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General Information
Application Name	Connecticut Child Support Enforcement System
Application Acronym	CCSES
State	CONNECTICUT
ACF Region	Region I
Federal Program	Child Support Enforcement Program
Profile Last Updated	8/3/2004 10:51:15

State Information
Administration	State Administered
Additional State Programs	Child Support
Responsible Program Agency	Department of Social Seervices
Responsible System Agency	Department of Social Seervices
Other Contributing Agencies	Judicial Branch - Support enforcement Services; Office of Attorney General -- IV-D Unit; Dept. of Info. Tech. -- State Data Center

Application Information
Maintained By	Contractor Maintained
Development Source	Transferred
If Transfered, from which State
Application Status	Operational
Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational	July 1, 1986
Functional Description	Supports all child support enforcement functions: Intake; Locate; Paternity Establishment; Payment Collections and Disbursement; Forms/notice generation; Scheduling; Diary (alert); Case Management; Accounting; Reporting; Billing
Interfaces	Dozens of interfaces with other state and federal systems as well as private entities like 200+ financial institutions and 4 credit bureaus. State systems: IV-A -- online and batch Corrections -- online (batch planned) DMV License and Registration Files - batch DOL (including new hires) - online and batch Secretary of State -- batch Revenue Services -- batch Parole board -- batch Public Health -- batch Public Safety (State Police) -- online Federal Systems: National Directory of New Hires -- Batch Federal Case Registry -- batch Federal Parent Locator Service -- batch Federal Offset System -- batch Also use Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet) for state-to-state case processing and communication.
No. of System Users	Child Supt. Staff - 800; Inquiry only staff in DSS and other entities - 1,200
No. of Clients Served	Approx. 187,000 open cases (non-custodial parents) for 177,000 custodial parties with 190,000 children
Certifications/Assessments	July, 1990 -- Level II Certification by OCSE; August, 1996 -- FSA `88 Certification; Sept. 2000 -- PRWORA Review (except distrib
Application Future Plans	Hardware Upgrade -- Summer, 2001 Replacement of Voice Response Module -- summer, 2001 Web-enabled `front end` -- 2002
Other Relevant Information

Contractor Usage
Planning
Implementation
Operations	Certified Systems, Inc.
Monitoring	Certified Systems, Inc.
Other

Hardware and Software Environment
Type of Application	Single Database
Type of Platform	Single Platform
Hardware Platform	SUN UltraSparc
Operating System	Solaris
Languages	Basic
DBMS	UniVerse RDBMS

Programs and Services Information

Other Programs and Services Supported (Note: Check boxes below are images that are for information purposes and not real controls)

Adoption	Adult Protective Services	Child Care
Child Care Licensing	Child Care Resource Referral	Child Care Subsidy
Child Family Services	Child Protective Services	Child Support Enforcement
Child Welfare	Employment Services	Family Preservation Support
Food Stamp	Foster Care	Independent Living
Interstate Compact	Juvenile Justice	LIHEAP
Medicaid	Provider Services	TANF
Additional Program or Services Information

Contact Information

Program Contact

Name	John L. Dwyer
Address	Dept of Social Services -- BCSE 10th floor 25 Sigourney ST Hartford CT 06106-5033
Telephone	860-424-5262
Fax	860-951-2996 or 860-
Email	jack.dwyer@po.state.ct.us
Website	http://dss.state.ct.us/csrc/csrc.htm

IT Contact

Name	Lori Schroeder
Address	Ninth Floor 25 Sigourney Street Hartford CT 06106
Telephone	860-424-5522
Fax	860-424-4956
Email	lori.schroeder@po.state.ct.us
Website	http://doit.state.ct.us

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