[OCSE-157]{.underline}

[Questions and Answers]{.underline}

**Section A: Case Inventory**

1)  Question: May States estimate the counts for reporting on the
    OCSE-157?

> Answer: No. Actual numbers must be reported.

2)  Question: If a TANF custodial parent is found by a State to have
    good cause for failing to cooperate with a IV-D agency, should that
    TANF case be included in the counts for the OCSE-157 form?

> Answer: Yes, with the exception of Section B: Paternity Establishment
> (see question number 7 below), all open good cause cases should be
> included in the counts.

3)  Question: Are States to report cases that are currently receiving
    Medicaid Only, but were formerly on assistance on line 1c, *Medicaid
    Only Cases open at the End of the Fiscal Year*?

> Answer: No. Medicaid Only cases that were previously on assistance are
> considered former assistance cases and are not counted on line 1c (or
> 2d). As stated on page 7 of the instructions, a Medicaid only case is
> "A case where the child(ren) have been determined eligible for or are
> receiving Medicaid under title XIX of the Social Security Act, but
> whom are not current or former recipients of aid under title IV‑A or
> IV‑E of the Act. Medicaid Only cases are reported as never assistance
> cases."

4)  Question: Should States count cases that had a support order before
    the case was received from or sent to another State on line 2,
    *Cases open at the End of the Fiscal Year with Support Orders
    Established*?

> Answer: Yes. Include all cases received from or sent to another State
> that have an order for support---regardless of when or where the order
> was established.

**Section B: Paternity Establishment**

5)  Question: Should emancipated children be counted in Section B of the
    OCSE-157 report?

> Answer: No. Emancipated children should not be included in the count
> for Section B of the 157 report. Under Section 466(a)(5) of the Social
> Security Act and 45 CFR 302.70 (a)(5), States must have in effect laws
> and use procedures for establishing paternity for any child at least
> to the child\'s 18th birthday. Therefore, for the purpose of counting
>
> children on the OCSE-157, an emancipated child is defined as a child
> under age 18. States should only include those children who are under
> age 18 on lines 4 through 10 and 13 and 16.
>
> However, if a child turned 18 during the reporting year, that child
> should be included in the count.

6)  Question: If the State is still collecting arrears on a case with an
    emancipated child, should that child be included in the count for
    line 4*, Number of Children in Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal
    Year*?

> Answer: No, only those children who are under age 18 should be
> included. However, if the child turned 18 during the reporting year,
> that child should be included.

7)  Question: Should States include children with a deceased parent on
    lines 5 through 10 of Section B?

> Answer: No. According to section 452(g) of the Act, for purposes of
> calculating a State\'s paternity establishment percentage, "the total
> number of children shall not include any child who is a dependent
> child by reason of the death of a parent, [unless]{.underline}
> paternity is established for that child\..." Therefore, States should
> not include such children on lines 5 through 10, unless paternity has
> been established for the child.

8)  Question: Should States include children in cases found to have good
    cause for refusing to cooperate in obtaining IV‑D services in the
    counts for Section B?

> Answer: No. Sec 452(g) further states the total number of children
> shall not include..."any child with respect to whom an applicant or
> recipient is found by the State to qualify for a good cause or other
> exception to cooperation pursuant to section 454(29)." Therefore,
> States should not include such children on lines 5 through 10.

9)  Question: Legislation defines the denominator of the Paternity
    Establishment Percentage (PEP) as the number of children born
    out‑of‑wedlock in the [preceding fiscal year]{.underline}. Should
    States report out‑of‑wedlock births on line 5, *Children in IV-D
    Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year Who Were Born Out of
    Wedlock,* for the prior fiscal year?

> Answer: The report should have the birth information for the current
> fiscal year. OCSE will get the information from the previous year\'s
> report to compute the PEP.

10) Question: May States report the out-of-wedlock birth information
    that is received from State Vital Statistics agencies by calendar
    year?

> Answer: Federal fiscal year is the preferred way to report
> out-of-wedlock birth information on the OCSE-157. However, as long as
> 'like' vital statistics data are used and compared from year to year,
> calendar year data or state fiscal year data is acceptable. The report
> should have birth information for the most recent year available to
> the State.

11) Question: On line 6, *Children in IV-D Cases Open at the End of the
    Fiscal Year with Paternity Established or Acknowledged*, States have
    the option of including paternities established or acknowledged for
    cases that closed during the fiscal year. Does this mean that States
    can only include those paternities established or acknowledged
    during the reporting fiscal year?

> Answer: No. States may include any child with paternity established or
> acknowledged in a case that closed during the fiscal year, regardless
> of which fiscal year the paternity was actually established or
> acknowledged. A change to the instructions to line 6 has been made to
> make this clear.

12) Question: When providing the number of children for determining the
    Statewide PEP (line 8), are States counting the number of children
    \"*in the State* who were born out of wedlock\" (meaning the child
    could have been born in that or another state) or the number of
    children \" who were born out of wedlock *in the State*" (meaning
    born in the reporting State only)?\"

> Answer: The count should be the number of children who were born out
> of wedlock *in* the reporting State. The instructions for line 8 have
> been clarified to reflect this.

**Section C: Services Required**

13) Question: Since States no longer report on line 11, *Cases Requiring
    Location Services*, should the cases that would have been reported
    on that line be included in count for line 12, *Cases Requiring
    Order Establishment*?

> Answer: Yes.

14) Question: For line 14, *Title IV-A Cases Closed During the Fiscal
    Year Where a Child Support Payment was Received*, is the month of
    termination the last month for which a grant was paid or the month
    following the month of the last grant?

> Answer: The month of termination is the last month for which a grant
> is paid. Include a case in the count for this line whenever the case
> was terminated from TANF and a child support payment was received in
> the same month\--even if the payment was received after the case was
> terminated.

