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General Information
Application Name Support Enforcement Tracking System 
Application Acronym SETS 
State OHIO 
ACF Region Region V 
Federal Program Child Support Enforcement Program 
Profile Last Updated 8/13/2004 15:13:41 

State Information
Administration State Supervised, County Administered 
Additional State Programs   
Responsible Program Agency Ohio Dept of Job and Family Services/Office of Child Support 
Responsible System Agency Ohio Dept of Job and Family Services/Office of Management Information services 
Other Contributing Agencies   

Application Information
Maintained By State Maintained 
Development Source Custom 
If Transfered, from which State   
Application Status Operational 
Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational Sept 2000 
Functional Description *Case Intake-the establishment of support cases. *Paternity-legal establishment of parentage closely related to genetic testing. *Support Establishment-the legal enforcement of court ordered support *Enforcement-the techniques exercised by county workers to solicit support payment. *Disbursements-the processing and dispersion of collections. *Distributions-the parsing of support payments for TANF related cases. *Allocations-the application of payments to specified obligations. *Case Tracking-the routine maintenance and timed notification of case status. *Interstate-the interface bwetwen states to enforce out of state collections. *Financial History-allows viewing of collections and disbursements for a case and order *Individual Clearance-the method of determining if a participant is known to the system. *Lien Inventory-charges or encumbrances against the property of Debtors, Judgment liens arise from judicial orders that Debtors owe money to Creditors. *Locate-subsystem is used to identify the physical whereabouts of an individual, the individual`s employer, and/or other sources of income and assets associated with the individual. *New Hire-the process of receiving W-4 information as a location source *Notices-notices are documents that are sent to the parties involved in a SETS case to inform the parties of: scheduled hearings, the results of hearings, if an overpayment has occurred, or for some action the CSEA is preparing to take on a case. Notices are also sent to entities to verify employment, address information, and assets. *Payment Receipt/Processing-the process that allows the posting and tracking of payments. *Reporting-the reports generated by the system to track, monitor, and document case, order, and participation information. *Third Party/Resource Directory-entities with whom the CSEA has dealings, such as employers, insurance companies, testing laboratories, courts, agencies, etc... 
Interfaces Client Registry Information system Enhanced (CRIS-E, an intake an eligibility determination system) sends an alert to SETS for clients that have applied for services that are eligible for child support. The Child Support Payment Central (CSPC) through the use of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) submits child support funds collected through wage whtholding directly to SETS. At month-end a file is sent from SETS to SCPOS for child support check disbursement. The Wage Record system provides financial history information to SETS. 
No. of System Users 4,500 
No. of Clients Served 915,000 
Certifications/Assessments full FSA88 and PRWORA certification granted January 2004 
Application Future Plans Continued enhancements to the currect operational system 
Other Relevant Information   

Contractor Usage
Planning Covansys (CBSI) 
Implementation   
Operations   
Monitoring   
Other   

Hardware and Software Environment
Type of Application Multiple Database 
Type of Platform Single Platform 
Hardware Platform IBM S/390 
Operating System MVS 
Languages COBOL 
DBMS IMS DB; DB2 

Programs and Services Information
Other Programs and Services Supported (Note: Check boxes below are images that are for information purposes and not real controls)
unchecked boxAdoption unchecked boxAdult Protective Services unchecked boxChild Care
unchecked boxChild Care Licensing unchecked boxChild Care Resource Referral unchecked boxChild Care Subsidy
unchecked boxChild Family Services unchecked boxChild Protective Services checked boxChild Support Enforcement
unchecked boxChild Welfare unchecked boxEmployment Services unchecked boxFamily Preservation Support
unchecked boxFood Stamp unchecked boxFoster Care unchecked boxIndependent Living
unchecked boxInterstate Compact unchecked boxJuvenile Justice unchecked boxLIHEAP
unchecked boxMedicaid unchecked boxProvider Services unchecked boxTANF
Additional Program or Services Information    

Contact Information
Program Contact
Name Joseph Pilat 
Address 30 E. Broad ST
30th Floor
Columbus    OH    43215  
Telephone 614-752-6561  
Fax 614-752-9760  
Email pilatj@odjfs.state.oh.us
Website http://www.state.oh.us/odhs/ocs/  
IT Contact
Name Kimberley Liston 
Address 4200 East Fifth Ave
 
Columbus    OH    43219  
Telephone 614-466-2303  
Fax   
Email listok@odjfs.state.oh.us.
Website   

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