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DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER
DCL-07-02
ATTACHMENT: Recommendation Summary
DATE: January 22, 2007
TO: STATE IV-D DIRECTORS
RE: Locator Codes (aka FIPS) Data Standards
Dear Colleague:
Child support enforcement (CSE) agencies have long used a combination of state and county identifiers to meet a variety of business needs, e.g., document routing, office identification and reporting. With the expansion of the child support program to include tribal IV-D cases and international IV-D cases, it was determined that these cases also need to be identified for reporting and case management purposes.
On June 19, 2006 a DCL was published containing the recommendations of the workgroup. The comments were reviewed in the Data Standards Oversight Board meeting on October 20, 2006 and the data standards as defined herein were endorsed.
Attached to this DCL is a summary of the recommendation with examples.
This data standards endorsed by the Data Standards Oversight Board on October 20, 2006, recommends the following:
Use a 5-character identifier for tribal and international cases.
While this coding for tribal and international cases is not mandated, it does meet the business needs for reporting and case management. CSE agencies could add these codes as other enhancements are made to their systems.
Please email your questions to Richard Ordowich at richard.ordowich@acf.hhs.gov .
Sincerely,
Margot Bean
Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Enclosure
cc: Regional Program Managers
ACF Regional Administrators
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