15\. Question: Should orders that were modified to include health
insurance be included on line 17 *Cases with Orders Established During
the Fiscal Year?*

> Answer: No. The count on line 17 should not include modifications.

16\. Question: Can a State count an order established for a child born
after an earlier order was established on line 17?

> Answer: Yes. If the State established a new order for a subsequent
> child, that establishment should be counted on line 17.

**Section E: Medical Support**

17\. Question: If the custodial parent provides the health insurance,
although the order calls for the non‑custodial parent to provide it, can
this case be counted on line 23, *Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal
Year Where Health Insurance is Provided as Ordered*?

> Answer: No. The insurance must be provided as stated in the order.

**Section F: Collections Due and Distributed**

18\. Question: When reporting collections for cases that changed status
during the fiscal year on lines 24 through 27, does the State report the
status of the case as it was when the collection was received or as of
the end of the fiscal year?

> Answer: As long as the State does it consistently, a State may report
> either way.

18. Question: Should collections for spousal support, childcare, medical
    support, and other cash payments be included in the amounts reported
    in Section F?

> Answer: These cash payments should be included in the amounts reported
> for Section F if they are included in the child support order.

18. Question: Line 25, *Total Amount of Support Distributed as Current
    Support During the Fiscal Year*, states \" Report the total amount
    of support collected and distributed as current support during the
    fiscal year for all IV-D cases.\" Does that mean that the money had
    to have been collected in the same fiscal year that it was
    distributed?

> Answer: No. The money could also have been collected in a previous
> fiscal year. For clarity, we are changing instructions to delete the
> words "collected and."

21\. Question: In my State, a late payment does not become an arrears
until the court orders payment for past due support. Is this consistent
with the 157 definition?

> Answer: No, for purpose of counting arrears on the OCSE-157, an
> arrears occurs the month that the payment is missed. Requiring court
> action before a missed payment becomes an arrearage violates Section
> 466(a)(9) of the Act under which a State must enact laws and use
> procedures requiring that any payment or installment under a support
> order is a judgement by operation of law, without the need for further
> court action.

1.  Question: Under what circumstances can States include a case under
    line 29, *Cases Paying Toward Arrearages During the Fiscal Year*?

> Answer: In never assistance cases, all payments go to the family, so
> States should count all cases with any payments applied to past-due
> support and paid to the family. In current assistance cases, all
> support is assigned to the State, so States should count all cases
> with payments applied to past-due support and retained by the State.
> However, in former assistance cases, if some past-due support was owed
> to the family at the time of the collection, States can only count the
> case if some of the collection was applied to past-due support and
> paid to the family.

**Section J: Administrative Enforcement**

23. Question: Does the count for line 40, *Administrative Enforcement
    Requests Received from Another State During the Fiscal Year*,
    include the number of actual cases for which requests are received
    or the number of batches, if multiple cases are received on a single
    tape as a request?

> Answer: The count is the number of cases for which requests were
> received, not the number of batches when multiple requests are
> received on a single tape.

**INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM OCSE-157**

**THE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL DATA REPORT**

**GENERAL REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS**

States will use the OCSE‑157 to report statistical and some financial
information on their Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program to the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The reporting of this
information will enable the Secretary of HHS to comply with Section
452(a) and (g) and Section 469 of the Social Security Act. The Act
requires the Secretary to establish standards for an effective Child
Support Enforcement program, to establish minimum organization and
staffing requirements and to provide an annual report to Congress on the
program. This information will also enable HHS to compute individual
State incentive and outcome measures to be used in evaluating State
performance in running a CSE program. The authority to collect this
information is also set forth in regulations at 45 CFR 302.15(a).

**1. Submittal and Due Dates**

The OCSE‑157 report is to be completed by State IV‑D agencies for each
Federal fiscal year ending September 30th. The report is due within 30
calendar days after the last day of the fiscal year.

One copy of each report must be submitted to the appropriate ACF
Regional Office and one copy must be submitted to the OCSE Central
Office at the following address:

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

Office of Child Support Enforcement

DPP, P&E, Fourth Floor East

370 L\'Enfant Promenade, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20447

**2. Revised Reports**

States are expected to submit accurate reports on time. However, States
may revise previously submitted reports by submitting new ones. Revised
reports must be submitted **within 90 days of the end of the fiscal
year** for which the report was due. Be aware that revised data may not
be included in the Child Support Enforcement Annual Report to Congress
for the year in question, if the revised report is received after the
Annual Report is prepared for clearance, and may not be included in
incentives calculations, if the reports are received after these
calculations have been made.

**3. Consequences of reporting unreliable data**

It is important that States submit information that is reliable and
complete. If audit results determine that a State\'s data is incomplete
or unreliable, the amounts otherwise payable to the State under title
IV‑A may be reduced by 1 to 5 percent.

**4. Variances**

States are no longer required to submit an explanation of variances in
their data from one reporting period to the next. However, States should
be able to provide such explanations, should the need arise.

**5. Internal Edits**

OCSE will perform the following edits on data received from States and
encourages States to check their data against these edits before sending
in their reports:

Line 1 a \< Line 1 Line 5 \< Line 4

Line 1 b \< Line 1 Line 7 \< Line 4

Line 1c \< Line 1 Line 10 \< Line 9

Line 1a + 1b + 1c is not equal to Line 1 Line 18a \< Line 18

Line 2a \< Line 2 Line 22 [\<]{.underline} Line 21

Line 2b \< Line 2 Line 23 \< Line 22

Line 2c \< Line 2 Line 29 \< Line 28

Line 2d \< Line 2

Line 2a + 2b + 2c + 2d is not equal to Line 2

Line 3 \< Line 1

**6. Start Up**

Initial supplies of the OCSE‑157 Annual Data Report were mailed to each
State IV‑D agency. States must use the form to report data for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998 (Federal Fiscal Year 1999), and
subsequent Federal fiscal years. Electronic submission of the form was
also made available along with instructions on how to electronically
submit the report.

