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Hundreds of Groups Urge Congress to Restore Child Support Enforcement Funds
National Women’s Law Center
October 4, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Cuts in federal funding for the child support program will force states to reduce enforcement services and cost families billions of dollars in uncollected child support unless Congress acts quickly, a coalition concerned with child and family well-being said today.
More than 500 diverse groups from across the country banded together to urge Congress to prevent cuts to the program. The groups sent lawmakers a letter asking them to pass the Child Support Protection Act of 2007. Introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), the legislation would restore federal funds cut from the program by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The bill has bipartisan support in the House and Senate.
Quote included by Center for Urban Families CEO, Joe Jones. Read More