MEMORANDUM

DISCUSSION:

The purpose of the Child Support Exceeds TA Grant Report is to notify the eligibility specialist when child support payments exceed the Temporary Assistance (TA) grant. Eligibility specialists should use this report to project on-going income when the child support exceeds the TA grant for two consecutive months and to help determine if any child support should be budgeted to the eligibility unit (EU).

Example: The report shows $310 child support has been retained by the state for two consecutive months. Ms. X’s TA grant is $234 per month. The child support exceeds the TA grant amount; therefore, the $310 should be budgeted and action started to close the TA case.

Child support displays as paid to the state when a portion is retained by the state and a portion is sent to the EU, or when all of the child support is retained by the state. Review the Child Support Income (FMK2) screen to determine if any of the child support is paid to the EU. Child support paid to the EU must be included as income on the TA budget.

Example: The report shows $200 child support paid to the state. Ms. Z’s TA grant is $234 per month. The total child support received does not exceed the TA grant amount; however, a review of the Child Support Income (FMK2) screen shows $50 of the child support was sent to the EU. Budget the $50 as on-going child support since it was sent to the EU. Take action to reduce the TA benefit as necessary.

NOTE: Amounts listed on the Child Support Income (FMK2) screen in FAMIS are child support sent to the family. This screen does not include child support retained by the state. The “Types” of child support income listed on this screen indicate the age category of a support debt as follows:

• CS – CUR – child support current
• CS – ARR – child support arrearages
• CS – AOO – child support ordered on arrears through judicial process (treated like CS-ARR for budgeting purposes)

A trial WIBCA may be completed at any time to determine on-going TA eligibility.

The following information is listed on the report:

• REGION: Family Support Division (FSD) region the TA case is located;
• COUNTY: County the TA case is located;
• FSD OFFICE: FSD county office code;
• MGR UNIT: County Manager’s unit number;
• ES SUP UNIT: Eligibility Specialist’s Supervisor’s unit number;
• LOAD NUMBER: Eligibility Specialist’s load number;
• BENEFIT MONTH: The month the TA grant was received;
• HEAD OF EU DCN: DCN for the Head of the EU;
• EU NAME: Name of the Head of the EU;
• CHILD DCN: The Child’s DCN the support is being attributed;
• CS PAID TO: The DCN of the person the CS was paid to or STATE per Child Support Enforcement (CSE) records;

  NOTE: When a portion of the child support is paid to both the state and the EU in the same month it will show as child support paid to the “STATE” on the report.

• TOTAL CS REC’D: The total of CS received for all DCNs in the EU for the TA benefit month is listed in the gray shaded line; and

  NOTE: The amount of child support also includes tax and lottery intercepts. Eligibility specialists must investigate large amounts by verifying source and amounts with the head of the EU and/or a child support specialist (CSS). Tax and lottery intercepts are considered a resource for the month following receipt for any amount remaining.

• TA GRANT: TA grant received by the EU for the benefit month in the gray shaded line.

The report is available in Managed Reporting and will be emailed to each FSD office on the 4th of each month.

If the eligibility specialist runs the report on August 10, 2010 and the Select Report Month is July, 2010; the report displays child support distributed in June 2010 and July 2010.

To access the report in Managed Reporting:

1. Sign on to Managed Reporting,
2. Double click on FAMIS Eligibility Specialist Reports, on the left side of the screen,
3. Select the folder entitled “Child Support Exceeds TA Grant Report”
4. Select report month,
5. Select report year, and
6. Click View Report button.

NOTE: This report is available in PDF or EXCEL version.

NECESSARY ACTION:

• Review this memorandum with appropriate staff.
• Eligibility specialists are to use this report monthly to evaluate child support. income available to the TA EU.

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