Qué estados pueden hacer para mejorar
la aplicación y el establecimiento de la ayuda de niño
por Geraldine Jensen
Sección 1
Mejorar la gerencia de las agencias del estado
IV-D
Estructura
Estúndares de
funcionamiento e intervenciones de la agencia de la
ayuda de niño
el proveer de personal y
certificación del trabajador
Servicio De Cliente
Justo-Audiencias Del Estado
Sección 2
Técnicas Realzadas De la Aplicación
Recogiendo detrús la ayuda - deuda
$92.3 mil millones en ayuda de niño sin pagar
Procesos administrativos
Coste de ajustes que
viven
Embargos preventivos
Atadura De Winnings
De Juego
Non-Compliance del patrón con órdenes de
Renta-Retencio'n
Contratistas independientes y
Independientes
Leyes Criminales Del Crimen Del
Non-Support
Autorizaciones de banco (Capias,
accesorios del cuerpo) y delito menor
Autorizaciones Del Non-Support
Sección 3
Necesidad de la reforma referente a fondos sin
distribuir
Los estados divulgan sostener $634
millones en ayuda de niño sin distribuir
Métodos
para localizar a padres y para asegurar la
distribución pronto del pago
Sección 4
Colectores Privados De regla
Limitación de honorarios
El
licenciar y el enlazar
Sección 5
Paternidad Iniatives
El querer pero no capaz a la paga,
poco dispuesto y capaz a la paga, poco dispuesta
e
incapaz pagar
U. S. Departamento de los programas
responsables del padre de salud y humanos de los
servicios
Visitation y acceso
Sección 6
Garantizar Pagos De la Ayuda De Niño De las Familias
Fondo fiduciaria De la Ayuda De Niño
Sección 1
Mejorar A Niño de IV-D
Gerencia y estructura de la ayuda
Un sistema de ayuda modelo de niño se debe
estructurar para asegurar que es responsable y
responsivo a las necesidades de las familias que sirve.
Los mejores sistemas tienen estructuras que
promuevan:
Línea directa de la responsabilidad para
todos los empleados
Manténgalo simple: evite las
líneas que estún en conflicto de la autoridad
Algunos estados han puesto el programa operacional
debajo de funcionarios localmente elegidos del condado
con
descuido por el departamento del bienestar del
estado. El problema con una estructura tiene gusto que
sea que la agencia del bienestar del estado es
generalmente una oficina del gabinete dentro del
gobierno del estado, que no tiene ninguna autoridad
directa sobre un funcionario localmente elegido.
Estructura Modelo
Encargados Locales De Director Regional Managers De
la Agencia De la Ayuda De Niño Del Gobernador. El
gobernador sería en áltima instancia responsable a los
votantes del éxito o de la falta del sistema en el
estado. El gobernador después designaría a director de
la agencia de la ayuda de niño para desarrollar
políticas sanas para asegurarse de que el programa del
estado se conforma con los mandatos federales y maximiza
el potencial para la colección y la distribución de la
ayuda de niño a través del estado. Éste también...
El director pudo también ser requerido seguir los
estúndares de funcionamiento establecidos por la
legislatura.
El director de la agencia de la ayuda de niño
entonces emplearía a encargados regionales para poner
las políticas en ejecucio'n en la dirección del
director. Los encargados regionales también asegurarían
que los programas locales funcionados en conformidad con
el estado y los leyes federales, y ayudarían a asegurar
que todas las políticas dictadas del nivel del estado
fueron puestas en ejecucio'n en una manera uniforme. Los
encargados locales serían responsables de las
operaciones cotidianas de la agencia local, y descuido y
supervisión de la línea trabajadores. Un marco
comprensivo de medidas de funcionamiento constante con
las mejores prúcticas segán lo definido en el sector
privado, los resultados nacionales del programa actáa, y
los estúndares de la contabilidad del gobierno
Desarrollarían al tablero. Como parte de estas
mejores prúcticas, poco el námero de las medidas
necesarias para cubrir las úreas del funcionamiento que
son dominantes con éxito a alcanzar la misión del
programa sería utilizado.
Estúndares de funcionamiento que incluyen categorías
federal asignadas por mandato y una necesidad del
estúndar de funcionamiento del servicio de cliente de
ser convertido para asegurar servicios y la aplicación
uniformes estatales. La carencia de la imparcialidad y
de las injusticias causadas por variaciones en
funcionamiento, prúcticas, y estúndares es la fuente
principal de las quejas de consumidor.
Las medidas de funcionamiento se deben basar en
ventajas a los niños.
Siga las 5 medidas incentivas federales, y agregue 9
medidas de funcionamiento del estado asignadas por
mandato:
Medidas federales y del estado
Medida 1 -- Por ciento de los niños para quienes el
paternity se ha establecido durante el ejercicio
económico.
Medida 2 -- Por ciento de casos con un orden judicial
para la ayuda. Medida 3 -- Los por ciento de dólares
actuales recogidos como por ciento de dólares actuales
debieron.
Medida 4 -- Por ciento de casos con los atrasos para
los cuales los atrasos fueron recogidos.
Medida 5 -- Los dólares totales de la ayuda de niño
recogieron por $1 de gasto total.
Medida 6 -- Por ciento de casos con un orden judicial
para la corriente.
Medida 7 -- Por ciento de casos con las órdenes para
los atrasos.
Medida 8 -- Los por ciento de los casos que tenían
una orden de la ayuda establecieron durante el período.
Medida 9 -- Funcionamiento de la medida en la
modificación de órdenes.
Medida 10 -- La cantidad media recogió por caso con
las colecciones.
Medida 11 -- Satisfacción de la medida con servicio
de cliente.
Medida 12 -- Funcionamiento de la medida en
establecer órdenes del seguro médico.
Funcionamiento de la medida del ü de la medida 13 en
la obtención de seguro médico cuando estú ordenado.
Medida 14 -- Puntualidad y exactitud de
intervenciones
Proceso Del Caso
Desarrolle las prúcticas de gerencia constantes del
caso y desarrolle las herramientas que dirigirún y
asistirún a la puesta en prúctica estatal de esas
prúcticas.
Prepare un caso que procesa la matriz de las
prioridades.
Uniformidad De la Aplicación
Desarrolle las prúcticas de gerencia constantes del
caso y desarrolle las herramientas que dirigirún y
asistirún adentro
la puesta en prúctica estatal de esas prúcticas.
