Over $83 billion in accumulated unpaid support is due to almost 20 million children in the United States. The government child support agency collection rate, the percentage of cases receiving one or more payments was 42%. Families being limited on welfare benefits, in addition to the current working poor are most in need of adequate and regular child support payments to become and remain self- sufficient. States have been in the past unable and show no signs of being able to meet this increased demand on their child support enforcement system. 36% of all child support cases in the U.S. involve more than one state. Delinquent parents are able to flee across state lines to avoid child support obligations. 50% of all white children growing up in single parent households, who do not receive support, live at or below the poverty level. 60% of all Hispanic children growing up in single parent households live at or below the poverty level. 70% of all black children growing up in single parent households live at or below the poverty level. The standard of living of females after divorce has dropped, as of 2000 by 45%. There are over 1 million children in new divorces each year. 49% family households contain children under the age of 18. 27% of family households have children living with only one parent. 9% of all households run by single moms. There are 2.1 million (5% of parent-child families) single fathers raising a child in their own. There are 9 million females. There is an estimated number of 1,075,000 of children involved in divorce. There are 20 million (28%) of children under the age of 18 living with only one parent. There are 200,000 fathers that are raising three or more children by themselves. 1% of children living with a single fathers earning are under 12,500. Those living with their mother's income are 41% who receive fewer than 12,500. It is apparent that immediate and firm action needs to be taken considering that 45% of all children don't receive total payment.
