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handle is hein.crs/govelsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ a Research Service Overview of Tribal Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program Financing May 22, 2023 All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and certain tribal nations operate Child Support Enforcement (CSE) programs pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (SSA). The program is federally administered by the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Program services include parent location and the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support orders. CSE is estimated to handle the majority of all child support cases; the remaining cases are handled by private attorneys, by collection agencies, or through mutual agreements between parents. CSE programs generally receive federal funding from several different sources. However, tribal CSE programs are funded differently from non-tribal programs run by states, territories, and the District of Columbia. In addition, OCSE recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would no longer require that tribes provide a non-federal funding contribution for the approved costs of their CSE program operations. This Insight summarizes this issue and selected recent developments. Overview of Tribal CSE Programs Originally, Title IV-D of the SSA placed authority to administer the delivery of CSE services solely with the states. However, on many types of tribal lands the authority of state and local governments was (and continues to be) limited, constraining their ability to provide CSE services on tribal lands. Similarly, some Indian families had difficulty obtaining CSE services from the state CSE programs. The enactment of P.L. 104-193 (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 [PRWORA]) permitted states to enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations (SSA §454(33)). To further the goal of tribal self-governance, the HHS Secretary was also authorized to provide direct federal funding to Indian tribes with approved CSE programs (SSA §455(f)). The law did not specify whether tribes would be required to contribute financially to the costs of operating their CSE programs. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12164 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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