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By request from the PARIS Board of Directors and PARIS member states.
States have contacted their regional Board contact to request an update on the match file submissions and returns with the new technical service provider OPIDNP. The BOD is also sharing an expected return schedule below.
This return schedule is tentative based on the recent processing of the 2024 August and November match. The return dates should be used as a guide for file returning to states.
PARIS Interstate Match Processing Schedule
Calendar Year - 2025
Quarterly
Match Month
File Naming Convention
(Identifies Processing Month)
Submittal to OPI -DNP
(15-Day Range)
Return File to State
(Estimate)
February 2025
PARIS.(agency abv).P202502
02/06 - 02/20/25
03/06/25
May 2025
PARIS.(agency abv).P202505
05/02 - 05/16/25
05/30/25
August 2025
PARIS.(agency abv).P202508
08/08 - 08/22/25
09/05/25
November 2025
PARIS.(agency abv).P202511
11/06 - 11/20/25
12/04/25
Reminder: Do not submit your file to DMDC.
Important Note: Send only the current state month active file.
The next match date for the PARIS match will be Monday, February 20, 2025.
All states who have completed their documentation with the PARIS office will be notified further by ACF PARIS on which day to start submission of the file.
States who have not submitted their documentation to ACF PARIS will not be able to participate in the upcoming match. There are states currently processing to get notification that they are ready to transmit their match file.
Please submit your file to Department of Treasury OPI/DNP. Do not submit your file to DMDC. If your state needs to participation confirmation or have general questions regarding the match. Please contact the PARIS office at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.
This is a reminder that the next PARIS match is scheduled for Monday, December 2, 2024. When transmitting your PARIS quarterly data to the OPI DNP (Treasury), the following inbound file format is required.
File: PARIS.(agency's abv).P202302; sent 05/12/2023: File contains 11541366 records. POC: Dorothy Example
Also indicate the record count and method used to transmit the file to the OPI DNP, such as Connect Direct, sftp, etc. Make sure there are no carriage controls at the end of each line in the submitted file. Please ensure the files do not contain additional characters. Be prepared to receive the file within 15 days of submission.
The PARIS Board is working to develop a processing schedule that will outline the submittal date range and proposed return file estimated dates. We hope to share further details through transmittal soon.
The Department of Treasury Do Not Pay (DNP) Program has acknowledged a processing issue in the interstate match. At this point, we ask that you discontinue the processing of the previously received file from October 21, 2024.
We would like to notify our state partners that DNP will be correcting and re-transmitting the October interstate match files to your DNP folder on Friday, October 25, 2024.
We appreciate PARIS SPAAs who reported issues with their files and want to assure everyone that we are working to timely address these concerns. Thank you for your patience.
We're reaching out to inform you that the upcoming PARIS match date, currently September 30th, is being pushed back one week to Monday, October 7th. States have shared the need for additional time to participate in the upcoming match.This is being done allow states to sign the necessary forms and provide states additional time to submit their PARIS file for the upcoming match. States have also requested time to coordinate logistics within their state to obtain a final agreement.We ask that states please submit their PARIS file to the Bureau of Fiscal Service DNP by COB October 7th.
Please do not contact DMDC regarding the PARIS match.
If you have any questions about this change, please contact the PARIS administrator at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.
We are reaching out to SPAA’s who have completed their SFTP connection to share that you can transmit your September 2024 PARIS file via your states SPAA SFTP connection.
Please submit only the active beneficiaries as a part of your September 2024 file so we have the most up-to-date information.
The PARIS Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Service, State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs), and the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is ready for signature.
In order for SPAAs to voluntarily participate in the matches SPAAs must establish an SFTP connection with Department of Treasury’s BFS OPI connection form. For the form please contact the PARIS office. Each SPAA must establish an SFTP connection with OPI to send data to and receive matched results.
If you have established connection to OPI Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and submitted an agreement confirmed by ACF PARIS, State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs) can submit an active match file. Please use the following link and confirm the steps within.
1. The SPAA must have a valid signed PARIS OPI 2024 -2025 agreement (PDF) on file with ACF/PARIS.
2. An authorized representative of the SPAA must fill and sign the SPAA portion of the renewal agreement.
*Notice* ACF provides OPI a list of the SPAAs with current signed MOUs prior to the match. State without an active agreement will be excluded from match. For this PARIS match please only include your currently active file. OPI has informed us this match will be returned within 30 days. *Notice*
Additional This matching program provides SPAAs with interstate matching to confirm duplication of benefits state wide and in determining public assistance clients’ eligibility for benefits under the Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and general assistance programs.
States seeking to learn how to better leverage the ’PARIS Match’ may reach out to the PARIS Board of Directors.
The next match date for the PARIS match will be Monday, September 30, 2024.
All states who have completed their documentation with the PARIS office will be notified further by ACF PARIS on which day to start submission of the file.
States who have not submitted their documentation to ACF PARIS will not be able to participate in the upcoming match. There are states currently processing to get notification that they are ready to transmit their match file. We ask that states send their currently active file for matching.
If your state needs to confirm that they are participating, please contact the PARIS office at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.
Currently there is no further update with DMDC. Do not submit your file to DMDC; please submit your file to the Treasury Do Not Pay Program.
