Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell was the featured speaker at today's conference.
Some mothers have no incentive to push for payment since the money just goes to the government.
It's time to put our children first and envision a child support program that truly serves families. Under current law, child support collected on behalf of families receiving public assistance is kept by the state and Federal governments as reimbursement for welfare expenditures. However, an estimated 800,000 families would not need public assistance if they could count on the child support owed to them. Only one state Wisconsin has opted to let families retain all support paid. Kohl worked with the State of Wisconsin to secure the federal waivers necessary to pursue this policy and wants to provide other states with the ability to follow Wisconsin's example through his legislation.