IV-E to IV-D Case Referral IEPD

In 2011 the Children’s Bureau (CB) and Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) formed a workgroup to promote the collaboration between the child welfare (titles IV-B and IV-E) and child support (title IV-D) programs. In 2015, a team of representatives from CB, OCSE, state and local child welfare agencies, and state and local child support agencies convened to develop a NIEM-compliant IEPD data exchange between child welfare and child support agencies. The objective is to facilitate the efficient, accurate and timely exchange of information for the establishment, enforcement and servicing of a child support case. This one way exchange of information from a IV-E agency to a IV-D agency passes the current foster care maintenance payment amount, assists in identifying potential child support resources, and provides the title IV-E eligibility status for the child or youth.