**7. Signature**

The OCSE‑157 must be signed and dated by the director of the State\'s
title IV‑D program. The individual who signs the report is certifying
that the information provided there and on all accompanying documents is
accurate.

**8. Public Reporting**

**THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995**

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated
to average 4.0 hours per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing
the collection of information

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.

Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
request for information, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to Reports Clearance Officer, Administration for Children and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L\'Enfant Promenade, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20447; and to Office of Management and Budget,
Paperwork Reduction Project Washington, D.C. 20503.

**DEFINITIONS TO USE IN COMPLETING FORM OCSE‑157,**

**CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ANNUAL DATA REPORT**

The following definitions of terms are to be used in completing form
OCSE‑ 157.

**Case Inventory Definitions**

**IV‑D Case** ‑ A parent (mother, father, or putative father) who is now
or eventually may be obligated under law for the support of a child or
children receiving services under the title IV‑D program.

A parent is reported as a separate IV‑D case for each family with a
dependent child or children that the parent may be obligated to support.
**If both parents are absent and liable or potentially liable for
support of a child or children receiving services under the title IV‑D
program, each parent is considered a separate IV‑D case.**

1.  **Current Assistance Case** ‑ A case where the children are: (1)
    recipients of Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) under
    title IV‑A of the Social Security Act or (2) entitled to Foster Care
    maintenance payments under title IV‑E of the Social Security Act. In
    addition, the children\'s support rights have been assigned by a
    caretaker relative to a State and a referral to the State IV‑D
    agency has been made.

**a. TANF Case** ‑ A case where the children have been determined to be
eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) under title
IV‑A of the Social Security Act, the children\'s support rights have
been assigned by a caretaker relative to a State, and a referral to the
State IV‑D agency has been made. A TANF case is reported as a current
assistance case.

**b. Foster Care Case** ‑ A case involving children entitled to foster
care maintenance payments under Title IV‑E of the Social Security Act
for whom a referral to the State IV‑D agency has been made. A foster
care case is reported as a current assistance case.

**2. Former Assistance Case** ‑ A case where the children *formerly*
received title IVA (AFDC or TANF) or title IV‑E Foster Care services.

**3. Never Assistance Case** ‑ A case where the children are receiving
services under the title IV‑D program, but are not currently eligible
for and have not previously received assistance under titles IV‑A or
IV‑E of the Social Security Act.

A never assistance case includes cases where the family is receiving
IV‑D services as a result of a written application for IV‑D services,
including cases where the children are receiving State (not title IV‑E)
foster care services or a case where they are Medicaid recipients *not*
receiving additional assistance.

**a.** **Medicaid Only Case** ‑ A case where the children have been
determined eligible for or are receiving Medicaid under title XIX of the
Social Security Act but whom are not current or former recipients of aid
under title IV‑A or IV‑E of the Act. Medicaid Only cases are reported as
never assistance cases.

**Services Definitions**

**Medical Support** ‑ Medical support refers to the responsibility of a
parent to provide health coverage for a child or children. This
includes: (1) payment of health insurance premiums, (2) payment of
medical bills, or (3) cash payments for health insurance and/or medical
bills. Medical support may be provided by either the custodial or the
noncustodial parent.

**Support Order** ‑ The legal establishment of: (1) an amount of money
that is due and owed by a parent for the support of the parents children
and/or (2) the responsibility to provide health insurance and/or medical
support for those children. This amount or responsibility must be
established by court order or administrative process, voluntary
agreement (in States where such agreements are filed in the court or
agency of the administrative process as an order and are legally
enforceable) or other legal process. This includes a judgment for
arrears. This does *not* include judgments under State laws that create
a debt owed to the State by the non‑custodial parent for public
assistance paid for that parent\'s child or children (laws of general
obligation).

**Paternity** ‑ The legal establishment of fatherhood for a child,
either by court determination, administrative process, or voluntary
acknowledgment. A *paternity acknowledgment* involves the legal
establishment of fatherhood for a child through a voluntary
acknowledgement signed by both parents as part of an in‑hospital or
other acknowledgement service. *Paternity resolved* refers to all
children born within a marriage, legitimized by marriage or adoption and
children with paternity established or acknowledged.

**SECTION AND LINE ITEM INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OCSE-157**

Form OCSE‑157 was developed to obtain information on the status and
accomplishments of each State\'s Child Support Enforcement program. The
form contains ten sections: A‑Case Inventory, B‑Paternity Establishment,
C‑Services Required, D‑Services Provided, E‑Medical Support,
F‑Collections Due and Distributed, G‑Staff, H‑Program Expenditures,
I‑Noncooperation and Good Cause, and J‑Administrative Enforcement.

Section A, C, and most of Section B require counting the entire open
IV‑D caseload, while most of sections D through J require counting
activities for the fiscal year for which the State is reporting. The
sections\' introductions and line item information give specific details
related to that section or line. Particular attention should be given to
the time period for counting the line items\--during the fiscal year or
on the last day of the fiscal year, and whether reporting is required in
the individual status columns (b through d) or just the total column
(a).

**SECTION A: CASE INVENTORY**

In this section, report the number of IV‑D cases in the State\'s
inventory in each of three status categories: (b) current assistance
cases; (c) former assistance cases; and (d) never assistance cases. It
is not necessary to report in column (a) in the case inventory section.
Totals will be determined at OCSE using the information provided by
States for columns (b) through (d).

Remember, a IV‑D case is a parent (mother, father or putative father)
who is or may be liable for support. A parent is reported as a separate
case for each family with a dependent child or children that the parent
may be obligated to support. See definition section at the front of this
AT. If there are multiple putative fathers for one child, only one case
should be reported.

