CHILD SUPPORT POLICIES

• Foster Care Arrears
• Performance Improvement Process for Federal Fiscal Year 2023-24
• Annual Performance Strategies for Federal Fiscal Year 2024-25
• Permanent Election of Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Distribution
• Date of Receipt Obligations and Receivables
• Court Venue and Direct Applications For Child Support Services
• Electronic Data Processing Contracts
• Equipment Management and Disposition Policy
• Genetic Testing Fee Recovery
• Local Child Support Agency Purchase Request Process
• Mandatory Reporter-Definition of Caseworker
• Ombudsperson Serving As Public Information Officer
• Performance Improvement Process for FFY 2019
• Performance Improvement Process for FFY 2020
• Performance Improvement Process for FFY 2021 and 2022
• Performance Improvement Process for FFY 2022-23
• Service Agreement Between County Family Support Division and County Info
• Social Media Use By Local Child Support Agency
• Statewide Allocation
• Final Rule Optional Provisions
• Statewide Document Imaging Standards
• Use of Transitional Adjustment Functionality
• Verification Of Unreimbursed Assistance Pools
• Zero Basic Grant and Suspend Status
• IV-D Case Construct and Disregard Payee / IV-D Case Attachment A
• Adult Disabled Children
• Gender and Name Changes
• ID Verification Requirements When Requesting Copies of Filed Paternity Declarations and Rescissions
• Entering Court Order Terms
• Election of Federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Distribution
• The Servicemembers Civil Relief
• FEM Final Rule: Flexibility, Efficiency and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Programs, Uniform Earning Capacity Practices

• Child Support Services for SB 380 Opt-in Children
• Adjusting Charging Instructions At Case Closure
• Case Status When a Custodial Party Is Deceased
• Determining If An Audit Should Be Conducted When Case Management Responsibility Changes
• Family Violence Indicator and Non-Disclosure
• Foreign Support Orders
• Income Withholding Orders
• Providing Child Support Services To Third Parties
• Registration of Support Orders in the Child Support Enforcement System
• Revised Maternity Pause Policy For Unborn Children In Non-Aided Cases
• Suppressions
• Suppressions 08-08
• Use of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers In the Child Support Enforcement System
• WrapAround Pilot Program and Child Support
• Audit of Unreimbursed Assistance Pool: Pre-Conversation versus Post-Conversation

• Adoption of Permanent Regulations
• Complaint Resolution and State Hearing (CRSH) Regulation Training
• Complaint Resolution Process When County Transitions From Cases To CSE
• Jurisdiction of State Hearing

State Child Support programs must enter into agreements with financial institutions to conduct data matches to identify accounts of parents who are delinquent in paying their child support. Learn more at the Office of Child Support Enforcement website.

• Forms and Q&A on Family Violence
• Judicial Change of Responsibility Form

• Administration Of The Passport Denial Program
• Statewide License Release Guidelines
• Statewide License Release Process and Inter-County Communication Of License Release Determinations

• Case Closure When Noncustodial Parent Has Been Deported to Mexico
• Case Opening When The Noncustodial Parent Is Deceased
• Job Search Orders For Non-Custodial Parents Receiving CalWorks Benefits
• Paternity Disestablishment
• Paternity Establishment When Non-Custodial Parent Is Deceased

• Bankruptcy Restrictions
• Clarification of Excess Payment Calculation
• Crediting Federal Derivative Benefit Payments
• Electronic Payment Processing
• Legal Date of Collection
• Over-Collection and Non-Support Collection Refund Policy
• Retroactive Payments
• Release of Judgement Liens
• Processing For Locally Received Payments

• Policy Consolidation Letter

• Chaptered Legislation
• Discontinuation of Family Reunification Compromise of Arrears Program
• Tracking of Assigned Arrears
• Welfare Semi-Annual Reporting

• Safeguarding Federal Tax Information
• Revision to Annual Information Security Manual Compliance Certification
• Mandatory Security Awareness for Everyone (SAFE) Training
• IRS Information Security Requirements
• Intro to DCSS Info Security Manual

• Revisions to FFY 2021 California/State Local Child Support Agency Plan of Cooperation
• Revisions to FFY 2025 California/State Local Child Support Agency Plan of Cooperation

California Assembly Bill 1751, Chapter 637, Statutes of 2012 requires that county child welfare agencies, probation departments, and Title IV-E agencies be instructed on how to use the state and federal Parent Locator Services to assist in finding parents of dependent children for assessment and potential placement.

The forms needed to obtain California Parent Locator Services are viewable through the Parent Locator Form, with instructions for submission. In certain circumstances, qualified agencies may be given third party access to the Child Support Enforcement System locate information – to request this access contact the child support agency in your county or region.