First Focus Sponsors Webinar on How to Prevent Child Support Cuts

On June 26, First Focus co-sponsored a webinar and conference call on the importance of Child Support Enforcement. Nearly 400 people participated called in from over 40 states.

The child support enforcement program is cost-effective, serves 17 million children and provided $24 billion in vital support to low-income families in Fiscal Year 2006. And yet, a cut in enforcement funds approved by Congress last year threatens to deprive children of $11 billion owed to them over 10 years. These federal cuts are threatening to undermine the program's great success.

An unprecedented collaboration of advocates and child support experts and practitioners at all levels of government has formed to prevent these cuts from taking place. The funding cut takes effect in October, but can be prevented if Congress acts. Advocates, child support experts, and state/county officials feel so strongly about this that they have joined to co-sponsor this impressive panel.

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