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abstract: 'Many custodial mothers and their children rely on child support to meet
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basic needs; yet, most do not receive all of the support they are owed.
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Understanding why some fathers do not meet their formal support
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obligations is important for the well-being of children in single-parent
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families. Research about noncustodial fathers'' compliance with formal
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support obligations has focused predominantly on quantitative analyses
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of individual, family, and structural factors affecting compliance, with
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a more limited body of qualitative work exploring noncustodial father
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perspectives. Generally missing are the perspectives of staff who work
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with noncustodial parents on overcoming compliance barriers. Staff
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provide unique and useful insights, given their vantage point from
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within systems and across fathers. However, staff perspectives alone are
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inadequate for understanding the full context of noncustodial parent
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experiences, as noncustodial parents possess a unique view into the
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child support system as customers.
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This article contributes to the evidence base on barriers to compliance
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with formal child support obligations by the sharing perspectives of
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staff who work with noncustodial fathers struggling to find work and pay
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child support on overcoming these barriers, and comparing their
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perspectives to those of noncustodial fathers. Data were gathered
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through interviews and surveys with child support, employment, and
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parenting staff conducted for the Child Support Noncustodial Parent
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Employment Demonstration, and are compared to perspectives of fathers
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gathered through focus groups for the same evaluation (Vogel, 2020).
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Results indicate five types of practical, system-based, and experiential
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factors contributing to noncompliance: (1) an array of barriers to
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employment; (2) insufficient income to meet obligations; (3) child
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support system-initiated barriers; (4) resistance to paying support
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without visitation access; and (5) prior interactions with the child
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support system.
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Findings suggest a number of policy changes that could help facilitate
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compliance among struggling noncustodial fathers, including: access to
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services to address practical barriers to work; system-level health
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care, child care, public infrastructure, and criminal justice reforms;
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administrative and statutory changes within child support to help
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address high burden orders, enforcement actions that impede employment,
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and state-owed arrearages; and providing pathways to visitation when
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safe and appropriate.'
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affiliation: 'Vogel, LK (Corresponding Author), Univ Wisconsin, Inst Res Poverty,
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1180 Observ Dr, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
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Vogel, LK (Corresponding Author), Georgetown Univ, McCourt Sch Publ Policy, Old
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North Hall,37th \& O Sts NW, Washington, DC 20057 USA.
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Vogel, Lisa Klein, Univ Wisconsin, Inst Res Poverty, 1180 Observ Dr, Madison, WI
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53706 USA.'
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article-number: '104763'
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author: Vogel, Lisa Klein
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author-email: lmklein@wisc.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Vogel
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given: Lisa Klein
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104763
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eissn: 1873-7765
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files: []
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issn: 0190-7409
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journal: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
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keywords: 'Child support; Compliance barriers; Economic well-being; Mixed-methods
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analysis'
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keywords-plus: 'QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WAGE INEQUALITY; DEADBEAT DADS; FATHERS;
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ENFORCEMENT; FAMILIES; WELFARE; POLICY; PAY; EMPLOYMENT'
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number-of-cited-references: '57'
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orcid-numbers: Vogel, Lisa/0000-0001-9329-2732
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papis_id: 9b752d0c4523846094854bb20977622e
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ref: Vogel2020helpme
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times-cited: '8'
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title: 'Help me help you: Identifying and addressing barriers to child support compliance'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000517661700011
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '110'
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web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Social Work
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year: '2020'
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