The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Brings You MORE!
Make your
Operations
Really
Effective
...with the DRA 2005!
DRA Brings You MORE!
- More cases certified for Passport Denial In 2006
- More collections from Passport Denial in 2007 ... and beyond!
- More cases certified to Federal Offset in 2007
- More collections from Federal Offset in 2008 ... and beyond!
DRA Brings You MORE!
Passport Denial
Background:
- Passport Denial Program Implemented June, 1998
- Obligors are submitted to DoS when arrearages exceed the Federal threshold
- Use of any passport service triggers a check against child support files
DRA Brings You MORE!
Passport Denial
MORE Cases Certified:
10/1/06 - Decreased child support arrearage threshold from $5,000 to $2,500
Before 10/1/06: 3.7M Obligors
After 10/1/06: 4.1M Obligors
DRA Brings You MORE!
Passport Denial
MORE Collections:
10/1/06 - Decreased child support arrearage threshold from $5,000 to $2,500
Before 10/1/06: $77.8B Arrearages
After 10/1/06: $79.3B Arrearages
DRA Brings You MORE!
Passport Denial
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
Phase I - Effective January 23, 2007
Passport required for all AIR travel to or from: Bermuda, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean, Central & South America
DRA Brings You MORE!
Passport Denial
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
Phase II - Implementation Date Unknown
Passport Requirement extended to all lan d border crossings and sea travel
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Passport Denial
Program Statistics:
Line Chart
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Passport Denial
Program Statistics:
80+ passports denied daily
$20,300 average PD arrearage
$311,491 largest collection to date
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Passport Denial
Success Stories:
- Out of Country
- Passport Services
- Vacations
- Work Related
- Living Abroad
- Weddings
DRA Brings You MORE!
Federal Tax Refund Offset
MORE Cases Certified:
Effective 10/1/07 - Allow Federal Tax Refund Offsets for Non-Minor Children (Non-TANF)
DRA Brings You MORE!
Federal Tax Refund Offset
MORE Cases Certified:
Effective 10/1/07 - Allow Federal Tax Refund Offsets for Non-Minor Children (Non-TANF)
- Eligible even if age of majority reached prior to October 1, 2007
- Allows offset for any child, whether or not a minor
DRA Brings You MORE!
Federal Tax Refund Offset
MORE Collections:
Effective 10/1/09 - Remove distinction in offset priority between past-due TANF and Non-TANF support
(States may implement 10/1/08)
DRA Brings You MORE!
Federal Tax Refund Offset
MORE Collections:
Remove distinction in offset priority
Current Priority
- IRS Tax Debts
- TANF Child Support Debts
- Other Federal Agencies' Debts
- Non-TANF Child Support Debts
- State Tax Debts
DRA Brings You MORE!
Federal Tax Refund Offset
MORE Collections:
Remove distinction in offset priority
- Two allocation options for States when obligors have TANF & Non-TANF debts
- Option 1 - State maintains current distribution process
- Option 2 - State opts to distribute offset to family first
DRA Brings You MORE!
Insurance Match
MORE Collections:
Effective 10/1/05 - Information Comparisons with Insurance Data
- OCSE to match with insurers (or their agents) on claims, settlements, awards & payments
- Results provided to IV-D agencies
- Insurers protected from liability
- State & insurer participation optional
DRA Brings You MORE!
Insurance Match
For updates, attend
Matching with Insurers to Increase Collections
Wednesday, September 12
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Multistate
Financial
Institution
Data
Match
(MSFIDM)
MSFIDM Statistics
- Nearly 4,500 Multistate Financial Institutions (MSFIs) Participating in MSFIDM
- Average of 2006 MSFIDM Quarterly Match Statistics:
- 2.4m Matches Returned to States (up from 1.8m in 2004)
- 1.2m Obligors (up from 1.04m in 2004)
- $107m MSFIDM Collections Voluntarily Reported in Calendar Year 2006
MSFIDM Current Activities
- Electronic Freeze & Seize-U.S. Bank and State of Washington
- Quarterly and Monthly Reports
- Match Data
- Collection Amounts
- UIFSA Forms
- State Reimbursement
MSFIDM Current Activities
- PAID
- Criteria:
- System Process (Automation, Centralization)
- Match Rate
- Reported Collections
Success Stories
- In June, Illinois CSE collected $48,774.72 as the result of a MSFIDM match
with Wachovia. The entire amount went to the family. It was the first payment on the case
since January 2000.
- Iowa collected $20,487.90 from a match through MSFIDM which was sent to the family.
Success Stories
- Delaware identified a bank account owned by an NCP whose interstate case with
Pennsylvania had an arrears balance of over $30,000. At the time of the bank match,
there was only slightly over $500 in the bank account. The bank information was given to the DE
caseworker to share with the PA caseworker. The PA FIDM Unit levied the account and PA collected
$30,794.02 from the bank account.
Success Stories
- Georgia collected $45,965 (the full amount of the lien) from an obligor's account reflecting
the only payment received on this particular case since July 2002.
DRA Brings You MORE!
Questions?
Federal Offset/Passport Denial:
OCSE FIDM:
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