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using the e-IWO Online option<strong> </strong>on the Child Support Portal to download income withholding orders. 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(Chirp)</a></h3> <div>November 5, 2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="jquery_accordion_collapse_arrow"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="jquery_accordion_collapse_arrow_link" target="_self">Expand</a> </div> </div> <div class="jquery_accordion_data"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><p>According to U.S. Census Bureau 2023 survey data, most custodial parents find the child support program easy to work with. Our latest data blog examines custodial parents’ experience with the program and where there are areas for improvement. Read the <a href="/css/ocsedatablog/2024/10/custodial-parents-experience-child-support-program">Analyze This data blog</a>.  </p></body></html> </div> </div></li> <li> <div class="jquery_accordion_item resource_library_teaser"> <div class="jquery_accordion_header"> <div class="jquery_accordion_header_text"> <div class="jquery_accordion_top_heading"> <h3 class="h3"><a href="/css/news/blog-examines-custodial-parents-race-and-ethnicity-chirp" hreflang="en">Blog examines custodial parents’ race and ethnicity (Chirp)</a></h3> <div>August 29, 2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="jquery_accordion_collapse_arrow"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="jquery_accordion_collapse_arrow_link" target="_self">Expand</a> </div> </div> <div class="jquery_accordion_data"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><p>OCSS will publish a series of blogs that will analyze data from the 2023 Current Population Survey-Child Support Supplement. This first blog post examines changes in race and ethnicity of custodial parents between 1994 and 2023. <a href="/css/ocsedatablog/2024/07/race-and-ethnicity-custodial-parents">Read the Analyze This data blog</a>.</p></body></html> </div> </div></li> <li> <div class="jquery_accordion_item resource_library_teaser"> <div class="jquery_accordion_header"> <div class="jquery_accordion_header_text"> <div class="jquery_accordion_top_heading"> <h3 class="h3"><a href="/css/news/study-child-welfare-referrals-child-support-chirp" hreflang="en">Study on child welfare referrals to child support (Chirp)</a></h3> <div>August 2, 2024</div> </div> </div> <div class="jquery_accordion_collapse_arrow"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="jquery_accordion_collapse_arrow_link" target="_self">Expand</a> </div> </div> <div class="jquery_accordion_data"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><p>A Wisconsin study suggests that cost-recovery child support orders for foster care delay reunification. 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