Bosqueje un protocolo genérico de la aplicación que
considere el tipo del caso, el coste, la eficacia, y
factores locales.
Coordine todas las recomendaciones para los proyectos
estatales de la computadora.
Audiencias Justas
Provea de todos los clientes de la ayuda de niño el
acceso oportuno y fúcil a constante, a exacto, a actual,
y termine la información.
Prepare un documento de la edición sobre la puesta en
prúctica de un proceso justo de la audiencia.
Prúcticas De Gerencia
Provea de todo el estado y encargados locales de la
agencia de la ayuda de niño el entrenamiento, las
herramientas, y los recursos que necesitan supervisar y
manejar funcionamiento de la agencia, gerencia avanzada
de los servicios del ser humano de la oferta, y maximice
el financiamiento.
Ediciones de gerencia comán del inventario.
Investigación nacional de la conducta sobre prúcticas
de gerencia.
Desarrolle un plan para un programa de la formación
para la administración para el personal de ayuda de
niño.
Desarrolle un plan para la puesta en prúctica estatal
de las mejores prúcticas de gerencia que incluye
evaluaciones periódicas de la prúctica de gerencia.
Recomiende las maneras para el estado IV-D de
proporcionar temprano y la ayuda óptima a las agencias
locales.
Medidas De Funcionamiento
Desarrolle las medidas de funcionamiento claramente
definidas para todos los participantes del programa de
ayuda de niño que sean constantes con la misión del
programa y contribuya a la mejora del programa.
Establezca las blancos de la medida de funcionamiento
que incluyen líneas de fondo y el extensión escala para
la mejora, y que reconocen variaciones regionales en
caseloads, demographics, y otros factores.
Propósito para establecer un marco de medidas de
funcionamiento
El marco de medidas de funcionamiento realzarú la
capacidad de los programas de ayuda de niño del estado
para alcanzar su misión. Las medidas de funcionamiento
proporcionan la dirección al personal a través del
programa comunicando metas enfocadas en los términos que
cada una entiende.
Son también cruciales para:
Fijar metas y objetivos.
Actividades del programa del planeamiento para lograr
esas metas y objetivos.
Asignación de recursos a los programas.
Supervisión y resultados de evaluación para
determinarse si el progreso se estú haciendo hacia
realización de las metas y de los objetivos.
Planes de modificación del programa para realzar
funcionamiento.
Definición y características de las medidas de
funcionamiento
Las medidas de funcionamiento son las declaraciones
cuantitativas que indican progreso en la realización de
los resultados significativos a la misión del programa
de ayuda de niño. Las medidas de funcionamiento deben
poseer las características siguientes:
Importancia
Understandability
Comparability
Timeliness
Consistency
Reliability.
State IV-D agencies should observe the widely
accepted principle of using as few measures as possible,
while still providing useful guidance to those operating
the child support program as to the key indicators of
success in achieving the program mission. Researchers
Robert Kaplan and
David Norton liken this principle to the design of
the dials in a jet cockpit. The dials must give pilots
all the information they need to fly the jet safely to
its destination; however, the cockpit must not have so
many dials that they distract the pilotÆs attention from
what is critical to the jetÆs safe operation.
Finalmente, las agencias del estado IV-D deben
establecer un sistema equilibrado de medidas.
Sin balance, las medidas podrían influenciar
organizaciones de la ayuda de niño para sacrificar metas
importantes en la básqueda de metas medidas.
Medidas federales y del estado de funcionamiento
Medida 1 -- Paternities estableció
Fórmulas:
Las regulaciones federales permiten que un estado
elija de los dos métodos siguientes para que calculan el
porcentaje de los paternities establecidos:
Námero total del hacia fuera-de-matrimonio llevado
niños para el cual el paternity fue reconocido o
establecido en el ejercicio económico
Námero total de niños en el hacia fuera-de-matrimonio
llevado estado en el ejercicio económico precedente
O
Námero total de niños en el caseload de IV-D en el
ejercicio económico (o en fecha el final del ejercicio
económico) para quién el paternity fue establecido o
reconocido
Námero total de los niños en el caseload de IV-D en
fecha el final del ejercicio económico precedente que
eran hacia fuera-de-matrimonio nato
Medida 2 -- Por ciento de casos con un orden judicial
para la ayuda
Fórmula: XX
Námero total de los casos de IV-D con una orden de la
ayuda en el extremo del ejercicio económico
Námero total de los casos de IV-D
Medida 3 -- Los por ciento de dólares actuales
recogidos como por ciento de dólares actuales debieron
Fórmula:
La cantidad total de ayuda actual de IV-D recogió en
el ejercicio económico
Cantidad total de ayuda actual de IV-D debida en el
ejercicio económico
Medida 4 -- Por ciento de casos con los atrasos para
los cuales los atrasos fueron recogidos
Fórmula:
Námero total de los casos de IV-D con pagos de la
ayuda de niño atrasada recibida en el ejercicio
económico
Námero total de los casos de IV-D en los cuales la
ayuda de niño atrasada es debida
Medida 5 -- Los dólares totales de la ayuda de niño
recogieron por $1 de gasto total
Fórmula:
La cantidad total de ayuda recogió por la agencia de
IV-D en el ejercicio económico
La cantidad total expendió por la agencia de IV-D en
el ejercicio económico
Medida 6 -- Por ciento de casos con las órdenes para
la ayuda actual
Fórmula:
Námero total de los casos de IV-D con órdenes
actuales de la ayuda
El námero total de IV-D encajona necesitar las
pedidos para el support* actual
el * excluye casos me'dicos-solamente
Medida 7 -- Por ciento de casos con las órdenes para
los atrasos
Fórmula:
Námero total de los casos de IV-D con las órdenes
para los atrasos
Casos totales del námero IV-D que necesitan las
órdenes para los atrasos
Medida 8 -- Por ciento de casos con una orden de la
ayuda establecida durante el período
Fórmula:
Námero de los casos de IV-D con una orden de la ayuda
establecida en el ejercicio económico
Casos del námero IV-D que necesitan una orden de la
ayuda en el ejercicio económico
Medida 9 -- Por ciento de las peticiones de
modificaciones y námero de los modifcations de los casos
terminado con en 90 días
Fórmula:
Peticiones de Modificatins
Las modificaciones terminaron en el plazo de 90 días
Medida 10 -- La cantidad media recogió por caso con
las colecciones
Fórmula:
Cantidad total de colecciones de IV-D por el
ejercicio económico
Námero total de los casos de IV-D con las colecciones
por el ejercicio económico
Medida 11 -- Medida Statisfaction con servicio de
cliente
Fórmula:
Promedio de todos:
Námero de los pedidos audiencias justas del estado
Námero de encontrar contra CSEA
Námero de las llamadas telefónicas
Námero de las llamadas contestadas en persona
Námero de email, corresponsdence
Námero contestado en el plazo de 5 días
Examen anual de clientes
Satisfacción con servicios
Medida 12 -- Mida el funcionamiento en establecer las
órdenes para el seguro médico
Fórmula:
Los casos con órdenes del seguro médico establecieron
Los casos que necesitaban órdenes del seguro médico
establecieron
Medida 13 -- Funcionamiento en la obtención de seguro
médico cuando
ordenado
Fórmula:
Námero de los casos en los cuales se obtiene el
seguro médico
Námero de los casos que tienen una orden para el
seguro médico
Medida 14 -- Terminaciones oportunas de las
intervenciones del caso
Fórmula:
El námero de intervenciones solicitó
El námero de intervenciones terminó con en 14 días
El proveer de personal
La ley del estado debe asignar los niveles por
mandato que proveen de personal para las agencias de
IV-D
Los incentivos y las comisiones se deben utilizar
para aumentar productividad del trabajador
comisión.