Report all IV‑D cases open at the end of the fiscal year. If a parent
has more than one child in the same family and any of the children are
currently receiving assistance, report the case as a current assistance
case.

Include both cases sent to and received from other States in the count.
County‑to‑county transfers of cases and multiple county involvement in
cases within a State should not be reflected in case inventory counts. A
case should be counted only once within a State.

When IV‑D services continue to be provided to former IV‑A or IV‑E
recipients, change status to a former assistance case. Also, report as a
former assistance case any former IV‑A or IV‑E case in which the family
has declined continued IV‑D services, but there are arrearages assigned
to the State that the State will attempt to collect.

**Line 1 ‑ Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year**

Report the number of IV‑D cases open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Include cases open at end of the fiscal year as a result of requests for
assistance received from other States, as well as cases open in your
State that you have referred to another State. Do not include on this
line Native American and international cases over which the State has no
jurisdiction. These cases should be reported separately on line 3.

Cases received on standard interstate forms from other States are
counted as open IV‑D cases only if specific action is required on the
part of the responding State\'s IV‑D agency and the activity required
qualifies for Federal financial participation.

Report in columns (b), (c), and (d) for each item except for line 1c,
that should be reported under column (d) only.

**Line 1a ‑ Interstate Cases Initiated in This State Open at the End of
the Fiscal Year**

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year that
have been sent to another State. Report a case only once, even if the
case was sent to more than one State. Cases included on this line are a
subset of and should have been counted in line 1.

Line 1b, ‑ Interstate Cases Received from Another State Open at the End
of the Fiscal Year

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year that
have been received from another State. Report a case only once, even if
the case was received from more than one State. These cases are a subset
of and should have been counted in line 1.

**Line 1c ‑ Medicaid Only Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year**

Report the number of Medicaid Only cases open on the last day of the
fiscal year. Report these cases under column (d). These cases are a
subset of and should have been counted in line 1.

**Line 2 ‑ Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year with Support
Orders**

**Established**

Report the number of IV‑D cases open on the last day of the fiscal year
that have support orders established. Cases reported on line 2 are a
subset of and should have been included in line 1. Include cases with
orders entered prior to the case becoming a IV‑D case, as well as, cases
with orders established by the IV‑D agency. Include judgments for
arrears, regardless of whether there is a payment schedule or an order
for ongoing support. Do *not* include judgments under State laws that
create a debt owed to the State by the non‑custodial parent for public
assistance paid for that parent\'s child or children (laws of general
obligation).

Remember, count cases only once regardless of the number of orders. Do
not include voluntary support agreements in this line unless the
agreements are legally enforceable in the reporting State. Include all
interstate cases‑both cases sent to and received from other States.

Report under columns (b), (c), and (d) for each item except for line 2d,
that should be reported under column (d) only.

**Line 2a ‑ Interstate Cases Initiated in this State With Support Orders
Established**

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year that
have a support order established or a judgment for arrears that this
State referred to another State. Do *not* include judgments under laws
of general obligation. These cases are a subset of and should have been
counted in line 2.

Line 2b ‑ Interstate Cases Received from Another State With Support
Orders Established

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year that
have a support order established or a judgment for arrears that this
State received from another State. Do *not* include judgments under laws
of general obligation. These cases are a subset of and should have been
counted in line 2.

**Line 2c ‑ Cases With Orders With Zero Cash Support**

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year that
have an order established but no amount of cash support is included in
the order. This should include orders that were established for health
insurance only. Do *not* include judgments under laws of general
obligation. These cases are a subset of and should have been counted in
line 2.

**Line 2d ‑ Medicaid Only Cases With Orders Open at the End of the
Fiscal Year**

Report the number of Medicaid Only cases open on the last day of the
fiscal year that have a support order established or a judgment for
arrears. Do *not* include judgments under laws of general obligation.
Report these cases under column (d). These cases are a subset of and
should have been counted in line 2.

**Line 3 ‑ Cases Open for Which the State has No Jurisdiction**

Report the number of open cases on the last day of the fiscal year over
which the State has no jurisdiction. This includes cases that involve an
individual over whom the IV‑D agency has no civil jurisdiction (e.g.
subject matter, territorial, or personal jurisdiction) available to
pursue or effectuate any child support actions. In addition, no formal
or informal reciprocal or cooperative agreement or other mechanism is in
place to enable the State agency to take actions necessary to establish
paternity, establish a child support order, or enforce an order.

These cases most often involve a non‑custodial parent who resides in the
civil jurisdictional boundaries of another country or a Federally
recognized Indian Tribe and no income or assets of this individual are
located or derived from outside that jurisdiction.

However, these cases remain open for IV‑D purposes and are periodically
monitored to determine if there is a change in circumstances that could
lead to further action.

*Non‑jurisdiction cases reported on this line should not be reported in
any other section and on any other line on this report. Please note that
the accuracy of this information is subject to audit review.*

**SECTION B: PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT**

The out‑of‑wedlock birth and paternity information provided in this
section from current and prior years\' reports will be used to compute
the Paternity Establishment Percentage (PEP). States are to report the
number of children in each line item and not the number of cases.
Include children in both initiating and responding interstate IV‑D
cases. A paternity can only be counted once‑-either when a voluntary
acknowledgement is obtained or at the time an order determining
paternity is established. Emancipated children should not be included in
the count of children. States should only include those children who are
under 18 on line 4 through 10 and lines 13 and 16. However, if a child
turned 18 during the reporting year that child should be included in the
count.

States have the choice of being evaluated on a PEP that includes all the
children in their caseload (the IV‑D PEP) or all the children in their
State (the Statewide PEP).

Check the appropriate bracket (IV‑D or Statewide) on the \"Section B\"
line of the OCSE‑157. The option can be changed at a later date,
however, for calculation purposes, "like" data must be compared from
year‑to‑year. For example, if a State uses the IV‑D PEP in Years 1 and 2
and decides to use the Statewide PEP in Year 3‑‑ State must also provide
OCSE with Statewide data for Years 1 and 2, so that yearly increases and
decreases can be determined using comparable data.

