Child Support Enforcement: States and Localities Move to Privatized Services

HEHS-96-43FS Published: Nov 20, 1995. Publicly Released: Nov 20, 1995.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the privatization of state child support enforcement programs, focusing on the number of ongoing and planned state contracts for location services, collections, payment processing, and full-service programs as of October 1995.

Full Report

Full Report (20 pages)

Office of Public Affairs

Chuck Young

Managing Director

youngc1@gao.gov

(202) 512-4800

Topics

Worker and Family Assistance

Child support paymentsCollection proceduresCost effectiveness analysisLaw enforcementLocally administered programsPrivatizationService contractsState and local procurementState programslocal relations