El entrenamiento y la certificación estatales de
trabajadores deben ser establecidos
Vendedores
La ley federal asigna un registro estatal de la orden
por mandato, sistema que sigue de la computadora, y
centralizó
unidad estatal de la colección y del desembolso esa
pagos de los procesos para todos los casos de la ayuda
de niño adentro
el estado usando prúcticas uniformes y
procedimientos.
Los contratos (acuerdos cooperativos) deben
contornear específicamente responsabilidades locales de
las entidades,
marcos de tiempo y penas monetarias para que falta se
conforme con regulaciones de los ands de los leyes del
estado IV-D
Todos los contactos con otras agencias y vendedores
privados de estatal deben identificar claramente
los resultados cuantificables requirieron.
Recursos De Financiamiento
Las víctimas del non-support, niños y padres de la
custodia, no deben ser requeridas pagar honorarios o
costes para recibir servicios de ayuda de niño. Si
los honorarios son cargas deben ser pagados cerca no
padres de la custodia que no pueden resolver
obligaciones de la ayuda de niño.
Los honorarios requieren estados invertir en costos
administrativos adicionales y reducen la cantidad de
financiamiento federal recibido por el estado porque
los honorarios se deben enumerar como renta del
programa.
Los servicios de ayuda de niño reducen la cantidad de
fondos del estado pasados en casi cada familia social
mantenga el programa incluyendo Medicaid, la
cubierta, el cuidado foster, la delincuencia juvenil, el
etc.
Servicio De Cliente
Los sistemas del control de calidad deben estar en el
lugar para asegurar el servicio de cliente excelente,
incluyendo
satisfacer timeframes federales y:
Supervisión del teléfono para el entrenamiento y la
exactitud.
Entrenando para ocuparse de los padres furiosos,
difíciles, y del trastorno.
Tiempos de reacción asignados por mandato tales como
48 horas para las llamadas telefónicas, los E-maices, y
el volver
semana para la correspondencia.
El Web site de la agencia debe prever descargar el
uso y otro forma necesario
para los casos, el acceso de la tela al cheque
balancea en los casos, pagos recibidos y fijados (el
perno
los námeros se deben utilizar para asegurar
aislamiento).
Un ombudsman debe ser disponible y autorizado para
asistir a padres. Ombudsman
la autoridad debe incluir la capacidad de resolver
problemas.
Audiencias Justas Del Estado De proceso Del ü Del
Agravio
La ley federal asigna que por mandato los programas
del estado IV-D tienen un proceso del agravio para
resolver la distribución del pago
Problemas de la memoria. Este proceso se debe ampliar
para incluir la acción o la inacción, excepto quejas en
relac'ion con a
órdenes judiciales, custodia o visitation.. La
agencia de IV-D debe asignar a alguien con excepción de
la corriente
caseworker para investigar y a procurar solucionar el
problema. La agencia de IV-D debe proporcionar al padre
con una declaración escrita de alrededor qué van a
hacer para solucionar un problema en el plazo de 30 días
recepción de una queja. La declaración escrita debe
incluir a padres que informan de un aviso de las sus
derechas a a
Indique la audiencia si no estún satisfechas con la
resolución.
Audiencia Justa Del Estado
Las audiencias del estado son un proceso
administrativo donde el quejarse de la persona tiene la
oportunidad de tener
su o su caso de la ayuda de niño repasado bastante
por una audiencia del juez del derecho administrativo o
de la agencia del estado
oficial:
La agencia de IV-D respondió en el plazo de 30 días
pero no resuelve el problema a los padres
satisfacción.
La agencia de IV-D no respondido dentro de 30 días o
de recibir la queja.
Los tipos siguientes de quejas se deben tratar con el
proceso de la audiencia del estado:
Ninguna acción o carencia de la acción oportuna en un
caso
El uso para los servicios de ayuda de niño se ha
negado o no se ha actuado sobre dentro de
timeframe requerido.
El caso se ha actuado sobre en la violación del
estado o los leyes o las regulaciones federales.
Las colecciones de la ayuda de niño no se han
distribuido ni se han distribuido
incorrectamente. O, la cantidad de atrasos de la
ayuda de niño se ha calculado incorrectamente.
El caso se cerró.
Aplicación Realzada
Técnicas
La ley del estado debe requerir un sistema de proceso
administrativo para establecer paternity y
órdenes de la ayuda de niño (órdenes incluyendo del
defecto) y hacer cumplir esas órdenes.
Los leyes o las reglas del estado deben requerir la
agencia de IV-D buscar servicios completos de la
colección del IRS encendido
casos con atrasos de mús de $750.
La ley del estado debe requerir el accesorio de
winnings de juego recoger detrús la ayuda de niño.
El competir con y el casino que juegan deben ser
incluidos.
Los leyes del estado deben requerir la publicación en
el periódico de los nombres en los non-payors que son
$1.000 o mús en atrasos.
Incumplimiento del patrón con órdenes de retención de
la renta: algunos patrones fallan en varias ocasiones
para enviar en ayuda de niño que recogen vía la
renta-retencio'n, o fall para incluir námero del caso
e información del empleado con los pagos enviados,
así agregando al problema de no identificado y
ayuda de niño sin distribuir.
