2015 Annual Child Support Training Conference

Vicki TuretskyCommissioner

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement

You know what this is

And you definitely heard this

Right toolRight timeRight parentRight sized order

1 in 3

One-third of black men go to prison

in their lifetimes

Source: Sentencing Project

1 in 2

52% of state prisoners are

parents

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

3 in 4

76.6% of people released from state prisonwere re-arrested within

5 years

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

A father in North Carolina said:

“But I can't see a way out," he adds, "other than just staying away from certain situations, like any situations involving the state[.] Because I just don't have that money to pay that amount, I just don't.“

“Why Was Walter Scott Running?: 50,000 parents, mostly black fathers, can guess.” By ELI HAGER, MARSHALL PROJECT, APRIL 10, 2015

NPRM Requires that state guidelines consider the

noncustodial parent’s subsistence needs and income.

Provides that state guidelines may not treat incarceration as “voluntary unemployment”

Requires ability to pay in civil contempt leading to jail.

Funds noncustodial employment services Funds services for pro se access to justice and

alternative dispute resolution and local bus fare for to attend child support appointments and court hearings.