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Reports
DCS Studies
Poverty and Hunger in Washington State - 8/2008
[ Warning! The files associated with this report are very large. Please be patient.]
Child Support Schedule Workgroup Final Report
December 2008
Comments, Minority Reports and Dissents for the 12/08 Report of the Child Support Schedule Workgroup
Child Support Schedule Review Report
January 2006
Appendix I
- Letter from the Governor dated 3/16/05
Appendix II
- Letter from the Federal Government dated 2/3/2005
Appendix III
- 45 CFR 302.56
Appendix IV - Policy Studies, Inc. Report
Appendix IV a
Appendix IV b
Appendix IV c
Appendix IV d
Appendix V
- Public Forums Transcripts
Seattle
Kennewick
Appendix VI
- Child Support Schedule Workgroup Priorities
Appendix VII
- Recommended Revised Order Summary Report
Appendix VIII - Policy Studies, Inc.Alternative Child Support Table Comparisons
Appendix VIII a
Appendix VIII b
Appendix IX
- Current Child Support Schedule
Appendix X
Minority Report submitted by Walter Boelter and Kimbra Martin
This links to a document located outside the DCS website.
Appendix XI
- Family Law Executive Committee's Recommendations
Appendix XII
- Dissent from Washington Civil Rights Council
Cost Avoidance Indicator - April 2007
Beneficial Impacts of Child Support Services on Custodial Family Self-Sufficiency
February 2004
A Review Of The Washington State Child Support Schedule
March 2003
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Child Support Enforcement: Net Impacts On Work & Welfare Outcomes & the Utility of Cross-Program Information (Technical)
May 2002
Child Support Enforcement: Net Impacts On Work & Welfare Outcomes & the Utility of Cross-Program Information (Brief)
May 2002
Fee Impacts
June 2001
Child Support Enforcement: Net Impacts On Work & Welfare Outcomes Pre- and Post- PRWORA (Technical Report)
August 2000
Child Support Enforcement: Net Impacts On Work & Welfare Outcomes Pre- and Post- PRWORA (CSE Policy Brief)
August 2000
The Effect of Child Support and Self - Sufficiency Programs on Reducing Direct Support Public Costs
May 1999
Pacific NW SAS Users Group Presentations
Known Nonsense: Using Known Non-Information to Aid Model and Variable Selection
April 2003
Converting Transaction Records into Longitudinal Data Sets.
June 2002
Genetic Search Algorithm for Large Problems
June 2000
Using PROC NLMIXED in Survival Analysis with Reversible Events
June 2000
Hazard Rates from Competing/Repeated Risk Survival Analysis
June 1999
Grants
Overcoming the Barriers to Collection
Final Report, June 1999
Determining the Composition and Collectibility of Child Support Arrearages:
Final Report, Volume 1: The Longitudinal Analysis
May 2003
Final Report, Volume 2: The Case Assessment
June 2003
Studying the Impact of Outreach to Noncustodial Parents in Prison on their Child Support Obligations
Final Report for the Joint Agency Collection Project
– September 2003
The Madrina Project
Report
March 2001 - September 2002
Evaluation of Strategies to Improve Medical Support Enforcement in Washington State
Report
February 2006
Bright Start: Offering Unwed Parents Non-Adversarial Solutions to Improve Outcomes for Their Children
Evaluation of the Bright Start Demonstration
September 2008
Process Evaluation of the Bright Start Demonstration Program's Implementation
June 30, 2006
Strengthening Washington State’s e-Referral Process
Year 1 of the E-Referral Demonstration: Process Study and Study Design Recommendations
September 2008
A Study of Washington State Child Support Orders -
Exploring the Universe of Cases within the Context of the Child Support Schedule
An Economic Study of Recent Washington Child Support Orders by Kate Stirling, Ph.D
Final Report
February 2005
Data Warehousing/Data Mining: Linking the Past and the Future
Final Report
March 2007
Self Assessment Reports
DCS Self-Assessment Review Statewide Analysis
October 2007 - September 2008
DCS Self-Assessment Review Statewide Analysis
October 2006 - September 2007
DCS Self-Assessment Review Statewide Analysis
October 2005 - September 2006
Federal Reports
Federal Child Support Report
Federal Policy
OCSE Policy Interpretation Questions
PIQ 1970-1979
PIQ 1980-1989
PIQ 1990-1999
Link to current OCSE Policy Interpretation Questions
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