In August 2024, OCSE awarded $4.7 million to help state and tribal child support agencies develop and refine child support-led employment efforts for noncustodial parents under the Next Generation Child Support Employment Services (NextGen) grant. NextGen builds on the lessons learned from a previous OCSE demonstration called CSPED. These child support-led employment services increase the reliable payment of child support and improve the financial well-being of children.
OCSE also awarded $3.4 million for NextGen technical assistance and evaluation services. The project period for all grants is five years.
Recipients of the demonstration grants and the technical assistance and evaluation grant are:
- Los Angeles County (California Department of Child Support Services)
- Sacramento and Stanislaus Counties (California Department of Child Support Services)
- Cherokee Nation Office of Child Support Services
- Lac Courte Oreilles Child Support Services
- Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Nooksack Child Support
- Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Child Support Services
- Virginia Department of Social Services
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (technical assistance and evaluation)
This demonstration will strengthen our program’s efforts to help parents provide financial and medical support for their children.