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Join the PARIS Board of Directors — A Chance to Make a National Impact!

Are you passionate about driving program integrity at a national level? Do you know someone whose expertise would make a difference? The PARIS Board of Directors is excited to announce multiple openings and is seeking nominations to join our dynamic team. This is an opportunity to inform PARIS operations that empower our partner states and territories. Nominate yourself or someone you know!

Why Join the PARIS Board?

The purpose of the PARIS Board of Directors is to foster a federal-state partnership approach to the technical support activities for PARIS state public assistance agencies (SPAAs). The Board serves as the representation of the States to gather information and provide input for data integrity of PARIS file operations. The Board's focus is on providing support to SPAAs by disseminating information, processes, techniques and activities, which maximize the technical abilities of systems and staff performing PARIS related activities.

As a volunteer PARIS Board of Directors member, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of program integrity by contributing to impactful PARIS initiatives, working closely with PARIS professionals nationwide, and increasing the return-on-investment in PARIS participation through technical assistance. Your efforts will directly support state and territorial PARIS operations across the country.

Position Requirements

To effectively serve on the board, you will need to:

·         Attend monthly conference calls, trainings, and planning meetings.

·         Collaborate proactively through email to fulfill the board’s purpose.

Your Responsibilities

As a valued member of the PARIS Board of Directors, you will:

·         Plan, prepare, and provide technical support for key PARIS tasks.

·         Conduct acceptance testing and validate PARIS file transmittals.

·         Offer recommendations for PARIS process upgrades and provide feedback on enhancements.

·         Guide and shape future PARIS initiatives with strategic focus.

·         Leverage a national network of SPAA systems professionals to share knowledge on current and emerging technologies.

·         Play an integral role in planning and participating in the annual PARIS training.

Nomination Packages

Submit a complete nomination package, including:

·         A letter of interest (if self-nominating) or nomination, highlighting accomplishments in utilizing PARIS matching data (maximum of one page).

·         A current chronological resume.

·         A written commitment from your management, authorizing the time commitment to support PARIS Board objectives.

Application Deadline

All nomination packages must be emailed to PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV by **Friday, August 1, 2025.** New members will be appointed following approval by ACF and a majority vote of existing PARIS board members in accordance with the PARIS Board of Directors charter. Questions? Feel free to reach out to us at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.

We look forward to your nominations!

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the PARIS Board of Directors are excited to announce the 2025 Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) virtual training opportunities. We are encouraging and offering trainings for states agencies and staff,  administrators, enrollment, benefits and IT technical staff to attend. 

See attached flyer for details in the and registration instructions.  

Contact PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV for any questions regarding this training.

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

The next PARIS will occur this Friday, May 16, 2025. The match dates can be found on the PARIS site using the following link PARIS_Match Dates_2025.

For questions regarding the match contact your regional administrator. PARIS State Administrative Representatives. For additional questions please contact the PARIS office at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV . 

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

The next PARIS will occur this Thursday, February 20th. The match dates can be found on the PARIS site using the following link PARIS_Match Dates_2025.

For questions regarding the next match contact your regional administrator. PARIS State Administrative Representatives  

For additional questions please contact the PARIS office at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.  

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

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.

The submission match dates are posted here https://www.acf.hhs.gov/paris/training-technical-assistance/paris-transmittal-2024-17-next-paris-match; these dates are final firm dates.  

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

Reminder: Do not submit your file to DMDC. 

Important Note: Send only the current state month active file.

Key (File Naming Convention)

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

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.

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

 The dates for the PARIS 2025 quarterly submission have been established and are as follows:

• February 20, 2025
• May 16, 2025
• August 22, 2025
• November 20, 2025

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

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. 

Submit/drop your file through your registered account to OPI DNP and send notification by email to Jean Stevens at stls.paris.technical.support@stls.frb.org.

PARIS SPAAs Community,

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.

Please direct general PARIS questions to PARIS@acf.hhs.gov.

Questions regarding the match file and the DNP server should be directed to Kelsey Cheng via email to PARIS.Technical.Support@stls.frb.org with cc: to the PARIS@acf.hhs.gov.

The next PARIS match is scheduled for Monday, December 2, 2024. 

PARIS Member States

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.