Report the data only under column (a) in Section B: Paternity
Establishment. If a State chooses not to use the Statewide PEP, the
reporting of information on line 9 is optional.

**Line 4 ‑ Number of Children in Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal
Year**

Report the number of children in the IV‑D caseload in cases open at the
end of the fiscal year reported in line 1. If there is more than one
putative father for a child, count the child only once.

Line 5 ‑ Children in IV‑D Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year Who
Were Born Out of Wedlock

Report the number of children in the IV‑D caseload in cases open at the
end of the fiscal year who were born out of wedlock.

Line 6 ‑ Children in IV‑D Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year With
Paternity Established or Acknowledged

Report the number of children born out of wedlock in the IV‑D caseload
in cases open at the end of the fiscal year who have paternity
established or acknowledged. States have the option of including
paternities established or acknowledged for cases closed during the
fiscal year. Paternity does not have to have been established by the
IV‑D agency.

Line 7‑ Children in IV‑D Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year With
Paternity Resolved

Report the number of children in the IV‑D caseload open at the end of
the fiscal year with paternity resolved. Include all children born
within a marriage, legitimized by marriage or adoption and children with
paternity established or acknowledged.

**Line 8 ‑ Children in the State Born Out of Wedlock During the Fiscal
Year**

Report the total number of children who were born out of wedlock in the
State during the fiscal year.

Line 9 ‑ Children in the State with Paternity Established or
Acknowledged During the Fiscal Year (Optional)

Report the number of minor children who were born out of wedlock in the
State for whom paternity has been established or acknowledged during the
fiscal year.

Line 10 ‑ Children in the State with Paternity Acknowledged During the
Fiscal Year

Report the number of children born out of wedlock in the reporting State
for whom paternity has been acknowledged during the fiscal year. This
includes acknowledgments after genetic testing, but before adjudication,
if applicable. Include children with paternity acknowledged through the
State\'s voluntary in‑hospital acknowledgment program and other
acknowledgment processes. If the State reported on line 9, this count is
a subset of and should have been included in that line.

**SECTION C: SERVICES REQUIRED**

In this section, report the number of IV‑D cases open at the end of the
fiscal year that need the specific service listed. If a case requires
multiple services, that is locate, paternity establishment and/or
enforcement, the case should be reported only where it "sits" at the
time of reporting. In interstate cases both the initiating and
responding State report services required.

Under Section C, report the information by case status under columns (b)
through (d). Do not report a line total for these items under column
(a).

A parent responsible for the support of children of more than one
custodial parent is counted as a separate case for each‑thus, a parent
responsible for supporting children of three custodial parents would be
counted as three locates needed.

**Line 11 -- Cases Requiring Location Services at the End of the Fiscal
Year**

Do not report line 11.

**Line 12 ‑ Cases Requiring Services to Establish an Order**

Report the number of IV‑D cases open at the end of the fiscal year that
need services to establish a support order.

Line 13‑ Children Requiring Paternity Determination Services at the End
of the Fiscal Year

Report the number of children in cases open at the end of the fiscal
year requiring paternity establishment Count all children whose
paternity has not been established, including children in the process of
having paternity established. If there is more than one putative father
for a child, count the child only once.

**SECTION D: SERVICES PROVIDED**

In this section, report the number of cases in which services were
successfully provided at any time during the fiscal year. Count each
service that a case received. If a case changed status during the fiscal
year (e.g. from an assistance to a former assistance case), report the
case status as of the end

of the fiscal year. In interstate cases, both the initiating and the
responding States report the service that either provided.

In Section D, report under column (a) only for line 14 and report under
columns (b) through (d) for lines 16 through 20.

Line 14 ‑ Title IV‑A Cases Closed During Fiscal Year Where a Child
Support Payment Was Received

Report all cases terminated from TANF during the fiscal year in which
there was any child support collection in the month of termination.
Report the information for the fiscal year in which it is received from
the IV‑A agency, regardless of when the termination actually took place.

Line 15 -- Cases Receiving Successful Location Services During the
Fiscal Year

Do not report line 15.

Line 16 ‑ Children in the IV‑D Caseload for Whom Paternity Was
Established or Acknowledged During the Fiscal Year

Report the number of children in cases in the IV‑D caseload for whom
paternity was established or acknowledged during the fiscal year. A
paternity established or acknowledged prior to a case\'s referral to
IV‑D is not to be counted in this item. If more than one child is
included in a single

paternity action, each child is counted separately. If a paternity
determination action includes an order for support, the paternity is
counted on line 16 and the support order is counted on line 17.

**Line 17 ‑ Cases with Support Orders Established During the Fiscal
Year**

Report the number of cases in which support orders were established by
the IV‑D agency during the fiscal year. Include support orders
established for medical support or health insurance. A support order
established before the case became a IV‑D case is not counted. Also do
not include judgments under State laws that create a debt owed to the
State by the non‑custodial parent for public assistance paid for that
parents child or children (laws of general obligation).

A single support order for payment of current support and arrearages is
counted as the establishment of one support order. If an order includes
medical support and child support, it should be counted only once.

**Line 18 ‑ Cases with Collections During the Fiscal Year**

Report the number of cases for which one or more collections were made
during the fiscal year. Each case should be counted only once,
regardless of the type or number of collections made for that case
during the fiscal year. For example, if a Federal or State tax refund
offset collection was made during the fiscal year, as well as a regular
collection report one case with a collection. Include cases where no
support order is established but a voluntary payment was made.

Line 18a ‑ Interstate Cases Received From Another State With Collections
During

The Fiscal Year

Report the number of interstate cases received from another State for
which one or more collections were made during the fiscal year. The
number reported on this line is a subset and should be included in the
number reported on line 18.

