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