National Council of Child Support Directors
Potential NCCSD Issues for 2002-2003
October 1 2002
I. Administration of Child Suppport Enforcement Issues – new methodologies; revamping existing methodologies
Potential NCCSD Issues for 2002-2003
October 1 2002
I. Administration of Child Support Program
A. OCSE and NCCSD Working Together
1. Communication between NCCSD and OCSE; timely communication with IV-D Directors; joint determination of direction for Child Support Program.
2. Timely issuance of policy/procedural guidance and Technical Assistance by OCSE; sharing information with all IV-D Directors- not just the one asking the question; need for consistent data and timely data reports from OCSE.
3. OCSE/ACF as a coordinator/catalyst – needs to be the liaison/bridge with other agencies (Medical/DOL/Education/TANF/IRS) as well as with other entities (employers). More national meetings need to be federally funded as more state budgets are in deficit.
B. Communication and sharing of information between IV-D Directors; developing better ways for us to work with each other and other IV-D Associations.
C. Administration/Funding the IV-D program:
1. Incentive Funding (Including Cap)/Data Reliability
2. NSF participation by OCSE
3. Flexibility in how States administer the program - outcome based rather than process-driven
4. Ensure appropriateness of performance measures
5. Finance the program in a realistic/innovative fashion
6. Investment of Penalties
D. Technology:
1. Customer Service (Web/Interactive Voice Response Systems)
2. APD reform, including timeliness of review and approval by OCSE, duplication of oversight between state IT review processes and OCSE, need for differential threshold amounts for projects and purchases depending on the size of a state's IT operations.
3. Federal Involvement in Systems: there is a place for this and to ensure uniformity, especially with the models such as New Hire, FIDM
4. OCSE needs to spend more effort on assisting all states achieve a minimal technical capability.
5. Federal focus on national e-commerce (instead of state by state)
II. Policy Issues
A. Undistributed Collections: Timely collections to families. Share best practices and provide guidance on how to reduce inappropriate UDC. Finalize the definitions of UDC – distinguishing between what is a part of doing business correctly (IRS 6-month hold), versus what are business practices that need improvement.
B. Interstate: What needs to be improved?
1. Passage of UIFSA 2001
2. Determine which areas need better cooperation/coordination
3. Interstate Income Withholding and SDU
4. Interstate distribution - allocate arrears among multiple states
5. Interstate interest and fees
6. Interstate communication – CSENet
C. Medical
1. Recommendations of the Medical Child Support Working Group and Medical Group on the Medical Performance Measure
a. Reasonable Cost Definition
b. Priority of Withholding
c. Medical Support Indicator/Performance Measure
d. Determine what data elements we SHOULD be tracking so that a measure can be developed
2. NMSN
a. Responses to Q&As asked by states
b. Notice –possibility of booklet or production on website
c. Conveying the notice to employers (possibly electronic?)
3. Medicaid Cases:
a. Referrals voluntary for those who want child support services?
b. Clarify Medicaid and foster care referrals to IV-D program
c. Resolution of the 2000 HCFA letter/child-only Medicaid cases
d. Improve cooperation between SCHIP, Medicaid and CS
4. Emphasis on the BEST way to get coverage for kids in cost effective manner and CS role
D. Private Collection Agency Issues
E. Privacy, Confidentiality and Data Security, including proposed legislative solution to disclosure of IRS payment data.
F. Parentage – disestablishment issues
G. Enforcement Issues – new methodologies; revamping existing methodologies
H. Balance between principles of Fatherhood Initiatives and Pursuit of Child Support.