**Line 19 ‑ Cases Sent to Another State During the Fiscal Year**

Report the number of interstate cases your State sent to other States
during the fiscal year. This is the number of cases for which referrals
were made, not the actual number of requests made with respect to a
particular case. For example, if referrals were sent to multiple States
for the same case, this would be reported once. Report a case if there
has been an interstate case submittal for location, establishment of
paternity or support order, enforcement of support, or any other IV‑D
activity.

**Line 20 ‑ Cases Received from Another State During Fiscal Year**

Report the number of interstate cases received from another State during
the fiscal year. Each case should be counted only once, regardless of
the number of requests received for one case during the fiscal year.

**SECTION E: MEDICAL SUPPORT**

As explained in the definition\'s section, medical support is a
parent\'s responsibility to provide health coverage for a child or
children. This support may be provided by either the custodial or the
noncustodial parent it includes cash payments to be used for health
insurance and health care.

In Section E, Medical Support, report line totals in column (a) only.

**Line 21 ‑ Cases Where Medical Support is Ordered**

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year for
which medical support is ordered to be paid. This includes cash medical
support amount and/or health insurance coverage. Include cases where the
custodial or the noncustodial parent is ordered to provide the medical
support.

**Line 22 ‑ Cases Where Health Insurance is Ordered**

Report the number of cases on the last day of the fiscal year where
health insurance is ordered. Do not include orders for cash medical
support (where there is no health insurance policy). Include all cases
with orders where health insurance is addressed. However, States may
exclude cases where the unavailability of health insurance at reasonable
cost is confirmed. The cases reported on line 22 are a subset of and
should have been counted on line 21.

**Line 23 ‑ Cases Where Health Insurance is Provided as Ordered**

Report the number of cases open on the last day of the fiscal year in
line 22 for which health insurance was actually provided as stated in
the order. Count only one order per case.

Do not include Medicaid and cash medical support (where there is no
health insurance policy). These cases are a subset of and should have
been counted in line 22.

**SECTION F: COLLECTIONS DUE AND DISTRIBUTED**

In this section, report the amount of collections due and the amount of
collections that were distributed in the fiscal year. These amounts
should be computed monthly and the total of all months reported at the
end of the year. Include cash medical support payments and support due
in cases that closed during the fiscal year. For purposes of this
report, distributed means disbursed collections.

Report amounts due and distributed for both initiating and responding
interstate cases. If the initiating State has no order within the State,
but there is an order in a responding State, the initiating State should
report the amount due in the other State. If there is an order in both
the initiating and the responding States, each State should report
consistent with its own order.

Report under columns (b) through (d) for lines 24 through 27 and only
under column (a) for lines 28 and 29.

**Line 24 ‑ Total Amount of Current Support Due for the Fiscal Year**

Report the total amount of current support due for the fiscal year for
all IV‑D cases. Include total voluntary collections as amounts due. Do
not include current amounts due on arrears.

Line 25 ‑ Total Amount of Support Distributed as Current Support During
the Fiscal Year

Report the total amount of support distributed as current support during
the fiscal year for all IV‑D cases. Voluntary payments are considered
current support and should be reported here even though there is no
order to require payment.

**Line 26 ‑ Total Amount of Arrears Due for All Fiscal Years**

Report the total amount of arrears due and unpaid as of the end of the
fiscal year for all fiscal years, including the fiscal year covered by
the report. Interests and penalties on arrearages may be included.

Line 27 ‑ Total Amount of Support Distributed as Arrears During the
Fiscal Year

Report the total amount of support distributed this fiscal year as
arrearages. The amounts reported should include judgments ordered and
paid this fiscal year for prior year support.

**Line 28 ‑ Cases with Arrears Due During the Fiscal Year**

Report the number of cases with arrears due during the fiscal year.
Include cases closed during the fiscal year with arrearages.

**Line 29 ‑ Cases Paying Toward Arrearages During the Fiscal Year**

Of those cases reported on line 28, report the number that made at least
one payment toward arrears during the fiscal after. Report the total
number of IV‑D cases in which payments of past‑due child support were
received during the fiscal year and part or all of the payments were
distributed to the family to which the past‑due child support was owed
(or, if all past‑due child support owed to the

family was, at the time of receipt, subject to an assignment to the
State, part or all of the payments were retained by the State). In other
words, count those cases where all of the past‑due support was
*disbursed to* the family because all support was owed to the family, or
all of the past-due support was retained by the State because all
support was *assigned to* the State.

However, if some of the past due support was assigned to the State *and
some* was owed to the family, only count those cases where some of the
support actually was disbursed to the family.

This means that in never assistance cases, all payments go to the
family, so States should count all cases with any payments applied to
past-due support and paid to the family. In current assistance cases,
all support is assigned to the State, so States should count all cases
with payments applied to past-due support and retained by the State.
However, in former assistance cases, if some past-due support was owed
to the family at the time of the collection, States can only count the
case if some of the collection was applied to past-due support and paid
to the family.

**SECTION G: STAFF**

Report the number of staff employed on the last working day of September
of the reporting year. Report these numbers in full‑time equivalent
(FTE) figures (divide the total number of hours worked by all part‑time
staff by 2080 hours). This makes staffing figures reported by States
with varying staffing patterns comparable.

For Section G, report under column (a) only.

**Line 30 ‑ Full‑time Equivalent Employees of State and Local Title IV‑D
Offices**

Report the total number of FTE staff employed by the State and local
IV‑D agencies. Do not include any staff working under cooperative
agreements (see line 31) or for private IV‑D agencies (see line 32).

**Line 31 ‑ Full‑time Equivalent Employees Under Cooperative
Agreements**

Report the total number of FTE staff employed by an agency (public or
private) working under a cooperative agreement with the IV‑D agency. Do
not count any staff already counted in line 30.

