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Child Support Enforcement Collections   FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 FFY 2009 FFY 2010 FFY 2011 Total Collections $253,901,823 $254,076,060 $261,487,118 $255,376,542 $259,727,394 $261,842,497 For TANF Cases 14,134,295 14,236,374 15,846,364 15,598,129 16,814,160 18,362,296 For Non-TANF Cases 239,767,527 239,839,686 245,640,753 239,778,413 242,913,234 243,480,201 Average Child Support Obligation Per Case   2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TANF Cases $207/month1 $211/month3 $216/month5 $224/month7 $231/month9 $237/month11 Non-TANF Cases $248/month2 $256/month4 $272/month6 $281/month8 $286/month10 $288/month12 1 As of June 30, 2006 2 As of October 31, 2006 3 As of June 30, 2007 4 As of October 31, 2007 5 As of June 30, 2008 6 As of October 31, 2008 7 As of September 30, 2009 8 As of October 31, 2009 9 As of September 30, 2010 10 As of October 31, 2010 11 As of September 30, 2011 12 As of September 30, 2011 Number of Child Support Cases Open at End of FFY   FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 FFY 2009 FFY 2010 FFY 2011 Total Cases 212,085  219,116  225,407  224,032  232,650  223,218  TANF Cases 32,776  31,237  33,445  35,312  35,655  32,803  Non-TANF Cases 179,309  187,879  191,962  188,720  196,995  190,415  Significant Case Activity   FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 FFY 2009 FFY 2010 FFY 2011 Cases Opened During FFY                 TANF                 Non-TANF 23,771 12,183 11,588 26,712 13,016 13,696 29,035 13,603 15,432 30,798 13,164 17,634 30,065 13,449 16,616 27,807 12,187 15,620 Absent Parents Located                 TANF                 Non-TANF 26,695 8,431 18,264 20,892 7,996 12,896 26,391 9,790 16,601 26,589 10,647 15,942 25,067 10,066 15,001 24,478 9,343 15,135 Paternities Established or Acknowledged 14,125 12,738 25,082 26,592 26,447 25,720 Support Orders Established                 TANF                 Non-TANF 11,771 3,114 8,597 11,174 2,825 8,349 12,771 3,028 9,743 13,140 3,508 9,632 13,419 3,883 9,536 12,307 3,397 8,910 FFY Federal Fiscal Year (For example, FFY 2010 is from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.) TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Top of page