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international cases. But I have never met a more dedicated, passionate, creative group of individuals than the child support community, and it will continue to move the program forward in exciting ways. What a gift it’s been to literally grow up in this community. It’s provided me the opportunity to make a positive difference in children’s lives. It’s been intellectually challenging. Most importantly, it’s given me lifelong friends whom I cherish. Thank you for the journey. i See Thelen v. Thelen, 281 S.E.2d 737 (N.C. App. 1981), https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/1981/8026dc1025- 1.html. ii Office of Child Support Enforcement, Nineteenth Annual Report to Congress (1994), FY 1994 Annual Report to Congress | The Administration for Children and Families (hhs.gov). iii Office of Child Support Enforcement, FY 2010 Annual Report to Congress (2010), FY 2010 Annual Report to Congress | The Administration for Children and Families (hhs.gov). Margaret (Meg) Haynes has more than 35 years of child support experience in public, nonprofit, and private sectors. From 1990 - 1992 she chaired the U.S. Commission on Interstate Child Support. Its report to Congress resulted in major child support reform. Meg participated in the drafting of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act from 1990 to 2008. From 2004 – 2007 she was a member of the U.S. delegation during negotiation of the 2007 Hague Child Support Convention. In 2022 she was a member of the NCSEA delegation to the Hague Special Commission on implementation of the Convention. She currently co-chairs the Hague Convention Forms Working Group. Recognitions include the Commissioner’s Distinguished Service Award from the federal Office of Child Support Services, ERICSA’s Felix Infausto Award for outstanding contributions in interstate child support, and NCSEA’s Child Support Community Service Award. She is a lifetime member of NCSEA.
Moving the Program Forward: Final Rules Issued by the Federal Office of Child Support Services by Diane Potts, Director, CGI Federal regulations are published by executive branch agencies to provide guidance on their interpretation of federal laws and advise how they will be implemented and enforced. Like laws, federal regulations are published and codified. Unlike federal laws, however, proposed changes to federal regulations must go through a notification process called the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The NPRM is the official document that announces the intended changes and explains the agency’s intent in addressing a problem or accomplishing a goal with the changes. Every NPRM is published in the Federal Register and has a specific timeframe for interested individuals, organizations, states, and other stakeholders to respond by filing comments with the agency. This article details two significant final rules issued recently through the NPRM process by the federal Office of Child Support Services (OCSS). NCSEA filed comments to the NPRMs in support of both regulatory changes and believes that they will improve the child support program for states and tribes. New Rule Eliminates Costs for Tribes to Operate a Child Support Program Tribes that operate child support programs have been successful collecting support for families. In federal fiscal year 2022, Tribal child support programs collected $51 million in payments, including $10 million collected
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