health and human services: step by step child support for employers students guide mod 1 3-28-06

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Step by Step

Child Support

for Employers

Student’s GuideUpdated February 2006

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESAdministration for Children and FamiliesOffice of Child Support Enforcement



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MODULE 1: ................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1

1.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................31.2 COURSE AGENDA......................................................................................71.3 WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM? ............................................9

MODULE 1: ................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1

1.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................31.2 COURSE AGENDA......................................................................................7

1.3 WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM? ............................................9

MODULE 1: ................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1

1.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................31.2 COURSE AGENDA......................................................................................71.3 WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM? ............................................9

MODULE 1: ................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................11.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES..................................................................................................................31.2 COURSE AGENDA......................................................................................71.3 WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM? ............................................9

Changing Times ...................................................................................11

MODULE 1: ................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................1

1.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES

..................................................................................................................31.2 COURSE AGENDA......................................................................................71.3 WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM? ............................................9

Changing Times ...................................................................................11

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TARGET AUDIENCE

Employers, especially payroll managers, seeking detailed

information about their responsibilities to and compliance with thechild support program.

State and local IV-D personnel responsible for employer outreach.

OCSE/FPLS personnel and contractors needing more in-depthknowledge of the public’s interaction with the child support program.

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MODULE 1:

INTRODUCTION

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Company

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Module 1

TRAINING NOTES

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Module 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 COURSE OBJECTIVES

2

Module 1 - IntroductionModule 1 - Introduction

• Course objectives

• Course materials

• Course agenda

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Name and briefly describe the five basic responsibilities of employers

for compliance with the Child Support Enforcement Program.

• Briefly explain the importance of employer cooperation with the Child

Support Enforcement Program.

• Name the purpose and benefits of the New Hire Reporting program.

• Explain the employer’s steps to comply with the New Hire Reporting

program.

• Calculate the correct amount of child and/or medical support for

withholding.

•Calculate the allowable disposable income in a case exercise.

• Prioritize special requirements in processing income withholding orders

where multiple child support orders and/or additional garnishments andlevies are involved.

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Module 1

• Describe the employer’s requirements in handling medical support

orders and in providing medical insurance for employees who arenon-custodial parents (NCPs).

• Explain where to find state-specific requirements for processing childsupport withholdings.

• Describe where, when and how withheld child support payments should

be sent.

• Identify (or identify the resource to help identify) when child support

income withholding orders take precedence over other garnishmentsand withholdings.




Module 1

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Module 1

1.2 COURSE AGENDA

3

Course AgendaCourse Agenda

• Module 1 – Introduction

• Module 2 – Child Support Basics

• Module 3 – New Hire Reporting and

Employment Verification

• Module 4 – Income Withholding

• Module 5 – Payment Disbursements

• Module 6 – Reporting Terminations

• Module 7 – Summary and Review

Module 1 - Introduction

Module 2 - Child Support Basics

Module 3 - New Hire Reporting and Employment Verification

Break

Module 4 - Income-withholding

Module 5 - Payment Disbursement

Module 6 - Reporting Terminations

Module 7 - Summary and Review




Module 1

TRAINING NOTES




Module 1

1.3 WHY DO WE HAVE A CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM?

3

Why do we have a childWhy do we have a child

support enforcementsupport enforcement

program?program?




Module 1

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Changing Times

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• Increase in divorce rates

• Increase in single parent families

• More children living in poverty

5

Our changing society hasincreased...Our changing society hasincreased...

• Divorce rates

• Out-of-wedlock births

• Single parent families

• Children living in poverty

The picture in our society has changed, and employers now play a veryimportant role in the Child Support Enforcement Program.


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