**Line 32 ‑ Full‑time Equivalent Employees of Privatized IV‑D Agencies**

Report the total number of FTE staff employed by privatized IV‑D
agencies. Do not include any staff already counted in line 30 or 31.

**SECTION H:**

Do not report lines 33 through 37.

**SECTION I: NONCOOPERATION AND GOOD CAUSE**

Report the number of cases at the end of the fiscal year in which an
applicant for or recipient of TANF has refused to cooperate in
identifying and locating the noncustodial parent. Also report the number
of cases in which the refusal is based on good cause as determined by
the State.

For Section 1, report only under column (b).

Line 38 ‑ Cases at the End of the Fiscal Year in Which There is a
Determination of Noncooperation

Report the number of IV‑D TANF cases open at the end of the fiscal year
in which a determination was made that the custodial parent refused to
cooperate with State agencies in identifying and locating the
noncustodial parent.

**Line 39 ‑ Cases during the Fiscal Year with Good Cause
Determinations**

Report the number of cases open during the fiscal year in which it was
determined by the State that the custodial parent has a good cause for
refusing to cooperate with State agencies in identifying and locating
the noncustodial parent

**SECTION J: ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT**

States are required to respond promptly to a request made by another
State to enforce a support order. For these "quick enforcement" cases,
the responding State does not open a case and neither State considers
the case to be transferred to the caseload of the responding State. The
responding State is to conduct "high‑volume automated administrative
enforcement" in which the request is matched against State data bases to
determine if information on the location and income of the obligor is
available, and if income or assets are found, enforcement action is
taken.

Line 40 ‑ Administrative Enforcement Requests Received From Another
State During the Fiscal Year

Report the number of cases in administrative enforcement requests that
were received from another state during the fiscal year.

Line 41 ‑ Administrative Enforcement Cases With a Collection During the
Fiscal Year

Report the number of administrative enforcement cases received from
another State for which one or more collections were made during the
fiscal year.

Line 42 ‑ Amount of Support Collected on Administrative Enforcement
Cases During the Fiscal Year

For those cases reported on line 41, report the amount of collections
received during the fiscal year.

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Form Approved**

**Administration for Children and Families OMB No. 0970-0177**

**Office of Child Support Enforcement Expires: 04/30/2001**

**CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ANNUAL DATA REPORT**

(This report consists of three pages. Do not report in shaded areas.)

+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| **STATE: SUBMISSION:**      |   | **     |   | **     |   | *       |   |        |
|                             |   | NEW**   |   | RE      |   | *FISCAL |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   | VISED** |   | YEAR:** |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   | **(a)** |   | **(b)** |   | **(c)** |   | *      |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   | *(d)** |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| **ITEMS**                   |   | **      |   | **      |   | **F     |   | **N    |
|                             |   | TOTAL** |   | CURRENT |   | ORMER** |   | EVER** |
|                             |   |         |   | ASSIS   |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   | TANCE** |   | **ASSIS |   | **     |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   | TANCE** |   | ASSIST |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   | ANCE** |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| **SECTION A: CASE           |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| INVENTORY**                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 1\. Cases Open at the End   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| of the Fiscal Year          |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| a\. Interstate Cases        |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Initiated in This State     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open at the End of the      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| b\. Interstate Cases        |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Received From Another State |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open at the End of the      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| c\. Medicaid Only Cases     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open at the End of the      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 2\. Cases Open at the End   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| of the Fiscal Year With     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Support                     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Orders Established          |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| a\. Interstate Cases        |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Initiated in This State     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| With Support Orders at the  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| End of the Fiscal Year      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| b\. Interstate Cases        |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Received From Another State |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| With Support Orders at the  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| End of the Fiscal Year      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| c\. Cases With Orders for   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Zero Cash Support           |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open at the End of the      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| d\. Medicaid Only Cases     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| With Orders                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open at the End of the      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 3\. Cases Open at the End   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| of the Fiscal Year          |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| for Which the State Has No  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Jurisdiction                |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| **SECTION B: PATERNITY      |   | *       |   |         |   | **\[ \] |   |        |
| ESTABLISHMENT**             |   | *Select |   |         |   | Stat    |   |        |
|                             |   | PEP     |   |         |   | ewide** |   |        |
|                             |   | Option: |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   | \[ \]   |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   | IV-D**  |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 4\. Number of Children in   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Cases Open                  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| at the End of the Fiscal    |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Year                        |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 5\. Children in IV-D Cases  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open at the End of the      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Who Were Born               |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Out-of-Wedlock              |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 6\. Children in IV-D Cases  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Open During **or** at the   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| End of the                  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year With Paternity  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Established or Acknowledged |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| or Acknowledged             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 7\. Children in the IV-D    |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Cases at the End of the     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year                 |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| With Paternity Resolved     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 8\. Children in the State   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Born Out-of-Wedlock         |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| During The Fiscal Year      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 9\. Children in the State   |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| With Paternity Established  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| or Acknowledged During The  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Fiscal Year (Optional)      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 10\. Children in the State  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| With Paternity Acknowledged |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| During The Fiscal Year      |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| **SECTION C: SERVICES       |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| REQUIRED**                  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 11\. Cases Open at the End  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| of the Fiscal Year          |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Requiring Location Services |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 12\. Cases Open at the End  |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| of the Fiscal Year          |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Requiring Services to       |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Establish an Order          |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+
| 13\. Children Requiring     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Paternity Determination     |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| Services                    |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
|                             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| in Cases Open at the End of |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
| the Fiscal Year             |   |         |   |         |   |         |   |        |
+-----------------------------+---+---------+---+---------+---+---------+---+--------+

FORM OCSE-157 (10/98) (Replaces forms OCSE-156 and OCSE-158)

