Table 66: Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) Processing Year 2000-2001 Report

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Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) Processing Year 2000 - 2001 Report
National FPLS Statistics	PY 2000		PY 2001
Federal Offset Program	01/01/00 - 12/31/00		01/01/01 - 12/31/01
Total Net Collections and % of Total	$1,393,240,582	% of Total	$1,647,910,099	% of Total
Tax Offset ⁶	$1,391,347,015	99.9%	$1,645,298,004	99.8%
Administrative Offset 6	$1,893,567	0.1%	$2,612,095	0.2%
TANF ⁷	$842,798,471	60.5%	$927,540,003	56.3%
Non-TANF ⁷	$550,442,111	39.5%	$720,370,096	43.7%
Total Number of Offsets and % of Total	1,421,520	% of Total	2,209,832	% of Total
Tax Offset ⁶	1,413,968	99.5%	2,199,400	99.5%
Administrative Offset ⁶	7,552	0.5%	10,432	0.5%
TANF ⁷	881,499	62.0%	1,267,457	57.4%
Non-TANF ⁷	540,021	38.0%	942,375	42.6%
Total Certified Caseload and % of Total (As of End of the PY)	6,468,312	% of Total	6,611,083	% of Total
TANF Cases ⁸	3,286,403	50.8%	3,237,623	49.0%
Non-TANF Cases ⁸	3,181,909	49.2%	3,373,460	51.0%
Source: Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)
⁶ Tax Offsets are based on intercepts of Federal Tax Refunds, while Administrative Offsets are based on intercepts of certain Federal payments such as vendor and miscellaneous payments (i.e., expense reimbursement payments and travel payments) and Federal retirement payments. The Tax and Administrative figures add up to the Total figures and include both TANF and Non-TANF.
⁷ The TANF and Non-TANF figures add up to the Total figures and include both Tax and Administrative Offsets.
⁸ A certified case may be representative of an individual debt or an accumulation of debts. The criteria for certification of a debt for Tax Offset is as follows: In TANF or Title IV-E foster care cases: the amount of past-due support must not be less than $150 and must have been delinquent for 3 months or longer. In Non-TANF or Medicaid-only cases: the amount of past-due support owed to or on behalf of a qualified child must be at least $500 and may not be submitted for tax offset if the chilld is emancipated, even if arrears accrued while the child was still a minor. The exception is when an adult has been determined to be disabled under Title II or XVI of the Act while he/she was still a minor and for whom a support order was still in effect.