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Making CSENet

Work For You

MIRANDA BRILEY

CHARTS BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Just to start out…

What do you know about CSENet?

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What is CSENet – Child Support

Enforcement Network? The CSENet application was conceived and developed by OCSE in

the early 1990s.

When OCSE developed the overall design for CSENet, there was the

assumption that all states would eventually establish their own

comprehensive, automated child-support systems.

Once state CSE systems were integrated with CSENet, the electronic

flow of case information among the states would be automatic, thus

providing easy and efficient communication of case information.

Fun Facts: Other items invented in the early 90’s

What is CSENet – Child Support

Enforcement Network?

Designed to conduct interstate child support enforcement (CSE)

business activities.

locating noncustodial parents (NCP)

establishing paternity and support obligations

enforcing support orders and collection of monies

gathering additional case information

It facilitates and supports automated transmission of interstate child

support information.

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Why CSENet? Intergovernmental work is messy! –

Prior to 1992, exchanging child support case information with another

state required manual completion of Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement

of Support Act (URESA) forms and mailing the documents to the other

state. At that time, because of the manual process, lack of

standardization and an as-yet defined legal basis for pursing parents

across state lines, states did not have the tools for collecting child

support from parents in other states. In response to an ever-increasing

interstate caseload, complex paperwork requirements and landmark

legislative acts (SSA and FSA), OCSE implemented CSENet in 1992.

Download IRG information

IRG data includes states’ profiles of services, valid FIPS codes and

addresses, OCSE federal and regional office data and addresses of

selected international child support enforcement agencies. Of primary

relevance to CSENet is state FIPS codes and address data.

How does CSENet work?

Nebraska

OCSE Hub

• Individual state systems electronically initiate and respond to CSE case

activities in other states

• The CSENet system hub receives the sent tractions, validates the

transactions to make sure they meet the standardized requirements,

then delivers the validated transactions to the states to which they are

directed.

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Which states are using CSENet? IRG (Intergovernmental Reference Guide) provides an Exchange

Agreement chart illustrating the type of transactions (Function

Codes) each State has agreed to exchange electronically.

Which states are using CSENet?

Accessing the IRG:

• Using the IRG link in the Court Order tab of the IG folder takes the

user to the Public Access IRG page

• Using the FPLS Portal to view the IRG requires a log in. There is

information here not viewable via the public page.

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CSENet with Nebraska’s Top 10

case partners

Iowa

Texas

Colorado

Missouri

South Dakota

California

Kansas

Florida

Minnesota

Illinois

CSENet with Nebraska’s Top 10

case partners

Questions –

How does your Child Support System handle the sending and receipt of

CSENet transactions?

Are reviewing/sending CSENet transactions part of field staff’s daily

routine or are CSENet transactions only utilized in certain circumstances

Does your state send UIFSA Acknowledgments through CSENet? Are

they automated?

Any common questions or concerns that are heard from other states?

And anything you would like other states to know about your state’s

CSENet functionality?

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Using CSENet in CHARTS Finding CSENet information in CHARTS

Current Activity tab

CSENet transaction on currently open IG cases

Historical Activity tab

CSENet transactions received on a previously open IG case that is now closed

Contact tab

Provides the Other State Caseworker, Central Registry, and SDU information

Event Log

Sending CSENet transactions – If user generated, event 3079 will log in the User Log. If it is a batch/automatic transaction, event 3078 will log in the System Log.

Receiving CSENet transactions – Event 3042 in the System Log

Current Activity and Historical Activity

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Contact Tab

Event Log

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Using CSENet in CHARTS What kind of CSENet transactions are sent

Transaction function types

MSC, ENF, EST, COL, PAT, LO1, CSI

What does it take to send a CSENet

Data blocks

Information in CHARTS has to be completely filled out for all data blocks to be picked up during the batch cycle.

Integrating CSENet and document Event paths

Transmittal #1

Transmittal #2

Central Registry Acknowledgment

Examples of how CSENet

automatically work for you

Updated Address Information

Updated employment information

Caseworker contact information

Collection information

Hearing information

Reminders of federal timeframes

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CSENet Usage in Other States

Valid transactions:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocse/csenet_igd_appendix_b_val

id_transactions_table.pdf

27 pages of valid transactions individual states could choose to code

6 Pages of “Core transactions”

Optional codes

Phasing in new CSENet transactions

Closure Codes “Initiating State Issue Own Wage Withholding” and “Initiating State no longer needs services”

Request and Providing Arrears and Interest Information

What would you like to from

CSENet in the future?