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CHILD SUPPORT

CHILD SUPPORT. An overview of the Child support system & Innovations in child support: Models & campaigns. The Child Support System: An overview of Federal, state, and local child support enforcement. Section Overview. History of the child s upport system. The role of the Federal OCSE.

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CHILD SUPPORT

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  1. CHILD SUPPORT An overview of the Child support system & Innovations in child support: Models & campaigns

  2. The Child Support System:An overview of Federal, state, and localchild support enforcement.

  3. Section Overview • History of the child support system. • The role of the Federal OCSE. • The role of state child support offices. • The role of local child support offices. • Stats on child support debt.

  4. Child Support History • The child support program was established in 1975. • Congress began the child support program to reimburse benefits paid by the government’s welfare programs. • Congress made changes the program in 1996 as part of the new welfare reform laws to expand the role of technology and ensure that children receive more of the support paid by their parents.

  5. Role of the Federal OCSE • Provide financial support to child support program operations. • Fund state level innovations in research, access to visitation, and program improvement. • Operate the Federal Parent Locator Service and the National Directory of New Hires. • Help with intergovernmental child support cases. • Assist states with enforcement services such as federal tax refund intercepts and passport denials.

  6. Role of State Child Support • Voluntarily establish legal paternity in the birthing hospital for all children born outside of wedlock. • Process income withholding payments for state employers. • Provide child support services to children who (1) receive TANF, Federal Foster Care Maintenance payments, or Medicaid, or (2) apply for the following services: • Locating parents and financial resources; • Establishing paternity and support orders; • Establishing and enforcing health care coverage; • Enforcing interstate and tribal cases.

  7. Role of Local Child Support • Locate non-custodial parents. • Establish paternity. • Establish and enforce support orders. • Modify orders. • Collect and pay out child support payments.

  8. Quick Stats on Child Support (CS) Debt • CS serves 1 in 2 (50%) of all U.S. children living in poverty. • 75% of custodial parents with children living in poverty receive NO CS payments. • 25% of non-custodial parents court ordered to pay CS debt have NO income. • 31% of non-custodial parents ordered to pay CS debt make below $12,700 per year. • Over 50% of men in U.S. prisons and jails have active CS orders. • Median wage of debtors with $1-149 in arrears is $8,900. • Median wage of debtors with $100,000 and above in arrears is $4,470.

  9. Innovations in Child Support: Models & Campaigns

  10. Section Overview • Five Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase Regular Child Support Payments Among Low-Income Fathers • Right-Sizing Child Support Orders • Review and Adjustment of Child Support Orders • Debt Compromise • Family Distribution (e.g. Paying Families First) • Employment Programs More Information: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css/resource/alternatives-to-incarceration

  11. Five Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase Regular Child Support Payments Among Low-Income Fathers

  12. Five Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase Regular Child Support Payments Among Low-Income Fathers

  13. Five Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase Regular Child Support Payments Among Low-Income Fathers

  14. Right-Sizing Child Support Orders: Missouri & Kansas

  15. Right Sizing Child Support Orders: Promising Practices & Innovations

  16. Right Sizing Child Support Orders: Promising Practices & Innovations

  17. John S. Martinez Fatherhood Initiative: Connecticut • Connecticut’s Fatherhood Initiative is a broad-based, statewide program led by the Department of Social Services that is focused on changing the systems that can improve fathers’ ability to be fully and positively involved in the lives of their children. Two Highlights of Project: • Statutory change to insure that support orders are based on noncustodial parent’s actual (as opposed to imputed) earnings. • Launched an initiative to assist fathers who • are incarcerated to seek modification of • orders before arrears accumulate; Judicial branch • developed an expedited process for review of over such • cases and facilitated transport of inmates to court so • modification matters can be addressed.

  18. Review & Adjustment of Child Support Orders: Missouri & Kansas

  19. Review & Adjustment of Child Support Orders: Promising Practices & Innovations

  20. Review & Adjustment of Child Support Orders: Promising Practices & Innovations

  21. R.O.L.E. Pilot & Campaign: Center for Urban Families • Pilot project in Baltimore City targeting 4 zip codes • If fathers complete classes they get credit toward state-owed arrearage: • Responsible Fatherhood: 15% • STRIVE (workforce development): 10% • Fathers who pay their child support for 12 months continuously get 50% reduction in state-owed arrearage • Fathers who pay their child support for 24 months continuously get a 100% reduction in state-owed arrearage. • KEY COMPONENTS: • Letters sent to fathers (with CFUF’s logo) • Fathers meet child support officials at CFUF’s offices • No arrest clause

  22. Debt Compromise: Missouri & Kansas

  23. Debt Compromise: Promising Practices & Innovations

  24. Family Distribution: Missouri & Kansas Missouri & Kansas: No Pass-Through or Disregard of Child Support

  25. Family Distribution: Innovations

  26. Illinois Campaign: Increase Child Support Pass Through to Families • Fathers, Families, and Healthy Communities (FFHC)  is working group of: social service and community development practitioners; applied researchers; and public policy experts - http://www.ffhc.org/ • Championed Illinois Senate Bill 3216 • Bill directs that up to the first $100 of child support collected each month for one child and up to $200 collected for two or more children be passed through to the families without decreasing their TANF benefit amounts.

  27. Employment Programs: Missouri & Kansas

  28. Employment Program: Innovations

  29. Common Threads to Successful Campaigns • Engaging fathers as part of solution. • Strong vision and goal. • Data and research. • Leveraging or Creating Coalitions/Task Forces/Working Groups. • Relationships w/ Decision-Makers. • Members of State Legislator • State Agency Representatives • Courts • Judges

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