National Electronic Child Support Resource System

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The video was originally developed to help states comply with the federal law requiring all unwed mothers and fathers be provided an oral, as well as written, explanation of their legal rights, responsibilities, and consequences of voluntarily signing a paternity acknowledgment. It has become increasingly apparent that, in addition to establishing paternity, one of the best steps parents can take to improve the well-being of children is to raise them in a safe, stable, and healthy environment. The English and Spanish versions of the video have been updated to include the positive aspects for children of healthy marriage and to inform those who think they might be interested in learning more, that marriage education services are available.

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Transmits Spanish language paternity establishment video, El Poder de Dos: El Reconocimiento Voluntario do la Paternidad, communicating opportunity to voluntarily establish paternity and providing explanation of the rights and responsiblities as result of signing a paternity acknowlegment.

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A letter from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to State Medicaid Directors addressing paternity and medical support cooperation requirements for Medicaid applicants and recipients. The SMD letter recognizes the valuable assistance that child support enforcement agencies provide to families, but clarifies that health care access for children is of paramount concern.

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This letter encloses the Child Support Enforcement FY 1999 Preliminary Data Report. This report provides, as of June 30, 2000, financial and statistical information on the Child Support Enforcement program for fiscal year 1999.

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This memo refers to OCSE`s video on voluntary acknowledgement of paternity.

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We are seeking information on laboratories operating in or doing business with your State, including laboratories that may provide service to and/or contract with only one or more counties.

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In response to the Office of Child Support Enforcement's assessment of State child support enforcement agencies' technical assistance and training needs, States indicated a need for a video they could use to train staff who provided paternity acknowledgment services. This video has been designed for State use in training hospital, vital statistics and other staff who offer parents the opportunity to acknowledge paternity.

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On August 3, 1993, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) published and distributed the "Directory of Genetic Testing Laboratories, Third Edition" (IM-93-04) to all States. We are planning to publish a revised edition of this Directory. We are requesting your assistance in this effort.

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This letter is to remind you that the Office of Child Support Enforcement has requested that States report information on their in-hospital paternity establishment program on a voluntary basis. For FY 1994, 7 States submitted reports. In FY 1995, 13 States submitted reports for the first quarter and 10 States submitted reports for the second quarter.

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This will inform you of a recent Action Transmittal, ACF-AT-95-05 dated May 20, 1995, issued by the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, to provide State agencies with new administrative procedures for use in determining paternity for children born out of wedlock for purposes of meeting the AFDC eligibility requirements. Specifically, in order to be eligible for AFDC, the child must be: (1) deprived of parental support and (2) living with a specified relative of proper degree.

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You are aware that the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA `93) and P.L. 103-432, the Social Security Amendments of 1994, modified provisions under the Paternity Establishment Percentage (PEP) formula previously used. Our March 15 Action Transmittal, OCSE-AT-95-04, gave a detailed explanation of the revised standard regarding the method of measuring States` PEP. Finally, the issue of paternity establishment is a focus of significant attention in the major child support enforcement proposals now before the Congress. I would like to thank you for your continued cooperation and your ongoing efforts on behalf of children.

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This is to alert you to a change in the process for requesting an exemption from expedited processes requirements as a result of the publication of the final regulation on paternity establishment in the Federal Register on December 23, 1994 (59 FR 66204; OCSE-AT-94-06).

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This is to inform you of recently-enacted Federal legislation which will impact State IV-D programs, including: Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (P.L. 103-383); Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-394); Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-403); and Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 (P.L. 103-432).

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Since it is anticipated that the Office of Child Support Enforcement will be asked to provide information on State progress regarding in-hospital paternity establishment and we would like to convey such information in the Annual Report to the Congress, we are requesting that States voluntarily provide OCSE with some basic reporting information on the in-hospital paternity establishment program.

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The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) has issued a second edition of its Standards For Parentage Testing Laboratories.

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OCSE videotaped some of the sessions at the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) `93 Conference held on April 5 - 7, 1994 and they are now available. These tapes will give you the opportunity to hear some of the discussions regarding implementation of the OBRA provisions.

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The first publication is entitled In-Hospital Paternity Establishment: A Resource Guide which reflects the results of a meeting convened by OCSE in August, 1993, and the second publication, In-Hospital Paternity Establishment Information Materials, is a compilation of in-hospital paternity related forms and other materials that states have developed to assist them in implementing early paternity establishment programs.

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As announced in the "Dear Colleague" letter of 1/28/94, the Office of Child Support Enforcement is sponsoring a conference on Paternity and Medical Support: The Implementation of OBRA to be held April 5-7 at the Ramada Hotel Old Town, 901 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Registration is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis so we urge you to encourage your staff to register as quickly as possible.

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The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is pleased to announce two conferences in 1994. The first, Paternity and Medical Support: The Implementation of OBRA, will be held April 5-7 at the Ramada Inn Old Town, 901 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. The second, the Fourth National Child Support Enforcement Training Workshop, scheduled for July 25-27, also will be at the Ramada.

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This document describes results from The Denver Child Support Improvement Project: Paternity Establishment - Preliminary Results. These results are based on the first two years of operation of the pilot hospital-based paternity establishment project funded by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement in October of 1991.

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The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-66) revised the paternity establishment performance standard which States must meet. A bill proposing technical amendments to OBRA has been introduced in Congress. That bill (S. 1668) contains technical revisions to the paternity standard as enacted in OBRA.

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This document contains information regarding Federal legislation which will impact State IV-D programs. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), enacted into law on August 10, 1993, contains a key amendment to the paternity requirements under title IV-D of the Social Security Act (the Act) and several other provisions which will also impact the IV-D program.

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This document describes a publication which is intended to equip State and local child support program managers with "state-of-the art" information on new and existing approaches to paternity establishment.

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This document contains information regarding the publication by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of a final rule, with comment period, regarding the cooperation requirements for women eligible for Medicaid services under section 1902(l)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (the Act). The rule was published in the Federal Register on January 19, 1993 (58 FR 4904).

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In May 1991, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) published and distributed an updated version of the "Directory of Genetic Testing Laboratories" to all States. Plans are underway to publish a revised edition of this Directory and we are requesting your assistance in this effort.