEW MEXICO	6,541,428	35,311	1,664,592	4,841,525
NEW YORK	190,125,467	41,827,602	79,852,696	68,445,169
NORTH CAROLINA	600,080,590	67,176,041	329,408,702	203,495,847
NORTH DAKOTA	10,465,283	1,330,816	5,939,223	3,195,244
OHIO	242,193,284	23,056,246	48,094,268	171,042,770
OKLAHOMA	46,131,567	3,342,382	27,818,860	14,970,325
OREGON	75,303,944	5,862,318	38,479,110	30,962,516
PENNSYLVANIA	203,908,990	16,026,244	85,088,770	102,793,976
PUERTO RICO	37,919,746	1,300,067	1,437,011	35,182,668
RHODE ISLAND	20,242,443	6,986,238	9,539,696	3,716,509
SOUTH CAROLINA	NA	NA	NA	NA
SOUTH DAKOTA	10,999,663	983,207	8,281,897	1,734,559
TENNESSEE	94,172,441	7,742,204	35,118,090	51,312,147
TEXAS	301,746,604	16,508,949	161,354,143	123,883,512
UTAH	43,124,542	4,548,736	25,732,646	12,843,160
VERMONT	10,409,700	3,101,093	4,979,237	2,329,370
VIRGIN ISLANDS	587,741	55,310		532,431
VIRGINIA	99,844,495	5,414,179	39,538,172	54,892,144
WASHINGTON	173,082,650	18,949,468	99,483,882	54,649,300
WEST VIRGINIA	55,934,253	2,394,401	64,681	53,475,171
WISCONSIN	109,640,143	2,834,195	80,653,291	26,152,657
WYOMING	14,846,271	710,280	4,204,433	9,931,558
TOTALS	$5,028,168,481	$614,572,350	$2,327,682,272	$2,085,913,859
Source: OCSE-157 Line 27. NA - Not Available.

Table 13
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Cases with Arrears Due and Paying Towards Arrears, FY 1999

STATES	Arrears Due	Paying Toward Arrears	Percent
ALABAMA	211,538	159,014	75%
ALASKA	35,649	22,673	64%
ARIZONA	124,916	58,376	47%
ARKANSAS	99,751	56,533	57%
CALIFORNIA	920,910	550,561	60%
COLORADO	122,326	72,210	59%
CONNECTICUT	119,588	48,478	41%
DELAWARE	33,185	21,432	65%
DIST. OF COL .	17,101	5,187	30%
FLORIDA	NA	NA	NA
GEORGIA	253,466	187,591	74%
GUAM	5,161	480	9%
HAWAII	47,139	15,951	34%
IDAHO	53,633	29,122	54%
ILLINOIS	111,927	36,495	33%
INDIANA	227,322	99,809	44%
IOWA	139,267	84,170	60%
KANSAS	80,532	44,731	56%
KENTUCKY	162,098	87,128	54%
LOUISIANA	146,882	89,034	61%
MAINE	47,842	32,076	67%
MARYLAND	195,257	112,179	57%
MASSACHUSETTS	146,147	75,874	52%
MICHIGAN	683,207	234,296	34%
MINNESOTA	153,932	102,897	67%
MISSISSIPPI	114,115	64,139	56%
MISSOURI	235,276	106,492	45%
MONTANA	30,692	17,442	57%
NEBRASKA	56,632	23,343	41%
NEVADA	50,135	34,804	69%
NEW HAMPSHIRE	29,815	19,947	67%
NEW JERSEY	278,563	168,968	61%
NEW MEXICO	21,506	7,561	35%
NEW YORK	497,631	184,123	37%
NORTH CAROLINA	290,479	139,722	48%
NORTH DAKOTA	21,596	13,618	63%
OHIO	548,560	308,744	56%
OKLAHOMA	91,085	50,999	56%
OREGON	148,526	83,438	56%
PENNSYLVANIA	394,756	252,340	64%
PUERTO RICO	114,072	69,091	61%
RHODE ISLAND	30,011	18,024	60%
SOUTH CAROLINA	NA	NA	NA
SOUTH DAKOTA	21,543	13,677	63%
TENNESSEE	191,967	89,518	47%
TEXAS	489,739	309,944	63%
UTAH	70,466	43,748	62%
VERMONT	19,341	14,356	74%
VIRGIN ISLANDS	4,649	1,100	24%
VIRGINIA	258,524	134,561	52%
WASHINGTON	289,101	180,675	62%
WEST VIRGINIA	64,194	28,092	44%
WISCONSIN	230,247	142,828	62%
WYOMING	26,262	14,728	56%
TOTALS	8,758,259	4,762,319	54%
Source: OCSE-157 Lines 28 & 29. NA - Not Available.

