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DC Child Support
and the
Fatherhood Movement
The New Face Of Child Support
ENFORCER
SUPPORTER
Male Non-Custodial Parent in the District of Columbia
Total Cases 52,190
Male NCPs in the District of Columbia 42,949Average Age 37.52RACES Black 36,168Hispanic 2,017White 249Asian 73
QUADRANT NW 5,088NE 6,209SE 7,855SW 891
*Employed 22,531*Under or Unemployed 20,418
Pay Obligation on Schedule 58%
July 18,2011
Case typeCurrent TANF 22,570Former TANF 11,988Never-TANF 11,450
Average. Obligation Amount$ 219.4
Average Arrears AmountEmployed 4,821.95Unemployed 7,480.8
Male NCPs - Veterans 28 Male NCPs - Incarcerated 2,795
•Reported
•TANF Temporary Aide to Needy Families
Male Custodial Parent in the District of Columbia
Total Male CPs= 1326
Case type Current TANF 633Former TANF 279Never TANF 414
Avg. Order amount = $155.86
QUADRANTNW = 231NE = 319SE = 409SW = 39
Community Outreach
Project to Avoid Increasing
Delinquencies (PAID)
First Response Unit
Non-Custodial Parent Employment
Initiatives
CSSD’s
Fresh Start
Mobile Office
Downward Modification
Incarcerated Parents and Returning
Citizens
$150 PASS-Through
Homeless Veterans Initiative
The Child Support Mobile Office Van
Look What Child Support has to Offer
•Bring CSSD to the community
•Very Important Component
•Customer Centered
•Nontraditional
This initiative is a part of the federal Project to Avoid Increasing Delinquencies (PAID) and its goal is to increase child support collections and prevent arrears by reaching out to noncustodial parents (NCP’s) early on in the child support process.
Educate NCPs about the child support process, how to make child support payments, and to provide them with resources which would enable them to be able to be self-sufficient and to make their child support payments.
Project to Avoid Increasing Delinquencies (PAID)
CSSD Introductory Letter When a child support case is first opened in D.C. Superior Court, the Locate unit contacts the NCP in writing. The Locate Specialists attach the “CSSD Introductory Letter,” to the Petition to Establish Paternity and/or Support and the Notice of Hearing and Order Directing Appearance (“NOHODA”).
First Response Unit
To provide speedy, effective services to customers who visit the Child Support Services waiting room
Divided into three teams in order to provide efficient services for customers.
Face – to – Face --- Written Correspondence ---Customer Service Team.
Community Organization
CP
Job ReadinessWorkshops
Non-Custodial Parent Employment Initiatives
Unemployed NCP
Dependent
United Planning Organization
IntergovernmentalRelations
Fresh Start Temporary Aide to Needy Families Arrears Forgiveness Program
Number of CONSECUTIVE months in which YOU make full and timely payments
6 241812
25% 50% 75% 100%
CSSD will then forgive the corresponding percentage of TANFArrears that have accrued on the day that the
Consent Agreement has been fulfilled
START FRESH & WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN !
Alleviating some of the Financial Responsibility the NCP might be Experiencing due to a Loss in his income. *
The case had to have started prior to XXXXX
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Incarcerated Parents and Returning Citizens
In 2005, the District of Columbia enacted a law entitled “Notice at Sentencing
of Child Support Modification”. The law also provides assistance to the non-
custodial parents once they are released from prison.
Changes in DC Child Support Laws to help Incarcerated Parents and Ex-offenders
The revised DC Child Support Guideline, which became effective in 2006, requires CSSD to review a child support case if CSSD receives notice that the NCP is incarcerated.
If CSSD finds that the NCP’s imprisonment results in a change in financial circumstances, CSSD can file a motion with the Court to reduce or suspend the NCP’s support order. The Court will then modify the order using the Guideline.
The DC child support laws have also been updated to allow for motions that are filed at the time of sentencing to be addressed after the NCP has been released from prison.
$150 PASS-Through
In addition to your TANF benefits a family may be eligible to receive up to $150 a month of a child support payment.
Homeless Veterans Initiative
Child support staff will come out to the community to provide the same child support services that can be received at the downtown office . The mobile office van will serve people in the areas where they live rather than requiring them to come to the main office.
The Child Support Mobile Office Van