OverviewThis bulletin provides clarification of requirements relating to child support activities in the children and youth program based on recent updates in the Child Welfare Policy Manual (CWPM), section 8.4C Title IV-E, General Title IV-E Requirements, Child support, issued by the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
An update to the CWPM on June 8, 2022, and a joint letter from the ACF and the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) released on July 29, 2022, revised practices in the Social Security Act (the Act) relating to a Title IV-E agency securing an assignment of the rights to child support for children receiving Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments. ACF has clarified “where appropriate” in Section 471(a)(17) of the Act, so that the default position in these determinations can be for the Title IV-E agency not to secure an assignment of these rights. The update focused on removing Question 2 and adding Question 5 in Section 8.4C Title IV-E Requirements, Child support, of the CWPM