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<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>14. Title IV-A Cases Closed During the Fiscal Year Where a</p>
<p>Child Support Payment Was Received</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>15. Cases Receiving Successful Location Services</p>
<p>During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><p>16. Children in the IV-D Caseload for Whom
Paternity</p>
<p>Was Established or Acknowledged During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>17. Cases With Orders Established During the Fiscal Year</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>18. Cases With Collections During the Fiscal Year</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><p>a. Interstate Cases Initiated in Another State</p>
<p>With Collections During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2">19. Cases Sent to Another State During the Fiscal
Year</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><p>20. Cases Received From Another State</p>
<p>During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>SECTION E: MEDICAL SUPPORT</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><p>21. Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year</p>
<p>Where Medical Support is Ordered</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><p>22. Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year</p>
<p>Where Health Insurance is Ordered</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>23. Cases Open at the End of the Fiscal Year</p>
<p>Where Health Insurance is Provided as Ordered</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="8"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="17"><strong>SECTION F: COLLECTIONS DUE AND
DISTRIBUTED</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>24. Total Amount of Current Support Due</p>
<p>for the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4">$</td>
<td colspan="7">$</td>
<td colspan="3">$</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>25. Total Amount of Support Distributed as Current Support</p>
<p>During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4">$</td>
<td colspan="7">$</td>
<td colspan="3">$</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">26. Total Amount of Arrearages Due for
<strong>All</strong> Fiscal Years</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4">$</td>
<td colspan="7">$</td>
<td colspan="2">$</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>27. Total Amount of Support Distributed as Arrears</p>
<p>During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4">$</td>
<td colspan="7">$</td>
<td colspan="3">$</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2">28. Cases With Arrears Due During the Fiscal Year</td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><p>29. Cases Paying Toward Arrearages</p>
<p>During the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="7"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>SECTION G: STAFF</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="5"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>30. Full-time Equivalent Employees of State and Local</p>
<p>IV-D Offices on the Last Working Day in the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>31. Full-time Equivalent Employees Under Cooperative</p>
<p>Agreements on the Last Working Day in the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>32. Full-time Equivalent Employees of Privatized</p>
<p>IV-D Offices on the Last Working Day in the Fiscal Year</p></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="6"></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

FORM OCSE-157 (10/98) (Replaces forms OCSE-156 and OCSE-158)

+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| **SECTION H: PROGRAM        |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| EXPENDITURES**              |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 33\. Amount of Expenditures | \$     |   |         |   |         |         |
| to Establish Paternities    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| During the Fiscal Year      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 34\. Amount of Expenditures | \$     |   |         |   |         |         |
| to Locate Non-custodial     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Parents                     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| During the Fiscal Year      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 35\. Amount of Expenditures | \$     |   |         |   |         |         |
| to Establish Support Orders |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| During the Fiscal Year      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 36\. Amount of Expenditures | \$     |   |         |   |         |         |
| to Enforce Support Orders   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| During the Fiscal Year      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 37\. Amount of Expenditures | \$     |   |         |   |         |         |
| to Distribute Collections   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| During the Fiscal Year      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| **SECTION I: NONCOOPERATION |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| AND GOOD CAUSE**            |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 38\. Cases at the End of    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| the Fiscal Year in Which    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| There                       |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| is a Determination of       |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Noncooperation              |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 39\. Cases Open During the  |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Fiscal Year With Good Cause |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Determinations              |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| **SECTION J: ADMINISTRATIVE |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| ENFORCEMENT**               |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 40\. Administrative         |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Enforcement Requests        |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Received From               |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Another State During the    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Fiscal Year                 |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 41\. Administrative         |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Enforcement Cases With a    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Collection                  |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| During the Fiscal Year      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| 42\. Amount of Support      | \$     |   |         |   |         |         |
| Collected on Administrative |        |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Enforcement Cases During    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| the Fiscal Year             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| [Paperwork Act              |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Notice]{.underline}: State  |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| agencies are required to    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| provide the information     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| requested to receive a      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| grant award under the       |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| provision of Title IV, Part |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| D (Sections 452 and 469) of |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| the Social Security Act (42 |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| USC 652 and 669). This is   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| public information and is   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| published in an Annual      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Report to Congress. The     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| responses to this           |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| collection are mandatory.   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| This information is not     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| considered confidential,    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| therefore, no additional    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| safeguards are considered   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| necessary beyond that       |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| customarily applied to      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| routine government          |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| information.                |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| [Reporting Burden           |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Notice]{.underline}: Public |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| reporting burden for this   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| collection of information   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| is estimated to average 4   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| hours per response,         |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| including the time for      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| reviewing instructions,     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| gathering and maintaining   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| the data needed, and        |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| reviewing the collection of |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| information. An agency may  |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| not conduct or sponsor, and |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| a person is not required to |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| respond to a collection of  |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| information unless it       |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| displays a currently valid  |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| OMB control number. Send    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| comments regarding either   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| thins burden estimate or    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| other aspect of this        |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| request for information to: |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| the Administration for      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Children and Families,      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Office of Child Support     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Enforcement, 360 L'Enfant   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Promenade, S.W.,            |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Washington, DC 20447 and to |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| the Office of Information   |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| and Regulatory Affairs,     |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Office of Management and    |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| Budget, Washington, DC      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
| 20503.                      |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
|                             |        |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| This is to certify the      | Sign   |   |         |   |         |         |
| information provided on     | ature: |   |         |   |         |         |
| this report is accurate to  | Dir    |   |         |   |         |         |
| the best of my knowledge    | ector, |   |         |   |         |         |
| and belief.                 | Title  |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             | IV-D   |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+
| Agency Name                 | Typed  |   |         |   |         | Date:   |
|                             | Name,  |   |         |   |         |         |
|                             | Title, |   |         |   |         |         |
+-----------------------------+--------+---+---------+---+---------+---------+

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**FORM OCSE-157 (10/98) (Replaces forms OCSE-156 and OCSE-158)**