Intercepts for Child Support Arrears: Obligors Experiencing Intercepts of the First Economic Stimulus Payment

Economic stimulus payments authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act were intended to provide individuals and families with financial relief and encourage immediate spending. However, during this unprecedented global pandemic resulting in record-high national unemployment, parents with child support debts had their first stimulus payments intercepted. We examined obligors whose full stimulus of $1,200 for a single adult was intercepted. The purpose of this report is to determine to whom these intercepted payments were distributed and to review the financial circumstances of those who had their first stimulus payments intercepted.

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recession

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http://hdl.handle.net/10713/22387