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Children’s Identity Management
46th Annual IT Solutions Management for Human ServicesSan Diego, CAOctober 5th – 9th, 2013
Wh
y W
ork To
geth
er:
• Economics / Prevention– 80% factor
• Quality Decision Making– Reunification – Resources– Terminations
• Early identification is key– 80% had contact– 40% (30 day) contact
Supports fo
r Workin
g
Togeth
er
Legislative:• Adoption and SAFE Families Act of 1997• Fostering connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Policy:• Safeguarding Child Support Information
Final Rule; 10-12• ACF Joint Informational Memorandum;
07-06• ACF Informational Memorandum; 12-02
Qu
ick Facts
• Children in Foster Care: 500,000 +
• Children in CSE Program: 15.7 cases / 22 million *
• Average Monthly foster care payment - $648/child
• Collections: $31.6 Billion / $961 million
• 1/2 to 2/3 children come from father absent homes
• Poverty – child Poverty 23% / 26% under 3 years
Log
istics
• Access / Laws – Confidentiality
• Understanding – Budgeting vs. resources
• Structure of Programs:– County / State– Branches of Government
• Platforms
Hum
an S
erv
ice
Coord
inatio
n
• Common Cases with Child Welfare– TANF– Medicaid / CHIP– SNAP 34%– Child Support
What d
oes C
hild
Support B
ring to
the Ta
ble
• Caseload:– Numbers
• Data points: 250 and counting– Social Security Number validation– Interstate– Licensing– Labor– Vital statistics
• Duration:– 0 – 18 years +– Both Parents +– Fatherhood Services– Outreach
Sh
are
d G
oals
CWReduce placements
Increase permanency
(time and numbers)
Reunification
Father involvement
Relative resources
Improved Adoptions
CSIncome Stability
Father involvement
Identification of parents
Better orders
Improved collections
Curre
nt P
roce
sses fo
r Sharin
g
• SPLS– Manual process– Access to FPLS
• State Level Matching– Referrals– Case processing
Fed
era
l Pilot P
roje
ct
Putting the Pieces to Action• Workgroup established• Joint guidance issued• Pilot child welfare access to FPLS
data
Back G
rou
nd
• Child Welfare agencies currently have access to the FPLS through their IV-D agency
• State informational / SPLS still a route
• Allowing child welfare agencies to go directly to the SSP will:– Cut out the Middle man (IV-D
agency)– Avoid delays in requesting and
receiving data– Offer real time access to some FPLS
SS
P A
pp
licatio
ns
• Online Locate– Allows users to directly request
locate information from the FPLS for child welfare cases
– Responses are limited and do not include all locate information available on the FPLS
• FCR Query– Enables users to obtain active IV-D
cases and personal information associated with an SSN on the Federal Case Registry (FCR)
State determines who should have access to SSP Network – 2 Option
– Same SSP Proxy as Child Support– New SSP Proxy and VPN connectivity
Setup– Technical Assistance
14
Acce
ss an
d
Con
nectiv
ity
Next S
tep
s:
• Addresses– Purpose and legal authorities– Data elements, decryption and
access– State retention and Disposition– Security
• Training– User guidelines– Webinars
• Evaluation• During pilot• Post pilot
Sta
te E
xp
erie
nce
s S
o Fa
r
• Indiana– Staffing issues on CSE side– Goals: Improve access to locate for
CW– Access to data guides and multiple
agency infrastructure
• Arizona– State CW Agency requested– Goals: less requests for IVB/IVE for
locate– Proxy server adjustments
• Oklahoma– State level concerns for CA Agency– Goals: improved access to
information and Reduced placements– Opened communication
• District of Columbia– Improve collaboration between
CW/CS– Goals: guideline permanency,
increase alternate placements, speedier adoptions, improve foster placement
– Improving conversation
Sta
te E
xp
erie
nce
s S
o Fa
r
Alisha A. Griffin,IV-D DirectorNew Jersey Office of Child Support