Extensive research done at the SSW's Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children at the University of Maryland School of Social Work is cited in a Baltimore Sun story.
According to the Sun, "Decades of policy designed around setting high child support orders — and using tough enforcement tools to collect payments — has done more harm than good for low-income Maryland families, destabilized communities and trapped many men in a cycle of debt they cannot escape, a report by the Abell Foundation released Tuesday shows."