Federal Systems & Services
These secure systems and services help child support agencies, employers, insurers, and financial institutions exchange information about child support cases; locate parents; establish paternity, custody and visitation; collect support; and identify fraud.
Only authorized users have access to these systems.
Contact your state or local child support office for questions about your specific child support case.
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Access and Visitation (AV) Program Reporting System
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Administrative Offset Program
The program intercepts certain federal payments on behalf of child support agencies to collect past-due support from noncustodial parents.
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Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet)
This secure network application supports electronic transfer of child support information among state child support systems using standard transactions.
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Child Support Portal
This secure web portal allows child support agencies to send and receive vital case information. It also provides employers, insurers, and financial institutions a gateway to share required information with child support agencies.
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Debt Inquiry Service
This Child Support Portal application allows insurers to report information about insurance payments paid to claimants who may owe past-due child support.
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Department of Defense (DoD) Entitlement
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to request detailed military entitlement information to establish or modify child support orders.
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Electronic Document Exchange (EDE)
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to securely exchange documents and UIFSA forms electronically to expedite case processing.
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Electronic Employer Search (eEmployer)
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to obtain information about employers in the NDNH and employers that participate in the e-IWO process.
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Electronic Income Withholding Orders (e-IWO)
This standard, central electronic process allows child support agencies and employers to transmit and acknowledge income withholding orders to reduce costs and increase efficiencies and child support collections.
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Electronic Termination (eTermination)
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to access reports from employers and other income payers about employment termination of parents with income withholding orders.
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Federal Case Registry (FCR)
The FCR contains data on state child support cases and is used to match with the NDNH and FPLS external locate sources to facilitate case processing.
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FCR Misidentified Participant
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to report an incorrectly assigned SSN and maintain a list of these SSNs to prevent additional errors.
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FCR Query
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to request person and case information directly from the FCR on a case-by-case basis to assist with case processing.
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Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)
This federal service helps child support agencies locate noncustodial parents, establish and enforce child support orders, and collect child support.
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Federal Tax Refund Offset
This program intercepts federal tax refunds of eligible noncustodial parents who owe past-due support. Child support agencies can use the Child Support Portal to view and submit updates on their certified past-due support cases.
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Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy (FAST Levy)
This standard, central electronic process allows child support agencies and financial institutions to exchange information about freezing and seizing accounts to collect past-due child support.
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Insurance Match Program
We partner with insurance companies, state workers’ compensation agencies, and the Department of Labor to help child support agencies collect past-due support from parents’ insurance claims, settlements, awards, and other payments.
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Intergovernmental Reference Guide (IRG)
The IRG offers resource information including child support policies, procedures, agency contact information, and locator codes for states, tribes, and international countries.
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Interstate Case Reconciliation (ICR)
This service facilitates interstate communication by synchronizing state case numbers and identifying discrepancies.
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Locate
This Child Support Portal application allows child support agencies to request locate information from the NDNH and FPLS external locate sources.
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Multistate Financial Institution Data Match (MSFIDM)
This service compares account records from participating multistate financial institution with information about individuals who owe past-due child support and sends the matches to state child support agencies.
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National Directory of New Hires (NDNH)
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Passport Denial
This program denies passports of noncustodial parents who owe more than $2,500 in past-due support. Child support agencies can use the Child Support Portal to view and submit updates on their passport denial cases.
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Query Interstate Cases for Kids (QUICK)
This Child Support Portal application allows child support workers to view real-time case data, financial information and actions taken in another state.
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Self-Assessment Reporting System
This system allows states to assess and report their ability to provide child support services according to federal requirements.
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State Plan System
This system maintains an electronic version of each state’s approved state plan preprint pages that describe the nature and scope of the child support program.
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