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THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
The Twentieth Annual Report to Congress contains information on the dimensions of the child support situation in this country and on the functions of the Child Support Enforcement program. It also includes a summary of programs in the area of child support enforcement.
In addition, the report contains selected State-by-State financial, statistical, and program data for Fiscal Year 1995 obtained from Federal reports completed by State Child Support Enforcement agencies. Included in the report is a series of graphs and tables which present selected financial, statistical and program data for the fiscal years 1991-1995, as well as technical notes on the data presented in this report.
To obtain additional copies of this report contact:
National Reference Center
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Administration for Children and Families
370 L146Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
Telephone: (202)401-9383
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
20th ANNUAL
REPORT TO CONGRESS
For the Period Ending September 30, 1995
U.S Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement
FOREWORD
1995 - A Year of Progress. This 20th Annual Report to Congress highlights the Program's accomplishments and illustrates the progress we have made in Fiscal year 1995.
In FY 1995, State Child Support Enforcement Programs collected close to $11 billion in child support payments, established more than one million orders for child support, and established paternity for 903,000 children. These numbers reflect the commitment and dedication of individuals at the local, State, and Federal level of the Child Support Enforcement Program.
Child support is crucial in bettering the lives of children who are morally and legally entitled to such support. As President Clinton has stated, "It is unacceptable for parents to abandon their children, making taxpayers subsidize their neglect. We want to make responsibility the law of the land -- and we support the toughest possible child support enforcement." We must continue to strive, with our State partners, toward accomplishment of this ideal.
At the President's urging, child support enforcement provisions were included by Congress in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 which was enacted on August 22, 1996 (Pub. L. 104-193). We are optimistic that these changes will result in additional improvements in the Program.
While the Program has already improved substantially over the last several years, we need to do much better. Although we are proud of each achievement made and every goal reached, we are determined to make this current year and each succeeding year more successful than the past.
Donna E. Shalala
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Secretary Shalalaiv
A Proclamation by President Clintonv
Table of Contents and List of Tablesviii
I. Introduction and Overview1
Introduction to the CSE Program1
Overview of FY 1995 Achievements6
National Strategic Plan Adopted6
Model Employer Executive Order Issued8
Twentieth Anniversary Observed10
II. Renewed and Improved Partnerships17
In-Hospital Paternity Acknowledgement Programs Expanded17
Enforcement Techniques Strengthened19
Criminal Nonsupporters Prosecuted22
State and Regional GPRA Demonstrations23
Regulations Re-invented and Other Initiatives23
III. Shared Planning and Goals29
Performance Measures Developed29
Training and Technical Assistance30
Consumer Services Emphasized32
Electronic Funds Transfers Programs Piloted35
Systems Automation Extended35
IV. Research, Oversight, and Reporting Results39
OCSE Research Broke New Ground 39
The Parent Locator Service and Other Federal Systems42
Program Audits, Oversight and Related FY 1995 Regulations45
V. Summary of FY 1995 Program Results49
Graphs Displaying Selected Program Data
and Five-Year Programmatic Trends
Appendices:
A: State Box Scores67
B: State Data Tables77
C: Notes on State Data Tables163
D: Glossary of Financial and Statistical Terms168
E: FY 1995 Action Transmittals183
F: State IV-D Agency Listing184
G: OCSE Organizational Charts197
H: Federal Legislative History of
Child Support Enforcement204
I: An Annotated List of State and
Regional GPRA Projects for FY 1995217
LIST OF TABLES
Program Overview
Table 1
Financial Overview for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 2
Statistical Overview for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 3
Program Trends for FY 1992, 1994, and 1995
Program Collections
Table 4
Total Distributed Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 5
Distributed AFDC/Foster Care Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 6
Distributed AFDC Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 7
Distributed Foster Care Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 8
Distributed Non-AFDC Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 9
Total Distributed Collections per Dollar of Total Administrative Expenditures
by Total, AFDC/FC, and Non-AFDC, FY 1995
Federal and State Shares and Incentives
Table 10
Net Federal Share of AFDC/Foster Care Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 11
State Share of AFDC/Foster Care Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 12
Incentive Payments Estimates for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 13
Incentive Payments Actuals for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Payments to Families
Table 14
AFDC/Foster Care Payments to Families for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 15
AFDC Collections Distributed as Payments to Families and Disregarded in AFDC
Eligibility Determinations ($50 Pass-Through) for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Method of Collection
Table 16
Total Collections Made by the States by Method of Collection , FY 1995
Table 17
AFDC/FC Collections Made by the States by Method of Collection , FY 1995
Table 18
Non-AFDC Collections Made by the States by Method of Collection, FY 1995
Program Savings
Table 19
Total Program Savings for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 20
Federal Share of Program Savings for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 21
State Share of Program Savings for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Program Expenditures
Table 22
Total Administrative Expenditures for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 23
Net Federal Share of Administrative Expenditures for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 24
State Share of Administrative Expenditures for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 25