La ley del estado debe requerir a los patrones que no
pueden enviar inmediatamente en pagos de la ayuda de
niño
recogido renta-reteniendo segán lo requerido bajo ley
del estado actual en armonía con
Sección modelo 5241 de la ley de California del
código de la familia,
Los leyes del embargo preventivo del estado deben
requerir que un embargo preventivo esté impuesto no mús
adelante de 30 días después de que un payor falla a
haga un pago de la ayuda de niño.
Los oficiales de la audiencia en el sistema de
proceso administrativo deben tener la energía de pedir
payors a
fije un enlace para asegurar el pago.
Las pautas de la ayuda de niño del estado deben
requerir que todas las órdenes estén puestas al día
automúticamente cada 2
años para considerar cambios en el coste de vivir
(ajuste de la COLA). Ademús...
los ajustes deben estar disponibles en a caso-por
base del caso cuando las circunstancias financieras de
los partyÆs
cambie bastantes para rendir un cambio en la cantidad
baja debajo de las pautas de la ayuda de niño de los
stateÆs.
La ley del estado debe requerir la agencia de IV-D
perseguir buscar-trabaja las pedidos para todos los
parados
no payors.
El estado debe funcionar un nuevo hire que divulga el
sistema que cubre cada patrón y cada trabajo
la organización que hace negocio en el estado y
requiere que nuevo emplee los informes esté archivado la
fecha de
hire. Las multas tiesas se deben imponer ante los
patrones y las organizaciones de trabajo que no
resuelven su
divulgación de obligaciones. Nota: la legislación
federal limita multas a $25 o a $500 si el patrón
conspirado con el empleado y con tal que información
de false/no.
Incluya las autorizaciones de banco, los capias, el
accesorio del cuerpo, el delito menor y la autorización
del crimen adentro
Sistema que sigue de la computadora de la aplicación
de ley del estado.
Incluya los contratistas independientes en nuevo
proceso del registro del hire del estado.
Leyes criminales del crimen del non-Support
Los resultados de un estudio demostraron que eso los
cerca de 20% de los padres no-de la custodia son de
ingreso bajo y que podrían
. not afford to significantly contribute to the
support of their children. . The majority of these
. parents are minorities struggling to sustain
themselves in inner city areas. . ACES believes that
. low-income parents provide important support to
their children, even if it is not financially
. significant, and that encouraging interaction with
the children through time spent with the child
. and even small financial contributions provide
children with much needed parental support.
. According to the Census Data, due to the 50%
divorce rate and the fact that 25% of all births are
. to parents who were never-married, 60% of the
children born this year will spend part of their
. lives in a single-parent household.
. In its impact on children, the child support
collection system is now second only to the
. public school system.
. States report holding $634 million in undistributed
child support (see state by state chart at the
. end of this section). . Cause for undistributed
child support payments is a complicated TANF
. distribution system, mismanagement, and
unidentified funds.
. ACES recommends the following changes to the TANF
payment distribution to reduce
. undistributed funds:
. If the states cash grant to a family receiving
public assistance is lower than the federal
. poverty level for that family, the state should
give the family all child support
. collected on their behalf. . The state should
disregard the child support in calculation
. eligibility and grant amount until the family�
income reaches the poverty line.
. Child Support cooperation requirements for TANF
participants should be reasonable.
. States should define cooperation to be �viding
information actually available or
. arresting to a lack of information� . The penalty
for non-cooperation should be no
. more than a 23% grant reduction. . (This is the
minimum required by federal law so
. the state can� opt to do less).
. Definition of Undistributed Child Support needed in
the law: �istributed collection�
. means any payment received by the department that
has not been distributed to the final intended
. recipient regardless of the length of time from
receipt of payment until the present, and shall
. include payments that have been processed as
undistributable or unidentifiable collections.
. Lack of adequate and/or accurate information
gathered at time order is established: Lack
. of uniformity of gathering this data.
. Uniform Child Support abstract for each
administrative and judicial order to be completed at
. time ordered is entered so that data entry is
uniform and accurate. . Please see Child Support
. Abstract at end of this section.
. State IV-D shall have quality control systems
sufficient to ensure that at the time a support
. payment account is opened or information entered
into the state case registry.
. At the time of taking administrative action to
enforce an out-of-state support order that may
. result in receipt of a support payment by the state
disbursement unit, the department shall ensure
. that any account necessary for disbursement of
payment by the state disbursement unit has been
. opened.
. State IV-D agency should employ sufficient research
staff and promptly identify the intended
. final recipients of support payments for whom an
intended final recipient is not identified by
. automated procedures.
. Regarding support orders for which the state
disbursement unit is responsible for collection and
. disbursement activity, the statewide computer
system should record all information about the
. support order required by that system, within three
days after entry or modification of the support
. order by, or registration of an out of-state
support order, in a court of this state.
. Required efforts to prevent accumulation of
undistributed, undistributable, and
. unidentifiable collections
. State IV-D agencies should enact uniform procedures
governing reporting to, and processing by,
. State/County IV-Ds for changes of address by
custodial and non-custodial parents and caretaker
. relatives party to any child support orders. . As
part of such procedures:
1. . State/County IV-Ds shall be required to accept
and process all verbal change of address
. reports and shall impose no requirement of writing
or notarization in order to report a
. change of address.
2. . State IV-D agencies shall develop procedures for
verification of changes of address
. reported verbally in order to protect the security
and accuracy of address information in
. the child support enforcement and distribution
system.
3. . Upon receiving change of address reports that do
not conform to verification
. requirements imposed, SDU and State/County IV-Ds
shall be required to make specified
. efforts to verify the address information.
4. . State IV-D agencies shall maintain all address
information they possess regarding the
. custodial and non-custodial parents in databases
shared with, and searchable by
. State/County IV-Ds, as part of their child support
distribution functions. . In such
. databases, address information that has not been
verified shall be so identified.
5. . All correspondence and notices sent by child
support distribution agencies to custodial
. and non-custodial parents shall include forms by
which changes of address may be
. reported.
6. . State IV-D agencies shall enact procedures under
which the state disbursement unit, at
. some time during each business day, shall attempt
to electronically match every support
. payment for which it has not determined the final
intended recipient to a support payment
. account opened after the previous electronic
matching attempt.
. 7. . Immediately upon learning in a IV-D case that
a child support distribution agency is
. unable to distribute a child support payment to the
final intended recipient because
. location information in its possession regarding
the final intended recipient is not accurate
. or current, the department shall attempt to locate
the final intended recipient using:
A. . All location resources available including the
federal parent locator service,
. interstate location networks, administrators of
public assistance, medical
. assistance, food stamps, and social services
programs, relatives and friends of the
. custodial family, current or past employers, the
local telephone company, the U.S.
. Postal Service, financial references, unions,
fraternal organizations, police, parole,
. probation records, public assistance records,
employment, unemployment
. insurance, motor vehicle, and criminal records, and
credit bureau records.
B. . Manual searches by State IV-D agency and
State/County IV-D 's of its paper files
. on the final intended recipient.
C. . Searches by the department of its electronic
case narrative on the final intended
. recipient.
8. . Immediately upon learning in a non-IV-D case
that it is unable to distribute a child
. support payment to the final intended recipient
because location information in its
. possession regarding the final intended recipient
is not accurate or current, a child support
. distribution agency shall attempt to locate the
final intended recipient using all location
. sources available to it, including the sources
listed above to which resort is not prohibited
. by federal law.
9. . State IV-D agencies shall provide a monthly
notice to the custodial parent or, if
. applicable, the caretaker relative of the amount of
support payments collected in IV-D
. cases for each month, unless no collection is made
in the month, an assignment of support
. to the department is no longer in effect, and there
are no longer any assigned arrearages.
. The monthly notice must list separately payments
collected from each non-custodial
. parent when more than one non-custodial parent owes
support to the family and must
. indicate the amount of current support collected,
the amount of arrearages collected and
. the amount of support collected which was paid to
the family.
10. . Refunds to non-custodial parents shall be
accompanied by notice of the reason for refund
. and of the continued existence of the child support
obligation and debt.
. Holding payment when families leave welfare due to
caseworkers failing to calculate
. arrears owed to state
. At the expiration of deadlines imposed by 42 USC. .
654b and its implementing regulations for
. distribution and disbursement of support payments
collected in title IV-D cases, the State IV-D
. agency should distribute and disburse to the
obligee all payments the department has failed to
. distribute and disburse because it has failed to
determine the portion of the payments to which
. the state is entitled to distribution.
. Inability to locate either parent: Unidentified and
Undistributable payments:
. Model Procedure for claiming undistributed
collections.
. (a) The State Disbursement Unit shall create and
maintain a database containing all
. known information regarding each child support
payment constituting an undistributed
. collection. . Information in said database that is
not confidential under federal law shall be
. publicly available and publicly searchable. . All
notices to parents and checks provided to
. parents and caretaker relatives shall contain
language informing them of the State
. Disbursement Unit� undistributed collections
database and the process for assessing it.
. (b) State IV-D agencies shall establish by rule a
process for persons asserting entitlement
. to undistributed collections to claim such funds. .
The process so established shall include
. the following features:
1. . Claims for undistributed collections may be
filed regardless of the period that has
. elapsed since the time of collection and regardless
of whether the undistributed
. collection has been processed as undistributable or
unidentifiable.
2. . Except as otherwise specified in this section,
and insofar as it is practicable, the
. process so established shall resemble State law for
recovering unclaimed property.
. Unidentifiable collections
. (a) State IV-D agencies shall establish by rule the
method for determining a collection to be
. unidentifiable. . Said rule shall include:
1. . Criteria for the State Disbursement Unit to
identify to reasonable certainty the obligee
. for whom incoming support payments have been made.
2. . For cases in which the State Disbursement Unit
receives a support payment for whom
. the intended obligee is not identified with
reasonable certainty but for whom
. information accompanying the payment partially
matches information regarding one
. or more custodial families in state disbursement
unit databases, a procedure shall be
. set in place under which said families shall be
notified in writing of the partial match
. and provided an opportunity to establish
entitlement to the support payment.
. Disbursement to children receiving no child support
. Legislative Change: State IV-D agencies shall
establish by rule a program for disbursement of
. the state share of child support deemed
undistributable or unidentifiable to State children for
. whom child support has been ordered but no child
support has been collected. . Pursuant to the
. department� rule, no disbursement of child support
pursuant to said program shall be considered
. income to the child or custodial family for
purposes of determining eligibility for any benefit
. administered by an agency of the state. . State
IV-D agencies may, in designating the children who
. shall receive disbursement of child support under
said program, allocate priority to children who
. are receiving, or within the five most previous
years have received, temporary cash assistance
. benefits.
. Accountability for undistributed collections
A. . State IV-D agencies shall submit an annual
report regarding the amount of undistributed
. collections and the reasons therefor to the
President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
. of Representatives, the minority leader of each
house of the legislature, and the governor no
. later than January 31st of each year. . Said report
shall include in the total amount of
. undistributed collections all undistributed
payments received by the department regardless of
. the period of time from receipt of the payment to
the time of the report, and shall specify the
. amounts of undistributed collections which were:
1. . Received by State IV-D agency fewer than
fourteen days before the date on which the
. report was prepared;
2. . Received by State IV-D agency on a date between
fourteen days and six months
. before the date on which the report was prepared;
3. . Received by State IV-D agency on a date between
six months and one year before the
. date on which the report was prepared;
4. . Received by State IV-D agency on a date over one
year before the date on which the
. report was prepared;
5. . Processed as undistributable collections;
6. . Processed as unidentifiable collections.
. The State Auditor shall conduct an annual audit of
all child support payment distribution
. including undistributed collections to determine
if, and ensure that, general accounting
. standards have been met for distributing payments
and the extent of, and reasons for,
. undistributed collections and actions State IV-D
agencies could take to reduce the amount of
. collections that are not distributed.
