U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children & Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement
The materials for this course are contained in a 1.9MB zipped file that may be downloaded by clicking on the link below. When the file is downloaded and the contents extracted the directory for FIDM Course will be created, with subdirectories curriculum, handouts, and slides. These subdirectories will contain the appropriate course materials (in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint format.
Download: FIDM-course.zip (1.9M Zip file)
Preface
The preface provides guidance to State trainers on the use of the guide.
Opening
During a presentation, participants will receive an overview of the training course components, objectives, and activities and will receive all necessary information regarding the training schedule, facilities, and materials for the course. Participants will get to know others in the course, including trainer, or trainers, through a warm-up exercise.
Module 1: Overview
After a participatory lecture, and through a self test, participants will accurately identify six features that are common to both multistate and in-state data match processes and two differences between these processes.
Module 2: Federal Matching with Multistate Financial Institutions
After a participatory lecture and through a list building exercise and a self test, participants will accurately identify the seven databases associated with the FPLS and describe the seven major steps of the MSFIDM transmission process.
Module 3: State Operations, Matching with In-state Financial Institutions
After a participatory lecture and through a group test, participants will be able to identify five FIDM agreement terms and five strategies for State outreach to financial institutions.
MODULE 4: LIEN AND LEVY PROCESSING
After a participatory lecture, and through case studies and a self test, participants will accurately define basic terms associated with lien and levy processing, apply the basic State policies regarding in-state lien and levy processing and differentiate the three approaches to interstate lien and levy processing.
MODULE 5: TECHNICAL SUPPORT
After a lecture, and through a demonstration and a self test, participants will accurately identify four technical support resources provided by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement and identify types of information available on the FIDM web page.