Fees Received and Costs Recovered for Non-AFDC Cases for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Functional Costs
Table 26
Total Expenditures by AFDC Expenditures and Non-AFDC Expenditures, FY 1995
Table 27
Total Expenditures by Direct and Indirect Cost Categories, FY 1995
Table 28
Total Expenditures by Functional Cost Categories, FY 1995
Table 29
Total ADP Expenditures for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 30
Total ADP Expenditures at Enhanced Funding Rate for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 31
Expenditures for Laboratory Tests for Paternity Establishment for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Caseload and Cases with Collections
Table 32
Average Annual CSE Caseload
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 33
Average Annual CSE Caseload with Orders Established
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 34
Average Number of CSE Cases in Which a Collection was Made on an Obligation
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Location, Paternity, Establishment, and
Enforcement Services Required
Table 35
Average Number of Absent Parents Requiring Location to Establish an Obligation
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 36
Average Number of Absent Parents Requiring Location to Enforce or Modify an Obligation
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 37
Average Number of Children Requiring Paternity Determination
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 38
Average Number of Cases Requiring a Support Obligation be Established
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 39
Average Number of Cases Requiring a Support Obligation be Enforced or Modified
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Locations
Table 40
Absent Parents Located by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 41
Absent Parents Located to Establish and Enforce or Modify an Order, FY 1995
Table 42
Federal Parent Locator Service Requests Processed with Known Social Security Numbers
for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 43
Federal Parent Locator Service Requests Processed with Unknown Social Security Numbers
for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Paternities
Table 44
Total Number of Paternities Established for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 45
IV-D Paternities Established by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 46
IV-D Paternity Standard Data for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Orders Established and Enforced
Table 47
Number of Support Obligations Established
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 48
Total Number of Support Orders Established that Include Health Insurance
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 49
Total Number of Support Orders Enforced or Modified
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 50
Total Number of Support Orders Enforced or Modified that Include Health Insurance
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
AFDC
Table 51
Number of Families Removed from AFDC with Child Support Collections
for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 52
Percentage of AFDC/FC Assistance Payments Recovered Through Child Support
Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 53
IV-A Cases in Which Parents Claim Good Cause for Refusing to Cooperate in Establishing
Paternity and Securing Child Support and IV-A cases in Which Good Cause Claims Were
Found Valid, FY 1995
Staffing
Table 54
Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Employed as of September 30, 1995
Table 55
Total Full Time Equivalent Staff Employed as of September 30
for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 56
Total Salary and Fringe Benefits for Full Time Staff Employed as of September 30, 1995
Table 57
State Workload per Full-Time Equivalent Staff, FY 1995
Table 58
Costs and Staff Associated with the Central Office of Child Support Enforcement
for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Voluntary Payments
Table 59
Total Cases with Voluntary Payments
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 60
Total Amount of Voluntary Payments
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Cases Opened and Closed
Table 61
Total Number of Cases Opened During the Year
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 62
Total Number of Cases Opened for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 63
Total Number of Cases Closed During the Year by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC,
and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 64
Total Number of Cases Closed for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Federal Income Tax Refund Offset
Table 65
Federal Income Tax Refund Offset Program, FY 1995
Table 66
Federal Income Tax Refund Offset Program Collections for Five Consecutive Fiscal Years
Table 67
IRS Full Collections, FY 1995
Accounts Receivable - Current Amounts
Table 68
Amount of Current Support Due, FY 1995
Table 69
Amount of Current Support Received, FY 1995
Accounts Receivable - Prior Years' Amounts
Table 70
Amount of Prior Years' Support Due, FY 1995
Table 71
Amount of Prior Years' Support Received, FY 1995
Accounts Receivable - This Year's Amounts
Table 72
Amount of Support Due for Orders Entered This Year, FY 1995
Table 73
Amount of Support Received for Orders Entered This Year, FY 1995
Accounts Receivable - Current Orders
Table 74
Number of Orders for Current Support Where a Collection was Due, FY 1995
Table 75
Number of Orders for Current Support Where a Collection was Received, FY 1995
Accounts Receivable - Prior Years' Orders
Table 76
Number of Orders for Prior Years' Support Where a Collection was Due, FY 1995
Table 77
Number of Orders for Prior Years' Support Where a Collection was Received, FY 1995
Accounts Receivable - Orders Entered
During the Year
Table 78
Number of Orders Entered This Year Where a Collection was Due, FY 1995
Table 79
Number of Orders Entered This Year Where a Collection was Received, FY 1995
Interstate Activity
Table 80
Cases Initiated in Reporting States
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 81
Cases Initiated in Other States
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 82
Cases in Which Collections Were Sent to Other States
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 83
Cases in Which Collections Were Received from Other States
by AFDC/FC, Non-AFDC, and AFDC/FC Arrears Only, FY 1995
Table 84
Total Collections Made on Behalf of Other States by AFDC/FC and Non-AFDC, FY 1995
Table 85
Total Collections Received from Other States by AFDC/FC and Non-AFDC, FY 1995
