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Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities
Title IV-D Child Support
DCS Child Support Bureau - Prosecuting Attorney Collaboration
IPAC Winter ConferenceDecember 12, 2014
Cynthia Longest, Deputy Director Indiana Department of Child Services,
Child Support Bureau (CSB)
Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities
Title IV-D Child Support Basics• Title IV-D of the Social Security Act• Highly federally funded, regulated and complex• Indiana’s IV-D organizational structure is unique• Cooperative Agreements between DCS’ CSB and
elected Prosecutors, Clerks, and some Courts• Collaboration between CSB and Prosecutors is critical
to providing financial support for children
Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities
Title IV-D Child Support Basics• IV-D Services: Locate, Establishment, Enforcement IV-D and non-
IV-D Services: Payment Processing• Complex mandatory statewide computer system• ISETS– used for “A to Z” management of cases and money– processes almost $1 billion in child support
• Funding– Federal Financial Participation (FFP): 66%– Incentive Funds based on performance
Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities
Title IV-D Child Support Basics• IV-D caseload – approx. 287,000 (around 16th in nation)
• Populations served:– Applicants for public assistance (TANF);– IV-E (Foster Care) cases; – Medicaid applicants who wish services;– Custodial parents who pay a one-time $25 fee– Interstate cases of all of the above
• Breakdown:– 4% current recipients of TANF or IV-E– 45% former recipients– 51% never recipients
• Vast majority of money collected goes straight to families
Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities
CSB – Prosecutor - IPAC Collaboration Examples
• Legislation• New computer system project (INvest)• Supreme Court Child Support Guidelines
Reviews• IV-D Writ/Warrant Registry• IV-D Policy Committee• Public Outreach materials• Incarcerated Parent outreach • Conferences/Training Sessions
Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities
Six Things
• Attend IV-D Session of Newly Elected Prosecutor Training (Feb 2015)• Sign IV-D Cooperative Agreement timely• Participate in INvest activities• CSB has 18 Regional Field Consultants• Understand your performance stats• IV-D is your biggest caseload and impacts a high
percentage of your constituents