1. Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities Title IV-D Child Support DCS Child Support Bureau - Prosecuting Attorney Collaboration IPAC Winter Conference December 12, 2014 Cynthia Longest, Deputy Director Indiana Department of Child Services, Child Support Bureau (CSB)

2. Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities Title IV-D Child Support Basics Title IV-D of the Social Security Act Highly federally funded, regulated and complex Indiana’s IV-D organizational structure is unique Cooperative Agreements between DCS’ CSB and elected Prosecutors, Clerks, and some Courts Collaboration between CSB and Prosecutors is critical to providing financial support for children

3. Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities Title IV-D Child Support Basics IV-D Services: Locate, Establishment, Enforcement IV-D and non- IV-D Services: Payment Processing Complex mandatory statewide computer system ISETS – used for “A to Z” management of cases and money – processes almost $1 billion in child support Funding – Federal Financial Participation (FFP): 66% – Incentive Funds based on performance

4. Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities Title IV-D Child Support Basics IV-D caseload – approx. 287,000 ( around 16 th in nation) Populations served: – Applicants for public assistance (TANF); – IV-E (Foster Care) cases; – Medicaid applicants who wish services; – Custodial parents who pay a one-time $25 fee – Interstate cases of all of the above Breakdown: – 4% current recipients of TANF or IV-E – 45% former recipients – 51% never recipients Vast majority of money collected goes straight to families

5. Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities CSB – Prosecutor - IPAC Collaboration Examples Legislation New computer system project (INvest) Supreme Court Child Support Guidelines Reviews IV-D Writ/Warrant Registry IV-D Policy Committee Public Outreach materials Incarcerated Parent outreach Conferences/Training Sessions

6. Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities Six Things Attend IV-D Session of Newly Elected Prosecutor Training (Feb 2015) Sign IV-D Cooperative Agreement timely Participate in INvest activities CSB has 18 Regional Field Consultants Understand your performance stats IV-D is your biggest caseload and impacts a high percentage of your constituents