. Ohio State
. NET UNDISTRIBUTED*
. Alabama
$4,424,712
. Alaska
534,785
. Arizona
13,096,959
. Arkansas
3,749,972
. California
186,922,801
Vail, Colorado
3,465,551
. Connecticut
1,916,064
. Delaware
2,136,854
. District of Columbia
2,497,853
. Florida
28,062,245
. Georgia
14,315,210
. Guam
5,841,373
. Hawaii
6,720,123
. Idaho
975,372
. Illinois
7,266,379
. Indiana
10,972,751
. Iowa
3,577,523
. Kansas
4,634,878
. Kentucky
6,098,886
. Louisiana
581,527
. Maine
1,664,761
. Maryland
1,682,252
Massachusetts
22,310,192
. Michigan
68,873,023
. Minnesota
4,374,975
. Mississippi
4,870,583
. Missouri
10,626,121
. Montana
323,107
. Nebraska
8,410,523
. Nevada
4,384,210
New Hampshire
2,701,755
Nuevo-Jersey
8,041,730
. New Mexico
3,179,510
Nueva York
69,261,422
. North Carolina
7,601,683
. North Dakota
1,473,636
Ohio
33,710,316
. Oklahoma
3,487,116
. Oregon
321,560
. Pennsylvania
19,875,906
. Puerto Rico
4,329,941
. Rhode Island
3,044,252
. South Carolina
5,907,523
. South Dakota
564,057
. Tennessee
21,941,266
. Texas
4,614,614
. Utah
955,500
. Vermont
4,345,723
. Virginia
3,828,177
. Virgin Islands
808,217
Poste De Washington
2,723,852
. West Virginia
9,020,234
. Wisconsin
7,789,227
. Wyoming
2,052,248
. Total
$656,891,346
. Source: Federal Office of Child Support, OCES 2002
. Preliminary 2002 Report
. /www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/pubs/
. CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ABSTRACT
. CASE IN WHICH CHILD SUPPORT ORDER WAS RENDERED:
. Name of Petitioner/Plaintiff:
____________________________
. Name of Respondent/Defendant:
___________________________
. State in which order issued: ______________________
. Court/administrative case number :________________
. Date of order or modified order:
___________________
. Type of case: ___________________________
. Filing date of case: _______________________
. Is a restraining order, protective order, or
non-disclosure order due to domestic violence in effect
. against any party to this case? www.FreshBaby.com
. PARTY RECEIVING ORDERED CHILD SUPPORT (custodial
parent or obligee):
. Name: (first) _______________ (middle/maiden)
________________ (last) ________________
. Mailing address:
________________________________________________________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. PARTY FROM WHOM SUPPORT IS ORDERED (non-custodial
parent or obligor):
. Name: (first) _______________ (middle/maiden)
________________ (last) ________________
. Mailing address:
________________________________________________________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name of party� employer:
_______________________________________________________
. Address of party� employer:
_____________________________________________________
. OTHER OR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANT IN CHILD SUPPORT
PROCEEDING:
. __ custodial parent __ non-custodial parent or
obligor __ putative father
. __ other (specify)
________________________________________
. Name: (first) _______________ (middle/maiden)
________________ (last) ________________
. Mailing address:
________________________________________________________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. CHILD(REN) FOR WHOM SUPPORT IS ORDERED:
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. Name: (first) _________________ (middle)
__________________ (last) __________________
. Social Security number: ________________ Date of
Birth: _________________
. COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERED:
. __ IV-D case __ Non-IV-D case
. __ by state disbursement unit __ not by state
disbursement unit
. PROVISIONS OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER:
. Frequency of payments ordered: _________________
. (if weekly) Day of week payments are due:
_________________
. (if applicable) Date(s) of month payments are due:
_____________________
. Amount of each individual periodic payment ordered
to be made for:
. ____________ ongoing support
. ____________ arrears
. ____________ other (specify)
___________________________________
. Total amount of each individual periodic payment
ordered: _________________
. First due date of payments ordered:
_________________
. Expiration date of order: _________________
. Total amount of child support arrears found by
order to exist: _______________
. Late payment penalties imposed by order:
_______________________
. Amount of interest payments assessed by order:
____________________
. Fees assessed by order: _________________
. Court costs assessed by order: _________________
. Amount of lien imposed by order: _______________
. State and court/administrative case number for
prior child support orders superseded by this
.
order:________________________________________________________________________
. PERSON COMPLETING FORM:
. Name: ____________________________________________
. Address:
______________________________________________________________________
. If an attorney:
. Bar number: ________________________
. Name of client:
____________________________________________________
. Date form was completed: ________________________
. Regulating Private
. Collection Agencies
. Need for Private Collectors Regulation
. Currently, Private Child Support Collection
Agencies are not regulated by the government or any
. other entity. . Therefore, it becomes difficult, if
not impossible, to hold them accountable for their
. practices. . No one has the responsibility to audit
these collectors and to ensure fair business
. practices.
. Parents report unfair business practices and
unethical collection methods. . Collection agencies
. have been the subject of numerous investigative
news reports:
. Parents report paying between 30 and 50% of any
child support collected, even when the
. collector did no work to collect the money. . For
example, they collected even when the
. custodial parent had taken direct action, the
non-custodial parent had paid voluntarily, or
. the government had enforced the order by attaching
wages, income tax refunds, or other
. assets.
. Within the collector� contracts, support is defined
as current and back support. Éste también...
. ensures that the collector� fee is applicable to
ALL monies that collected. . Again, after
. the family signed a contract with the private
collector, even support collected by the
. government is subject to a 30-50% collector fee.
. Collection agencies generally require the custodial
parent to re-register their personal
. information with the government child support
office. . The parent must change their
. address to that of the private collection agency. .
This ensures that all monies collected by
. the government will be re-routed to the collector
for the 30-50% fee.
. Private collection agencies often utilize what
attorneys call adhesion contracts. . Such
. contracts are often misleading, granting powers of
attorney that are unbreakable. . Even if
. families can prove that they were misled or
deceived, these contracts are most difficult to
. break.
. Private collection agencies have literally stolen
money from children. . They have collected
. payments from the non-custodial parent and never
forwarded the payments to the family.
. Private collection agencies often require up to
$200 for an application fee. . Upon receipt
. of the fee, such agencies have gone out of business
and completely disappeared.
. Families owed child support often have to pay
additional court costs and attorney=s fees
. beyond the 30-50% fee taken from the child support
collected.
. Legislative Change: For the equity and protection
of our families, ACES is urging that the
. following proposals be introduced:
. ALL fees, application and other, should be charged
to the nonpayor. . The victims should
. not be subject to pay any fees.
. Fees for private collection agencies should be
capped at 10% .
. All private collectors should be required to be
licensed and bonded.
. Private child support collectors should be required
to be in compliance with the Fair Debt
. Practices Act.
. Fatherhood Initiatives
. The 1990 Census found that 23% of fathers owing
support met the food stamp income standard
. and did not pay support. . Labor market trends show
declining earnings among low-income, never-
. married minority males with limited education and
work experience. . To meet their child support
. obligations, these men need employment-related
services.
