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About the National Electronic Child Support Resource System (NECSRS)

In an effort to meet States' training and technical assistance needs, the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), with input from our State partners, developed the National Electronic Child Support Resource System (NECSRS). NECSRS provides the user with timely and easy access to a wealth of Child Support Enforcement (CSE) resources available from Federal, State, local, and Tribal CSE organizations. NECSRS' main emphasis is to identify and electronically index these resources which are organized by:

• Subject Areas: Locate, Paternity Establishment, Establishing and Enforcing Support Orders, Medical Support, etc.

• Resource Types: Policy [Action Transmittals (ATs), Information Memorandums (IMs), and Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs), etc.], Training, Best Practices, Research, etc.

NECSRS Objectives

NECSRS is an electronic system that aids child support professionals and the public by facilitating rapid access of child support enforcement resource materials. NECSRS identifies and indexes Federal, State and Tribal resource materials and provides NECSRS users with the ability to search, locate, view, and/or download information and materials via the Internet.

Web Site Address

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/

Once connected to the OCSE home page, click on the NECSRS hyperlink. NECSRS easy-to-use features include a variety of navigational buttons. NECSRS comprehensive help index also provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).

FY 2001 Technical Assistance and Training Needs

OCSE has completed its analysis of States' responses to the National Technical

Assistance (TA) and Training Needs Assessment. The report was disseminated via DCL-01-44. The information below highlights major issues and technical assistance and training needs as identified by States.

Paternity Establishment (Cooperation from other Agencies; Interstate; and Outreach)

Support Order Establishment (Interstate; Review and Adjustment; and Guidelines)

Collection of Current Support (Unemployed/Underemployed Obligors; CSENet; Undistributed Collections; and Military/Federal Agencies)

Collection on Arrears (Collections from Nontraditional Wage Earners and Interstate)

Cost Effectiveness (Effective Use of Automation; Management Training; and Serious Personnel Issues)

Medical Support (Insurance Data Matching; Interface with Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP); National Medical Support Notice; and Policy Clarification)

You can find complete information on the Technical Assistance and Training Needs Assessment by going to: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/pol/DCL/dcl-01-44.htm