Federal Guidance on Alternative Penalties Related to Automation Failures


 

Publication Date: September 1998

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Paula Roberts

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

A brief summary of the alternative penalties and the qualifications from the latest child support automated systems legislation entitled "The Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998"(CSPIA), which established a system of fiscal penalties for states that fail to meet their FSA and/or PRWORA automation requirements. Also describes how the new penalty system will function pursuant to the Action Transmittal 98-22 issued by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement.