Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP)

Enrolment event of maintenance enforcement case, type

Enrolment event refers to a situation where a case or a person is registered in a program or group. This includes new enrolments, re-enrolments and closed cases for a given period of time.

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:

• Enrolment Events