4. Undistributed Funds

States report an undistributed funds pool of over $634 million at the end of 2000 in
collected but undistributed child support. Most states cannot explain the existence
of the fund pools nor do they know to whom the money rightfully belongs. For
example, in California, there is an unexplainable $192 million or so that is
reported to the Federal Office of Child Support as net undistributed funds, but only
$45 million in actual cash. The other approximately $148 million cannot be accounted
for. It is quite possible that money has been diverted to general fund accounts. In
Michigan, the amount of undistributed funds doubled from about $20 million in 2000
to $40 million in 2001 and Tennessee has the highest rate/case of undistributed
funds at $71 million at the end of 2001. (See Chart 2)

      COLLECTED BY STATE, UNDISTRIBUTED CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS            Chart 2 
         
      STATE Dec. 31, 2000 Dec. 31, 1999 
      ALABAMA $3,702,988.00  $3,264,610.00  
      ALASKA $3, 631,382.00 $1,747,989.00  
      ARIZONA Not available $9,506,700.00  
      ARKANSAS $3,593,031.00  $3,990,073.00  
      CALIFORNIA $176,270,539.00  $127,951,700.00  
      COLORADO $4,282,615.00  $629,475.00  
      CONN. $1,718,800.00  $1,381,554.00  
      DELAWARE $4,551,948.00  $3,509,654.00  
      DC $1,734,501.00  $1,361,607.00  
      FLORIDA $41,704,057.00  $45,637,093.00  
      GEORGIA $317,413.00  $2,518,115.00  
      GUAM $3,365,040.00  $1,721,121.00  
      HAWAII $3,785,481.00  $1,220,932.00  
      IDAHO $129,504.00  $16,940.00  
      ILLINOIS $1,316,851.00  $261,935.00  
      INDIANA $14,000,594.00  $14,934,035.00  
      IOWA $4,499,764.00  $989,989.00  
      KANSAS $4,047,695.00  $327,474.00  
      KENTUCKY $11,276,489.00  $11,072,597.00  
      LOUISIANA $826,468.00  $387,290.00  
      MAINE $4,254,567.00  $4,464,573.00  
      MARYLAND $10,786,404.00  $7,828,829.00  
      MASS. $11,252,358.00  $7,220,855.00  
      MICHIGAN $26,663,060.00  $28,818,050.00  
      MINNESOTA $7,513,981.00  $770,348.00  
      MISSISSIPPI $3,222.524.00 $2,800,100.00  
      MISSOURI $18,820,049.00  $14,273,822.00  
      MONTANA $933,690.00  $262,725.00  
      NEBRASKA $3,907,814.00  $98,217.00  
      NEVADA Not Available $1,555,070.00  
      NEW HAMP. Not Available $1,401,062.00  
      NEW JERSEY $8,258,611.00  $4,058,470.00  
      NEW MEXICO $2,356,732.00  $123,011.00  
      NEW YORK $57,464,975.00  $52,860,921.00  
      N. CAROLINA $8,952,542.00  $10,097,638.00  
      N. DAKOTA $2,196,554.00  $1,288,608.00  
      OHIO $19,703,191.00  $19,070,984.00  
      OKLAHOMA $1,404,426.00  $2,277,525.00  
      OREGON $1,552,068.00  $1,796,673.00  
      PENN. $17,140,468.00  $18,971,240.00  
      PUERTO RICO $4,275,058.00  $5,013,990.00  
      RHODE IS. $2, 555,282.00 $1,488,480.00  
      S. CAROLINA $6,122,065.00  $5,013,990.00  
      S. DAKOTA $998,649.00  $715,738.00  
      TENNESSEE $71,123,844.00  $72,480,009.00  
      TEXAS $28,301,977.00  $34,935,212.00  
      UTAH $763,059.00  $926,179.00  
      VERMONT $1,770,454.00  $1,622,436.00  
      VIRGIN IS.S $396,784.00  $254,396.00  
      VIRGINIA $5,074,764.00  $4,714,466.00  
      WASHINGTON $2,770,568.00  $3,099,927.00  
      WEST VIR. $10,424,260.00  $4,278,930.00  
      WISCONSIN $6,527,459.00  $7,179,526.00  
      WYOMING $2,638,832.00  $1,000,698.00  
      TOTAL UNITED STATES: $634,890,229.00 $560.713.864.00