Legal Status
Child Support Enforcement Office
The Office of Child Support Enforcement was established pursuant to act of January 4, 1975 (42 U.S.C. 651). Its mission is to provide leadership in the planning, development, management, and coordination of the Department's Child Support Enforcement programs and activities authorized and directed by title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 651), and other pertinent legislation. The general purpose of this legislation and the Child Support Enforcement programs is to require States to enforce support obligations owed by absent parents to their children by locating absent parents, establishing paternity when necessary, and obtaining child support.
- Agency URL:
- http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/
- Parent Agency
- Health and Human Services Department
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State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2009, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Review,'' this action temporarily delays until May 22, 2009, the effective date of the final rule entitled ``State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information,'' published in the Federal Register...
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State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created and expanded State and Federal title IV-D child support enforcement databases and significantly enhanced access to information for title IV-D child support purposes. States are moving toward integrated service delivery and developing enterprise...
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Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation
This proposed rule would enable Tribes and Tribal organizations currently operating a comprehensive Tribal Child Support Enforcement program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (the Act) to apply for and receive direct Federal funding for the costs of automated data processing. This proposed rule addresses the Secretary's commitment to...
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Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement direct funding to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act (the Act) as added by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193), and...
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Comprehensive Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is issuing this interim final rule to implement direct funding to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act (the Act) as added by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193), and amended by section...
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State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2009, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Review,'' this action temporarily delays until May 22, 2009, the effective date of the final rule entitled ``State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information,'' published in the Federal Register...
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Notice To Award Non-Competitive Successor Award to the State Information Technology Consortium (SITC)
This notice announces that the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), will award a Non-Competitive Successor Award to the State Information Technology Consortium (SITC) in Raleigh, North Carolina. The award will enable the SITC to educate judges on effective problem-solving court strategies to deal with parents who do not make their child...
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State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created and expanded State and Federal title IV-D child support enforcement databases and significantly enhanced access to information for title IV-D child support purposes. States are moving toward integrated service delivery and developing enterprise...
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Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation
This proposed rule would enable Tribes and Tribal organizations currently operating a comprehensive Tribal Child Support Enforcement program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (the Act) to apply for and receive direct Federal funding for the costs of automated data processing. This proposed rule addresses the Secretary's commitment to...
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Tribal Child Support Enforcement Program
Notice is hereby given for the dates and locations for one informational meeting and three Tribal consultations on the Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). On June 11, 2008, the Federal Register will publish an NPRM that would enable Tribes and Tribal organizations currently operating a...
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Privacy Act of 1974; Amended System of Records
In accordance with the requirement of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is publishing notice of its amendment of its systems of records entitled ``The Location and Collection System'', No. 09-90-0074.
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Privacy Act of 1974; Amended System of Records
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is publishing a notice of its amendment of its system of records, 09-80- 0202, entitled ``Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders.''
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Privacy Act of 1974; Amended System of Records
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is publishing notice of its amendment of its systems of records entitled ``The Location and Collection System'', No. 09-90-0074.
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Contract to the State Information Technology Consortium
Notice is hereby given that a contract is being awarded to the State Information Technology Consortium (SITC) of Herndon, Virginia, in the amount of $2,000,000 to help improve the coordination of child support enforcement activities. Congress recognizes that seamless and cost-effective processes for information-sharing among state human service...
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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Change of Agency Name: Technical Amendments
In accordance with the name change of the Health Care Financing Administration to the ``Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,'' this technical regulation revises all references to ``Health Care Financing Administration'' and ``HCFA'' in chapters I, IV and V of title 42 and subtitle A and chapters II and III of title 45 of the Code of Federal...