Arrears Management Two States Two Ways Sharon Keri
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Arrears Management Two States, Two Ways Sharon Keri Compliance Process Manager Florida Child Support Program Bruce R. Martin Deputy Director Lancaster Co. Domestic Relations ERICSA 50 th Annual Training Conference & Exposition ▪ May 19 – 23 ▪ Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida
ARREARS MANAGEMENT: How we are doing it in Florida Sharon Keri Compliance Process Manager Florida Child Support Program ERICSA 50 th Annual Training Conference & Exposition ▪ May 19 – 23 ▪ Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Compliance Process Goals • Obtain full compliance with all terms of the support order • Collect the support now when the family needs it, rather than later • Build relationships with the parent who is ordered to pay support to ensure timely payment
Child Support Automated Management System (CAMS) • Automatically reviews all IV-D cases with support orders to determine financial compliance • Automatically updates case and business partner information from a multitude of locate sources • Automatically initiates enforcement on cases that are not fully compliant
Financial Compliance • Reviews all cases with a support order on a nightly basis • Calculates the percentage of financial compliance based on payments made against payments due
Financial Compliance cont… • Identifies the compliance level of the parent who owes support § § Full Payer High Partial Payer Low Partial Payer Nonpayer
Ability to Pay • Identifies information that may impact a parent’s ability to pay support timely and in full § Incarceration or probation § Other institutionalization § Recipient of government assistance § Reemployment Assistance § Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Ability to Pay cont… § Disability § Temporary § Permanent § Employment Status § More than one IV-D case
Enforcement Approach • Arrears only cases are automatically enforced using the following tools: Past Due Notice Driver License Suspension Consumer Reporting Agency Referral Business Professional Recreational License Suspension § Two State Action § §
Enforcement Approach cont… § § § § User Review Income Withholding IRS Offset Passport Denial Unemployment Compensation Lottery Bank Levy • Tailored approach, not all tools are used
Repayment on Delinquency • The automated income withholding program assesses each case to determine if a repayment amount is in place • The administratively set dollar amount is 20% of the ordered current support obligation • Income withholding notice is automatically populated with the repayment amount
Collection of Arrears Beyond Emancipation • The parent who is ordered to pay support continues to pay the same amount after the last dependent emancipates • Notice is provided to the parent who is ordered to pay support, the parent who is owed support and the Clerk of the Court
Future Projects • Automated program that identifies cases that do not have a repayment towards the arrears • Specialized enforcement actions for targeted populations of the arrears only cases
Thank you! For additional information: Sharon Keri, Compliance Process Manager Keri. S@dor. state. fl. us
ARREARS MANAGEMENT: How we are doing it in Pennsylvania Bruce R. Martin Deputy Director Lancaster Co. Domestic Relations ERICSA 50 th Annual Training Conference & Exposition ▪ May 19 – 23 ▪ Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Overview: PA Child Support Program • State IV-D Program administered by Bureau of Child Support Enforcement (BCSE) • Local IV-D services provided by 67 county Domestic Relations offices consistent with Cooperative Agreement • Partners in Cooperative Agreement: PA Department of Welfare, County Commissioners, President Judge
Historic efforts to manage arrears: Procedural Rules • Support guidelines reviewed/updated every 4 years • Promulgation of Rules establishing administrative modification procedures – Emancipation of children – Modification when existing order is inconsistent with rules or law
Historic efforts to manage arrears: Technology • • • Data Integrity Tasks / E Reports Data Warehouse Performance Improvement Module Automated Case Closure/Order Modification Electronic interfaces
What’s New? Predictive Modeling • Basic Premise: Preventing the accumulation of arrears is easier to manage than collecting those arrears after they have accrued.
Predictive Modeling: Payment Score Calculator (PSC) • Predicts the probability that an obligor will pay at least 80% of monthly support obligation in subsequent 3 months • 20 statistically weighted variables in PACSES determine the score – Case attributes – Demographic information – Past payment patterns
Predictive Modeling: Payment Score Calculator • Indicates 0 – 30% probability that obligor will pay at 80% level • Indicates 31 – 50% probability that obligor will pay at 80% level
Predictive Modeling: Payment Score Calculator • Indicates 51 – 79% probability that obligor will pay at 80% level • Indicates 80 – 99% probability that obligor will pay at 80% level
How does PSC work? • PSC can be calculated at any time – saved for 14 days • PSC is stored when linked to a guideline computation – at conferences to establish a new support order – at conferences to modify an existing support order • 5 PSC variables can be edited by DRS worker
PSC and arrears management: At the conference • Assists in conference preparation • Validates intuitive experience – Assists in establishment of realistic orders – Identifies cases appropriate for work search programs and/or temporary support orders – Identifies cases appropriate for future review • Guides the conference interactions and communications
PSC and arrears management: subsequent enforcement • Promotes enhanced case management • Early intervention strategies • Prioritization of enforcement / utilization of resources • Identification of support services appropriate for obligor
Example of PSC in use Early Intervention Pilot Program • Overview of pilot program – Cases grouped by PSC – Control Group vs. Experimental Group • Results PSC 1&2 – Notable increase in percentage of cases paying – Decrease in time lapse 1 st payment received • Results PSC 3&4 – Notable increase in percentage of support paid
Impact of Arrears Management Strategies on PA LTD Arrears 1. 8 1. 6 1. 4 LTD Arrears (Billions) 1. 2 1 0. 8 0. 6 0. 4 0. 2 0 2007 2008 2009 Federal Fiscal Year 2010 2011 2012
Thank you! For additional information: Bruce Martin, Deputy Director Bruce. Martin@pacses. com
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