. Overall, the majority of the fathers of children on
TANF are able-bodied employed men
. Fathers report that some welfare polices are
"unfair" and act as barriers to being able to
. care for their children
. Federal law requirements to pay back the government
for TANF, fees for DNA testing,
. birthing costs take away money needed to care for
children after they leave TANF. . Also, if
. support is diverted to the government when families
are on TANF, fathers feel they are being
. taxed rather than supporting their children.
. Most states establish retroactive support
obligations when setting new orders that go back
. several years (or to the child� date of birth) and
establish a retroactive obligation. Éste también...
. obligation may include payment for the child�
health care coverage (including Medicaid-
. covered birthing costs) in addition to a lump sum
representing cash support that should have
. been paid. . If the order is not established close
to the time of the child� birth and/or when
. birthing costs or welfare debt are included, these
arrears can be substantial. . States report
. much difficulty keeping track of which parent owes
which amount to the state and which
. amount to the family. . Complicated distribution
rules of who to pay first when also cause
. much confusion. . The current House Welfare Reform
bill and last years Senate Welfare
. Reform bills are attempts to reduce the amount that
parent have to pay back to the
. government for TANF.
. States include significant fees or costs in the
initial support order. . States seek to recover the
. cost of genetic testing when such tests have been
requested. . Some states pursue a variety of
. fees and costs (e.g., attorneys fees, court filing
fees), which can add thousands of dollars in
. arrears onto the initial order. . Fees should be
based on a sliding scale or not charged since they
. are a dis-incentive to fatherhood.
. States set initial orders for current support based
on Child Support Guidelines or automatic
. formulas. . Most states use a combined income
guideline which cause low-income non-
. custodial parents to pay a higher percentage of
their income in support than upper-income
. non-custodial parents. . States now use
income-based child support guidelines to set support
. orders.
. Guidelines vary dramatically from state to state,
e.g., a father earning $40,000 in new Jersey
. will pay 20% less than a father earning $40,000 in
Indiana. . Some state� guidelines take into
. account the non-custodial parent� need to have at
least a minimal amount of money (a �f-
. support reserve�o live on. . A national child
support guideline committee is needed to
. review and establish fair guidelines based on most
recent economic data.
. States rely on default orders if the parents do not
appear and provide information. . Default
. orders are set based on imputed income. . In
imputing income, most states assume that the
. non-custodial parent is working full-time. . The
amount of earnings imputed may be based on
. the minimum wage, the average state wage, or the
average wage in the industry where the
. non-custodial parent has a recent work history. .
If the amount imputed is substantially more
. than the father� actual income, the order will be
well beyond his ability to pay. . Performance
. audits of states which include monitoring them for
use of federal and state parent locator and
. private vendor location services would help ensure
default orders are fair.
. States fail to publicize that services to modify
(lower) a support order are available for free or
. low cost. . A father might lose his job altogether
or face a reduction in hours or salary. algunas horas.
. states have policies that encourage obligors to
quickly modify their orders if they experience
. a substantial decline in income. . Others make it
very difficult for obligors to seek or obtain a
. change even when the original order is clearly
beyond the payment capacity of the non-
. custodial parent. . Sending non-custodial parents a
notice about modification services available
. at state child support agency as part of payment
reminders would solve this problem
. Access/Visitation services are not provided by
States like child support enforcement service
. because federal funding to do so is not available.
. Custody and access orders could be easily
. established at the same time child support orders
are set if both parent agreed. . Providing the
. same type of funding as provided for child support
to states and enacting a requirement to
. establish custody and access order if both parents
agree would solve this problem.
. Marriage dis-incentives include: continuing to
collect child support after the mother and
. father marry to pay back the government for TANF
benefits, and counting step-parents
. income to determine TANF eligibility. . Few
low-income men have the ability to support a
. "ready- made" family---instead, they live with the
women. . This often leads to more children
. being born outside of marriage. . Pre-1984, only
the mother� income was considered when
. determining if the child was entitled to a TANF
benefit if there was a step-parent.
. Reinstatement of a step-parent income being
considered only in part or not at all could reduce
. the number of children born to never-married
parents and increase family formation.
. Policies that are beneficial to father-child
relationship and family formation
. Children who receive child support are more likely
to have:
. contact with their fathers and have fewer behavior
problems - Argys and Peters,
. �tributions of Absent Fathers to Child Well-being:
The Impact of Child Support
. dollars and Father-Child Contacts�niversity of
Colorado, 1994
. better grade point averages and significantly
better test scores, remain in school
. longer- Graham, Belle and Hernandez, (1994) �
Relationship between Child
. Support Payments and offspring Educational
Attainment�
. Child support enforcement:
. Reduces the divorce rate: Nixon, Lucia, The Journal
of Human Resources, XXXII-1,
. Winter 1997,Vol. . 32, No. . 1, and Barnow, Burt
S., et al, � Potential of the Child
. Support Enforcement Program to Avoid Costs to
Public Programs: A Review and
. Synthesis of the Literature�.S. . Department of
Health and Human Services, HHS
. 100-97-007 (2000)
. Reduces the number of births to never married
parents: Case, Anne, Fathers Under
. Fire, Chapter 7, � Effects of Stronger Child
Support Enforcement on Non-Marital
. Fertility�d Plotnick, Robert D., et al, � Impact of
Child Support Enforcement
. Policy on Non-Marital Childbearing,�iversity of
Washington (2000)
. Reduces teenage pre-marital childbearing: Plotnick,
Robert D., et al, �ter Child
. Support Enforcement: Can It Reduce Teenage
Premarital Childbearing?�iversity
. of Washington (1998)
. What more can be done?
. Willing but unable to support children
. GED assistance
. Post high school education: technical school,
community college
. Job training programs
. Programs to supplement child support payments if
participant in programs
. Offers and compromise programs on arrears owed to
state to pay off back support due to
. repay TANF if they make regular payments based on
current income.
. Unwilling but able
. Strong child support enforcement programs
. Seek work programs
. Unwilling and unable
. Court ordered treatment or jail options
LOS E.E.U.U.. . Department Of Health And Human
Services Programs To Promote
. Responsible Fatherhood
. Promoting responsible fatherhood. . Helping young
mothers is an important part of HHS efforts
. to assist America's families, but it is also
important to recognize the critical role that fathers
play
. in the lives of their families. . The President's
budget requests $20 million to launch a new
. initiative to promote responsible fatherhood and
healthy marriages. . Most of the money would be
. awarded in competitive grants to faith-based and
community organizations for skill-based
. marriage and parenting education, job training and
other services that help fathers provide
. emotional and financial support to their children.
. The new initiative will complement related
. efforts in other HHS programs.
