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Date	Subject
May 12, 2009	The new Online Hispanic Child Support Resource Center is posted to the OCSE website. A wealth of resources to assist you with outreach to the Hispanic community is now available.
Apr 21, 2009	DCL-09-15, Setting Appropriate Child Support Orders, a Report from the National Judicial-Child Support Task Force This report is intended to provide ideas for child support program-judicial collaboration efforts aimed at setting appropriate, realistic, enforceable support orders.
Mar 26, 2009	HHS Makes Estimated $1 Billion in Recovery Act Funds Available to Improve Child Support Enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the availability of Recovery Act funds for state programs that establish, enforce, collect and distribute child support.
Feb 19, 2009	Forest County Potawatomi Community to Pilot Test New Tribal Child Support Automated IT System
Feb 19, 2009	Child Support Collections from Federal Income Tax Refund Offsets Hit Record High in 2008
Feb 17, 2009	IM-09-02, A Caseworker's Guide to Processing Cases with El Salvador The Guide provides contact and policy information and describes basic requirements for forms and procedures for use in cases between El Salvador and US jurisdictions.
Jan 13, 2009	IM-09-01, A Caseworker's Guide to Processing Cases with Switzerland The Guide provides contact and policy information and describes basic requirements for forms and procedures for use in cases between Switzerland and US jurisdictions.
Nov 12, 2008	DCL-08-42, State Guidelines Study At the request of OCSE, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) conducted a survey of State child support enforcement guidelines. NCSL has posted a report on the survey, its broad findings and a searchable state-by-state database from the survey.
Nov 12, 2008	DCL-08-41, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 2008 The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws approved amendments to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (2001), referred to as UIFSA 2008, to integrate appropriate provisions of The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted at the Hague Conference on Private International Law on November 23, 2007.
Oct 28, 2008	DCL-08-40, Tribal Child Support Enforcement Programs OCSE announces the awarding of Comprehensive Tribal IV-D funding for several Tribes.
Sep 30, 2008	AT-08-11, Final Rule: State Parent Locator Service; Safeguarding Child Support Information This Final Rule prescribes requirements for State Parent Locator Service responses to authorized location requests and State IV-D agency safeguarding of confidential information and authorized disclosures of this information.
Sep 30, 2008	New Report Documents Community Healthy Marriage Initiatives
Jul 24, 2008	AT-08-08, Final Rule: Child Support Enforcement Program Medical Support This Final Rule prescribes requirements for the Child Support Enforcement Program to address medical support coverage in IV-D cases.
Jul 21, 2008	IM-08-08, A Caseworker's Guide to Processing Cases with the United Kingdom (UK) The Guide provides contact and policy information and describes basic requirements for forms and procedures for use in cases between US jurisdictions and the UK.
Jun 17, 2008	Office of Child Support Enforcement FY 2005 Annual Report to Congress In FY 2005, the CSE Program continued to demonstrate a firm commitment to the financial and emotional well-being of dependent children through strong enforcement of the financial obligations owed by their noncustodial parents. This commitment included expanded efforts to enforce parental obligations in medical support and in Tribal and international cases.
Jun 11, 2008	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation and consultations on the NPRM This proposed rule would enable Tribes and Tribal organizations currently operating a comprehensive Tribal Child Support Enforcement program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (the Act) to apply for and receive direct Federal funding for the costs of automated data processing.
Jun 10, 2008	Federal Register Notice of Open Consultation. Notice is hereby given for the dates and locations for one informational meeting and three Tribal consultations on the Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
June 10, 2008	Child Support Training Developed Especially for Tribes
May 14, 2008	DCL-08-20, OCSE's 18th National Child Support Enforcement Training Conference OCSE's 18th National Child Support Enforcement Training Conference to be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC on August 25-27, 2008. The theme for this year's conference is Beyond the Bench: Partnering for Excellence in Child Support through the Courts, Fatherhood, and Employment Initiatives.
May 7, 2008	TDCL-08-01, Tribal System NPRM Consultation OCSE anticipates that the Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) will be published soon. In anticipation of this, consultations have been scheduled.
Apr 11, 2008	AT-08-05, Distribution of Federally Approved National Medical Support Notice Federally approved National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) Part A, OMB control number 0970-0222, updated to reflect changes suggested by States experienced in using the previous form and with the new OMB expiration date of March 31, 2011.
Apr 11, 2008	DCL-08-15, FY 2007 Preliminary Data Report Child Support Enforcement (CSE) FY 2007 Preliminary Data Report. This report provides financial and statistical information on the Child Support Enforcement Program for Fiscal Year 2007.
Mar 05, 2008	IM-08-02, Compendium of Promising Practices/Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement - 2007 This Information Memorandum conveys the "Compendium of Promising Practices/Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement - 2007." The Compendium is a Federal source for learning about successful child support programs and organizational practices.
Mar 5, 2008	Executive Summary on Cross-Border Payment Processing The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), in partnership with the Department of Justice Canada, developed an Executive Summary titled Cross-Border Payment Processing Initiatives Between the United States and Canada.