Table 14
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Preliminary Interstate Collections Forwarded to Other States, FY 1999

STATES	Total	Current Assistance	Former Assistance	Never Assistance
ALABAMA	$16,453,099	$4,642,822	$1,551,293	$10,258,984
ALASKA	12,071,236	3,223,714	3,713,165	5,134,357
ARIZONA	21,708,203	7,498,036	245,810	13,964,357
ARKANSAS	12,265,971	5,257,254	NA	7,008,717
CALIFORNIA	100,927,839	22,752,858	13,523,481	64,651,500
COLORADO	26,287,512	9,813,980	2,016,355	14,457,177
CONNECTICUT	15,679,405	59,990	2,625,280	12,994,135
DELAWARE	9,181,058	183,328	2,714,805	6,282,925
DIST. OF COL.	8,184,963	1,357,999	65,460	6,761,504
FLORIDA	92,392,659	31,409,822	37,494,642	23,488,195
GEORGIA	43,799,837	9,585,756	4,100,735	30,113,346
GUAM	724,597	3,437	6,836	714,324
HAWAII	5,819,465	1,465,366	133,926	4,220,173
IDAHO	10,115,415	3,111,650	2,070,397	4,933,368
ILLINOIS	24,575,111	10,742,997	13,832,114	NA
INDIANA	16,243,034	5,360,702	NA	10,882,332
IOWA	12,301,513	5,170,125	2,266,803	4,864,585
KANSAS	10,097,870	4,234,971	3,500,334	2,362,565
KENTUCKY	11,951,572	3,447,599	165,872	8,338,101
LOUISIANA	20,399,443	2,163,657	6,764,846	11,470,940
MAINE	4,406,936	1,116,504	526,327	2,764,105
MARYLAND	15,253,909	1,886,209	326,738	13,040,962
MASSACHUSETTS	14,143,598	105,341	981,054	13,057,203
MICHIGAN	9,357,303	2,223,354	1,115,958	6,017,991
MINNESOTA	16,704,802	4,507,620	2,086,267	10,110,915
MISSISSIPPI	9,755,680	3,996,775	263,407	5,495,498
MISSOURI	21,739,436	5,954,957	1,186,761	14,597,718
MONTANA	6,779,915	1,417,788	2,332,296	3,029,831
NEBRASKA	4,747,151	1,716,268	58,064	2,972,819
NEVADA	25,084,384	8,493,610	1,382,832	15,207,942
NEW HAMPSHIRE	5,495,831	1,833,517	237,228	3,425,086
NEW JERSEY	40,807,345	7,998,748	6,217,936	26,590,661
NEW MEXICO	3,313,526	998,057	22,015	2,293,454
NEW YORK	65,308,387	22,285,540	NA	43,022,847
NORTH CAROLINA	33,171,312	6,878,974	NA	26,292,338
NORTH DAKOTA	3,159,008	1,636,618	370,405	1,151,985
OHIO	39,501,393	6,948,238	NA	32,553,155
OKLAHOMA	12,549,388	4,626,773	7,922,615	NA
OREGON	25,561,033	12,428,854	2,804,248	10,327,931
PENNSYLVANIA	31,234,731	958,897	2,244,913	28,030,921
PUERTO RICO	6,055,025	854,291	27,678	5,173,056
RHODE ISLAND	3,272,629	1,098,137	624,180	1,550,312
SOUTH CAROLINA	11,777,210	2,684,564	211,894	8,880,752
SOUTH DAKOTA	5,901,042	1,679,157	4,221,885	NA
TENNESSEE	20,363,016	-1,749	933,887	19,430,878
TEXAS	54,651,876	15,912	22,121,793	32,514,171
UTAH	10,110,601	3,852,313	6,258,288	NA
VERMONT	2,312,951	756,757	394,159	1,162,035
VIRGIN ISLANDS	1,170,577	123,066	NA	1,047,511
VIRGINIA	45,622,668	11,329,326	10,155,663	24,137,679
WASHINGTON	36,995,921	12,986,128	3,783,934	20,225,859
WEST VIRGINIA*	7,078,095	2,697,379	NA	4,380,716
WISCONSIN	12,870,076	2,296,744	161,191	10,412,141
WYOMING	3,950,333	1,179,475	129,801	2,641,057
TOTALS	$1,081,386,890	$271,050,205	$175,895,571	$634,441,114
Source: OCSE-34 line 5. NA - Not Available. Note: West Virginia’s never assistance number is estimated.

CSE Program Box Scores

Regional and State Box Scores for FY 1999

Regional Box Scores for FY 1999
State Box Scores for FY 1999

The regional box scores summarize the child support program data for all ten HHS regions and gives an overall nationwide summary. State box scores for the individual States follow the regional box scores. Box scores give a summary of the program data for each State within each region. Note that percent changes can not be calculated for all measures, since there are new reporting categories.

Financial Data. Total distributed collections rose to $15.8 billion in fiscal year 1999 from the $14.3 billion collected in fiscal year 1998. This was a 10.4% increase. Four regions exceeded the 10.4% national average increase (Regions IV, VI, VIII, and IX). Region IX had the highest increase, 16.8 percent for collections.

