In an entry at his Your Black World blog, Dr. Boyce Watkins examines the perilous impact on families when fathers fail to pay child support. Watkins says that the child-support system is in serious ...

WISCONSIN (WAOW) -- Following Gov. Tony Evers' recent proclamation that August is Child Support Awareness Month, the Department of Children and Families is promoting its new system known as THRIVE. It ...

Information systems are expected to undergo radical overhauls at the state and local levels to accommodate the complex changes wrought by sweeping welfare reform legislation, infotech industry ...

When policymakers talk about child support, they often focus on poverty or delinquency. For decades that focus made sense. The modern child-support enforcement system was built to protect low-income ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz announced in a press release on Wednesday, Nov. 13, that SmileHub, a nonprofit research organization, has ranked Minnesota a top-two state for “overall support for children ...

The child welfare system in the United States is a structure intended to protect children and ensure their well-being. However, for African American families, this system often serves as a mechanism ...