Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP)

Length of enrolment of maintenance enforcement case, category

Length of enrolment refers to the amount of time a person or a case is enrolled in a program.

Maintenance enforcement case refers to a case that is registered involving one payer and one recipient and the financial obligations that are being monitored/enforced by the program (MEP). The program processes payments, monitors and enforces cases in order to ensure that recipients receive their payments of child and spousal support.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Length of enrolment of case