Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 153 - Child support incentive payments › Section DCF 153.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
				"IV-D" means part D of title IV of the social security act of 1975, the federal
				law on the child support and establishment of paternity program (
				42 USC
				651 to
				669
				b ).
(2) "IV-D case" means a parent
				or alleged 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 or alleged father is a separate IV-D case for each family with a
				dependent child or children that the parent or alleged father 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 IV-D program, each
				parent is considered a separate IV-D case.
(3) "Agency combined earnings" means each
				agency's total earned amounts.
(4)
				"Agency share of total available incentive funding" means the percentage of
				actual total funding available for distribution under s.
				49.24,
				Stats., that an agency receives.
(5) "Allocation" means the estimated minimum
				incentive payment amount that the agency is expected to receive if the total
				available incentive funding is equal to or exceeds the projected incentive
				funding and the agency's earned level is 100%.
(6) "Child support agency" or "agency" means
				the county child support agency under s.
				59.53(5),
				Stats.
(7) "County contract
				committee" means a subcommittee of the members of the child support policy
				advisory committee, as appointed by local child support agency representatives
				on the policy advisory committee, that serves to advise the department on
				matters relating to child support incentive payments.
(8) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of children and families.
(9) "Earned amount" means an agency's
				allocation multiplied by the agency's weighted earned level for an individual
				performance measure.
(10) "Earned
				level" means the number that is determined based on an agency's performance
				level on an individual performance measure and that is used in calculating an
				agency's earned amount for that performance measure.
(11) "Federal fiscal year" means October 1 of
				one year through September 30 of the following year.
(12) "Incentive payment amount" means the
				dollar amount the agency receives pursuant to s.
				49.24,
				Stats.
(13) "Office of child
				support enforcement" means the office that administers the IV-D program within
				the federal department of health and human services, administration for
				children and families.
(14)
				"Performance level" means an agency's score on a performance measure.
(15) "Performance measure" or "measure of
				performance" means a standard used to evaluate agency performance for purposes
				of determining incentive payment amounts under s.
				49.24,
				Stats.
(16) "Performance scale"
				means a table of agency performance levels and corresponding earned levels used
				in calculating an agency's incentive payment amount.
(17) "Projected incentive funding" means the
				estimated total funding that will be available for distribution to counties
				under s.
				49.24,
				Stats.
(18) "Statewide combined
				earnings" means the total of agency combined earnings for all
				agencies.
(19) "Total available
				incentive funding" means the actual total funding available for distribution to
				counties under s.
				49.24,
				Stats., as determined by the department, for a particular contract
				year.