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2025 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 34
April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives VANDERMEER, BILLINGS, DITTRICH,
CLANCY, DESMIDT, DOYLE, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, J. JACOBSON, JOERS,
JOHNSON, KITCHENS, KRUG, KURTZ, MADISON, MIRESSE, MURSAU, ORTIZ-
VELEZ, PALMERI, PHELPS, ROE, SINICKI, SPAUDE, STUBBS and SUBECK,
cosponsored by Senators JAMES, PFAFF, DASSLER-ALFHEIM, L. JOHNSON,
KEYESKI, RATCLIFF, ROYS, SPREITZER, TESTIN and WALL. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: honoring the 50th anniversary of the child support program.
Whereas, President Gerald R. Ford Jr. signed the Social Services
Amendments of 1974 (H.R. 17045), into law on January 4, 1975, creating the
federal child support program as we know it today; and
Whereas, President Ford recognized the importance of child support at the
time, calling it Xa major piece of domestic legislation and a significant step forward
in Federal-State relationsY; and
Whereas, Wisconsin[s child support program is administered by the
Department of Children and Families and operated by 71 county child support
agencies and nine tribal child support agencies; and
Whereas, child support is one of the most effective anti-poverty programs in
the nation, and analysis of Wisconsin data shows that child support closed the
poverty gap by an average of 44 percent; and
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Whereas, in fiscal year 2023, the Wisconsin child support program served
341,000 children and collected $841 million in economic support; and
Whereas, by collaborating with their communities, county, state, and tribal
child support agencies and programs serve children and families by providing
needs-specific resources to assist families while encouraging family self-sufficiency;
and
Whereas, over the past half century, the child support program has evolved to
include initiatives that connect parents to important services—including
employment training and treatment courts—so the parents can develop strong and
healthy relationships with their children; and
Whereas, Wisconsin has hundreds of hard-working child support
professionals who help fathers establish legal rights to their children, establish and
enforce support orders, and secure private health insurance for children; and
Whereas, Wisconsin[s child support program is a national leader, ranking
third in the nation for the collection and distribution of current support; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of
the Wisconsin Legislature honor January 4, 2025, as the 50th Anniversary of the
child support program and commend the county, state, and tribal agency staff
members who work to promote financial security for Wisconsin children and
families.
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