Legislative Updates
10-05-2012 Sequester Report Released: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its report to Congress on the effect of the across-the-board cuts should Congress and the administration fail to craft an alternative deficit reduction package.
OMB determined that the child support enforcement (CSE) program would NOT be subject to the cuts. CSE joins other entitlements such as Medicaid, SNAP, IV-E, TANF, and SSI as programs protected from the cuts which will occur on January 2, 2013 if no agreement is reached on an alternative.
Each domestic program subject to sequester would be cut from 7.6% for mandatory programs not subject to the appropriations process (e.g., SSBG) to 8.2% for all other discretionary programs.
The determination was made in the OMB Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (P. L. 112–155)
3-20-2012: NCSEA testifies at Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means hearing on no-Cost improvements to child support enforcement
Testimony was delivered by NCSEA at today’s Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means hearing. During the hearing on no-cost improvements to the child support enforcement program (CSE), Kay Farley and Marilyn Stephen testified regarding implementation of the Hague Convention. Read more in the full press release and the hearing testimonies by Kay Farley and Marilyn Stephen.
Congressional Alerts and Calls to Action
Call to Action Child Support Cuts
Quick Facts for Legislators and Interested Parties
Overview of the Child Support Program
Child Support Guidelines – Quick Facts
Credit Reporting – Quick Facts
Income Withholding – Quick Facts
Interstate Child Support – Quick Facts
Paternity Establishment – Quick Facts
Support Order Establishment – Quick Facts
Enforcement of Child Support Orders – Quick Facts
The Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support – Quick Facts