Total expenditures were $4.0 billion in fiscal year 1999. This was a 12.6 percent increase from FY 1998. Regions I and II had the lowest overall increases (8.2 and 8.1 respectively) and Region X was the only region to show a decrease in expenditures (-5.17). Cost-effectiveness in fiscal year 1999 was $3.92 nationally. Regions V had the highest cost effectiveness ratio of $4.95.

Statistical Data. The national number of total IV-D paternities established and acknowledged was 1.5 million in fiscal year 1999. This was a 5.7 percent increase from FY 1998. The total number of support orders established by all States in fiscal year 1999 was 1.2 million, and total caseload was 16.4 million.

CSE Program Charts & Graphs

These preliminary charts and graphs of the Child Support Enforcement program , comprising financial and statistical data, are for fiscal year 1999 and previous years.

In fiscal year 1999, preliminary total child support collections were $15.8 billion; this was a 10.4 percent increase over the $14.3 billion collected in fiscal year 1998. Most of these collections were Never Assistance collections with 60 percent, about 9 percent were Current Assistance collections, and 30 percent were Former Assistance. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

Total Collections, FY 1999

$15.8 Billion

Total Collections, FY 1999

Preliminary numbers show that over $15.8 billion in child support was collected in fiscal year 1999, this is a 46 percent increase from the $10.8 collected in FY 1995 (Figure 2). TANF/FC collections were $2.5 billion in fiscal year 1999, this is an 7 percent decrease since the $2.7 billion reported in fiscal year 1995. PRWORA caused reductions in TANF/FC caseload and it was expected that TANF/FC collections would decrease as families became self- sufficient. Non-TANF collections as a result of self-sufficiency, TANF/FC case reductions, and better enforcement jumped from $8.1 billion in 1995 to $13.4 billion in 1999, over a 66 percent increase.

Figure 2

Total Collections

(In $Billions)

Total Collections

*TANF/FC collections combine IV-A, IV-E, and former assistance collections.

Collection data shown on this table appear as TANF/FC and Non-TANF to allow comparison with pervious years.

Preliminary "current assistance" IV-A & IV-E collections amounted to $1.5 billion in fiscal year 1999, a decrease of 3.8 percent over the previous year. This is likely due to a drop in the TANF caseload, caused by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). Current Assistance collections were distributed as Federal and State payments which accounted for 91 percent of the current assistance collections, payments to families which accounted for 8 percent ($112 million), and medical support, ($21 million) which accounted for 1 percent (Figure 3).

Figure 3

Distribution of Current Assistance

IV-A/IV-E Collections, FY 1999

$1.5 Billion

Distribution of Current Assistance IV-A/IV-E Collections, FY 1999

Collections distributed as assistance reimbursement are collections that will be divided between the State and Federal

governments to reimburse their respective shares of either Title IV-A assistance payments or Title IV-E Foster care maintenance payments.

Preliminary administrative expenditures were $4.0 billion in FY 1999 (Figure 4). This represents a 33 percent increase over the $3.0 billion in total expenditures in fiscal year 1995.

Figure 4

Total Expenditures

(In $Billions)

Total Expenditures

Cost-effectiveness is the amount of child support collected per dollar of total administrative expenditures. In 1999, the cost-effectiveness ratio decreased to $3.92 from the $4.00 in the previous year. (Figure 5)

Figure 5

Cost-Effectiveness Ratio

(In Dollars)

Cost-Effectiveness Ratio

These cost-effectiveness ratios are not used to calculate incentives.

The Child Support Enforcement program preliminary national caseload for fiscal year 1999 was 16.4 million. Over 41 percent of the caseload were Former Assistance cases, Never Assistance cases accounted for 37 percent and the remaining 22 percent were Current Assistance cases (Figure 6).

Figure 6

Total Caseload, FY 1999

16.4 million cases

Total Caseload, FY 1999

New reporting requirements have resulted in a decrease in the total caseload.

In fiscal year 1999 there were over 9.6 million children who were born out-of-wedlock in the IV-D caseload. Of these children about 5.7 million or 59 percent had paternity established or acknowledged. The total number of paternities established or acknowledged during FY 99 was more than 1.5 million. (Figure 7)

Figure 7

IV-D Paternities Established

Preliminary numbers show that there were over 1.5 million paternities established and acknowledged in fiscal 1999. This is more than a 60 percent increase from the 929,102 reported during fiscal year 1995 (Figure 8).

Figure 8

Preliminary Paternities Established and Acknowledged

Preliminary Paternities Established and Acknowledged

Acknowledgement numbers include an unknown number of acknowledgements for children in the IV-D caseload.

Preliminary numbers for fiscal year 1999 show the number of children in cases open at the end of the fiscal year was almost 20 million. Since the number of cases open was 16 million, the average number of children per case was equivalent to 1.19 children per case. (Figure 9)

Figure 9

Number of Children in the IV-D Program

19,759,700