. Mentoring children of prisoners. . The
incarceration of a parent can result in traumatic
. separations for children, often followed by erratic
shifts from one caregiver to another. Libros De los
Niños
. of low-income parents who are in prison suffer
disproportionate rates of many severe social
. problems including substance abuse, gang
involvement, early childbearing and delinquency. Matthew
. President's budget requests $25 million to promote
a new effort to fund a program authorized in
. fiscal year 2002 to mentor and provide other
support to these children through the time their
. parents are imprisoned. . Under the initiative,
competitive grants will be available to governments
. and faith-based and community organizations.
. Partners for Fragile Families. . Through the
Partners for Fragile Families program, HHS has
. approved demonstrations in nine states to examine
ways for child support enforcement programs
. and faith-based and community organizations to work
together to help young, unmarried fathers
. obtain employment, provide financial support to
their families and improve parenting skills.
. Projects are underway in California, Colorado,
Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
. New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
. Strengthening the role of non-custodial fathers. .
HHS Administration for Children and
. Families (ACF) has awarded Responsible Fatherhood
projects to test comprehensive approaches
. to encourage more responsible fathering by
non-custodial parents. . Each state project is
different,
. but all provide a range of needed services -- such
as those related to job search and training,
. access and visitation, social services or referral,
case management and child support -- to
. strengthen fathers' financial and emotional
involvement with their children. . Projects are
. underway in California, Colorado, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire,
. Washington and Wisconsin.
. Welfare reform and fatherhood. . President Bush has
indicated his commitment to "encourage
. the formation and maintenance of healthy two-parent
married families and responsible
. fatherhood" as one of the goals of the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families program
. (TANF). . States now have the flexibility to use
TANF funds to develop responsible fatherhood
. programs. . ACF has issued guidance with examples
of such efforts. . Almost half of all states use
. TANF funds for fatherhood programs.
. Abstinence education. . Becoming a father before
one is married and ready for the responsibility
. can have severe negative consequences for a father,
the mother and the child. . The welfare reform
. law enacted in 1996 created a separate program for
abstinence education under Title V, Section
. 510, of the Social Security Act. . The program
provides federal grants to states for abstinence-only
. education activities, including mentoring designed
to promote abstinence from sexual activity
. until marriage.
. Many programs involve boys and young men in order
to encourage behavior that promotes
. responsible fatherhood. . The President's fiscal
year 2003 budget requests $50 million in annual
. funding for the program for each of the next five
years, for a total of $250 million over the next
. five years. . In addition, HHS' Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA) provides
. grants to support the development and
implementation of community-based abstinence-only
. education programs for adolescents.
. Involving fathers in Early Head Start. . Last year,
ACF awarded grants to 21 Early Head Start
. projects in 17 states to develop new approaches to
sustain fathers' involvement in their children's
. lives. . These grants, worth $7.5 million over
three years, are designed to provide strategies that
. other Early Head Start projects can use to involve
fathers in their family-centered, community-
. based programs. . HHS also has worked with the
National Head Start Association and its
. fatherhood partners to develop a father-friendly
assessment tool to help programs create more
. inclusive programming for fathers.
. Helping fathers in the criminal justice system. .
ACF funds grants to help parents involved with
. the criminal justice system provide more reliable
and regular child support for their children.
. These grants support a number of state and local
projects that provide services to non-custodial
. parents who are incarcerated, unemployed or
underemployed, in order to increase employment
. and reintegrate them into their communities. .
Projects are underway in Massachusetts, Minnesota
. and Washington.
. Visitation/Access
. ACES recommends that states have programs to assist
families to resolve visitation and
. access problems which are separate from the child
support enforcement program.
. Federal grants are available for states to operate
Visitation/Access projects. . Over the past five
. years, HHS has awarded a total of $50 million in
block grants to states to promote access and
. visitation programs to increase non-custodial
parents' involvement in their children's lives. Matthew
. grants may be used to provide such services as
mediation, counseling, education, developing
. parenting plans, visitation programs, and
development of visitation and custody guidelines.
. Based on data reported by the states, the program
serves nearly 50,000 parents each year, evenly
. divided between fathers and mothers. . When
mediation is used to resole visitation/access issues
. great care needs to be taken for families affected
by domestic violence. . Woman who have been
. victim of domestic violence do not fair well in
mediation , they are unable to participate as equal
. partners in the negotiations.
. Guaranteeing Child Support
. Payments
. States can play a leadership role in developing a
replicable, scaleable solution to a significant
. public policy concern by establishing Child suppot
Trust Funds. . Benefits to Children are receipt
. of timely child support payments. . Benefits to
Government include a financially responsible
. solution to an important long-standing public
policy concern . . Future welfare payments are
. reduced . . State governments continue to receive
federal funding for child support operations and
. collections. . Recent trends in Child Support
Collections especially collections via income
. withholding are key to the solution for
guaranteeing child support payments for families.
. A Child Support Trust Funds are modeled after
financially successful financing instruments (e.g.,
. Sallie Mae, Freddie Mac) It facilitates
public-private partnerships and is designed to be
. replicable and scaleable
. An investor purchases a 10-year bond instrument for
50% of the investment and places the
. remaining 50% of the investment in escrow, through
the Child Support Trust Fund . . The bond
. guarantees repayment of principal to the investor.
. Escrowed funds along with collected payments
. are used for guaranteed monthly payments to
Obligee, interest payments, operating costs, and
. fees
. Since 2001, states must improve their overall
collection rates annually by 5% in order to be
. eligible for federal incentive payments. . The
overall five-year trend has been for about annual
. 10% improvement
. Child Support Trust funds are an opportunity for
socially responsible investors, foundations,
. sponsors to make an impact. . It is an opportunity
to receive interest on loans and income from
. investments and potential trading opportunities in
bonds.
. For more Information about Child Support bonds,
contact Geraldine Jensen, ACES President.
. 419-466-4797 or gjensen@childsupport-aces.org
. June 2003
. (2/28)
. ACES, Association for Children for Enforcement of
Support, PO Box 180,
. Maumee, OH 43537, 800-738-2237, Offices in
California, Michigan, New York and Virginia
. 400 Chapters in 48 States
. www.childsupport-ACES.org
. ACES, Association For Children For Enforcement Of
Support, PO Box 180,
. Maumee, OH 43537, 800-738-2237, Offices in
California, Michigan, New York and Virginia
. 400 Chapters in 48 states
. www.childsupport-ACES.org
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