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This is a November 2003 Newsletter generated by the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network on how TANF and Child Support Enforcement can partner to better serve families.

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Which state or sub-state areas have TANF and child support enforcement joined forces to prioritize TANF cases nearing their TANF time limits for IV-D services, i.e. order establishment and enforcement? If so, how did they approach it, and how is it going?

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Which states have authority to pursue enforcement of child support orders against grandparents in cases of minor parents?

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A representative from ASPE would like to identify any States that have developed statute procedures or written policies for reducing or suspending state child support debt when parents marry or re-marry. Washington and Vermont have taken steps to help parents who marry or re-marry handle any state child support debt that might have accumulated while they were not living together.

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What States pass-through child support funds directly to the family? Please describe the process and the amount of the passthrough.

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Do you know of states that have developed data sharing agreements with Workforce Investment Boards, and/or are exercising their ability to share certain NCP data, per the "Welfare-to-Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999" (PL. 106-113)?

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Do any States use the IV-D Program as the single portal of entry for child support services?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know if any State Legislatures audited/reviewed any aspects of their State IVD Program operations--not including audits conducted by a State auditor or State audit agency--and issued a report?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know how many States pass through all or portions of the child support collected to the family? Are States' share of pass-throughs included in or claimed as MOE?

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The Peer TA Network would like to know which States charge application and other fees for IV-D services? How much is the fee? Are the fees charged to the custodial or noncustodial parent? Does the State absorb the fee?