Children’s Bureau - OCSE Joint Letter on Updated Child Support Referral Policy

DCL-22-06

Publication Date: July 29, 2022
Current as of:

DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER

DCL-22-06

DATE: July 29, 2022

TO: State IV-D Directors 

SUBJECT: Children’s Bureau - OCSE Joint Letter on Updated Child Support Referral Policy

ATTACHMENT: Joint letter regarding the Assignment of Rights to Child Support for Children in Foster Care (PDF)

Dear Colleague:

The attached letter is released in partnership with the Children’s Bureau in ACF’s Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. It highlights a new question and answer in the Child Welfare Policy Manual regarding when it is appropriate for a title IV-E agency to secure an assignment of rights to child support for a child receiving title IV-E foster care maintenance payments in accordance with section 471(a)(17) of the Social Security Act.

Sincerely,

Tanguler Gray
Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement