Review of the Child Support Guidelines to include an Increase in the Self Support Reserve

This briefing paper, compiled by Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs and the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, demonstrates the Center's efforts to increase the Self Support Reserve (SSR) by working with senate judiciary committee members and the South Carolina Department of Social Services to update the child support guidelines in accordance with federal law. Current proposed regulations increase the SSR from $500.00 to $748.00. These proposed regulations have passed the Senate and are expected to pass both legislative bodies in 2006.