Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement 2000

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Introduction to the Office of Child Support Enforcement Compendium of State Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement -- 2000 Fifth Edition

1 California

Medical Support (IV-D Kids) (Sacramento)

Paternity Establishment/ Statewide Paternity Opportunity Program (POP) Imaging and Data Access

2 Colorado

Caseload Management Training

Strategic Plan (Colorado Child Support Enforcement Task Force)

3 Delaware

Customer Service (Child Support Information Night)

4 Florida

Management Method/Case Closure/Automatic Case Closure Process

Collaboration (Early Cooperation Requirement for TANF Eligibility) (Bay County)

5 Georgia

Genetic Testing

6 Hawaii

Interstate Phone Hearings

7 Iowa

Management Methods, Customer Service (Process Improvement Teams)

8 Illinois

Collaboration, Customer Service, Fatherhood, Paternity Establishment, Public Information

Employment and Training for NCPs (Cook, St. Clair and Madison Counties)

9 Maine

Administrative Process (Establishment of Support Obligations)

Administrative Process (Paternity Establishment)

Enforcement (License Suspension/Revocation)

Administrative Process, Enforcement (Notice to Appear and Disclose)

10 Maryland

Absent Parents Employment Program (Harford County)

Case Maintenance/Closure Initiative (Montgomery County)

11 Michigan

Case Closure Project (Management Techniques)

12 Minnesota

Management Methods (Hennepin County Bonus Incentive Program)

13 Missouri

Enforcement, Fatherhood, Employment and Training for NCPs

14 New Jersey

Paternity Establishment (POP), Customer Service, Public Information

15 Oklahoma

Management Methods (Strategic Plan), Enforcement, Customer Service

16 Puerto Rico

Electronic Funds Transfer (PROJECT DIRECT DEPOSIT)

17 South Carolina

Locate (Diligent Search Project), Collaboration (Child Welfare)

18 Tennessee

Performance Management Using Federal Performance Standards

19 Texas

Local Information Center (Beaumont & Nederland)

Houston Volunteer Jail Project

Collaboration, Enforcement, Employment and Training for NCPs (Bexar County)

Public Information (PAPA), Collaboration, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Fatherhood

Establishment of Support Orders, Paternity Project Day (Victoria)

Interstate, Customer Service, Internet

20 Virginia

Direct Deposit of Child Support Payments

Automatic Income Withholding Case Clean-up Project

Enforcement, Public Information (KidsFirst Campaign)

Management Methods, Staffing Levels

Public Information, Collaboration, (Wise Guys, Sneakers and RAP: Community Outreach to Teens) (Prince William County)

21 Washington

Video Interviewing

Non-Custodial Parent WtW Employment Project (Yakima & Kittitas Counties)

Community Relations Unit

Modification of Child Support Orders; Enforcement of Visitation Rights; Customer Service (King County)

Management Techniques; Interstate Case Reconciliation (with Oregon)

Paternity Establishment, Interstate (with Oregon)

Income Withholding/Termination Notice Postcard (Wenatchee)

22 Wisconsin

Milwaukee County Child Support Agency

23 Region IX and X

Interstate Task Force