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Child Support Enforcement Collections   FFY 2003 FFY 2004 FFY 2005 FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 Total Collections $244,099,263 $247,572,248 $251,360,579 $253,901,823 $254,076,060 $261,487,118 For TANF Cases 15,479,774 14,230,093 14,194,521 14,134,295 14,236,374 15,846,364 For Non-TANF Cases 228,619,489 233,342,155 237,166,058 239,767,527 239,839,686 245,640,753 Average Child Support Obligation Per Case   FFY 2003 FFY 2004 FFY 2005 FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 TANF Cases $197/month1 $199/month2 $203/month4 $207/month6 $211/month8 $216/month10 Non-TANF Cases $239/month1 $240/month3 $244/month5 $248/month7 $256/month9 $272/month11 1 As of December 9, 2003 2 As of November 9, 2004 3 As of November 17, 2004 4 As of June 30, 2005 5 As of December 31, 2005 6 As of June 30, 2006 7 As of October 31, 2006 8 As of June 30, 2007 9 As of October 31, 2007 10 As of June 30, 2008 11 As of October 31, 2008 Number of Child Support Cases Open at End of FFY   FFY 2003 FFY 2004 FFY 2005 FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 Total Cases 218,855  222,673  228,044  212,085  219,116  225,407  TANF Cases 39,198  36,127  35,859  32,776  31,237  33,445  Non-TANF Cases 179,657  186,546  192,185  179,309  187,879  191,962  Significant Case Activity   FFY 2003 FFY 2004 FFY 2005 FFY 2006 FFY 2007 FFY 2008 Cases Opened During FFY                 TANF                 Non-TANF 24,689 12,857 11,832 26,782 12,389 14,393 27,929 12,252 15,677 23,771 12,183 11,588 26,712 13,016 13,696 29,035 13,603 15,432 Absent Parents Located                 TANF                 Non-TANF 24,209 9,959 14,250 23,747 9,309 14,438 26,655 9,239 17,416 26,695 8,431 18,264 20,892 7,996 12,896 26,391 9,790 16,601 Paternities Established or Acknowledged 10,539 9,408 9,362 14,125 12,738 25,082 Support Orders Established                 TANF                 Non-TANF 13,304 4,282 9,022 11,166 3,167 7,999 11,771 3,038 8,733 11,771 3,114 8,597 11,174 2,825 8,349 12,771 3,028 9,743 FFY Federal Fiscal Year (For example, FFY 2006 is from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006.) TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Top of page