Early Intervention

Hong Kong International Child Support/Maintenance ConferenceNovember 10, 2015

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Stability

• Stability – Financial– Emotional

Key to financial and emotional stability is the establishment of routine, consistent support on behalf of the child(ren).

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Early Intervention

• Establishes support– Sets the fiscal responsibility

• Ensures routines are established– Helps to ensure that individuals —especially both parents

— understand their responsibilities– Prevents violations or downstream implications associated

with non-payment of support– Helps to define financial stability for all parties

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Early Interaction

At the time of the order:– Bill of Rights– Clear, concise understanding of the obligation(s)– Defined timeframe

Frequent communication to reinforce messaging:– Email– Text– Telephone– Mobile Application Notification

• Reminders• Tap to Pay

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Continuity of Reinforcement

Wage Withholding Monitoring• Helps to ensure that employers receive and

understand the order, and act as compelled• Locates sources of income more quickly in

comparison to traditional processes• Enables tracking of ‘job hoppers’• Provides a framework to help determine

effectiveness of monitoring in relation to collected support

• Provides data to reflect the expediency of payments to families

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Program Improvements

• Support to individuals– Non custodial parent engagement– Establishes routine accountability

• Increased collections– For example, in our programs in the United States our

cases obtained 8% more in collections on current support

• Enhanced awareness of employers– Critical role in establishing financial stability for families– Key to ensuring support is paid

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Early Intervention

Questions?

Please contact:MAXIMUS Child Support Information at childsupportinfo@maximus.com