April 2024 CSQ
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orders from being set or modified based on the parent’s actual income or<br />
lack of income.<br />
CSRT began a focused outreach campaign to the Tennessee Department<br />
of Correction (TDOC) and its reentry coordinators. The campaign aimed to<br />
enlist TDOC reentry coordinators’ assistance to serve as liaisons in<br />
providing incarcerated parents with the necessary paperwork to request a<br />
review of their current child support order and ensure the completed<br />
paperwork was returned to the child support reentry coordinator. The key to<br />
establishing the partnership was to be open to and accommodate the<br />
needs of TDOC reentry coordinators, and not to create an additional<br />
burden on an already taxing position.<br />
Beginning in July 2021, Tennessee’s CSRT initiated reviews of current child<br />
support orders for parents who were currently incarcerated for more than<br />
180 days. CSRT reviews child support cases where the non-custodial<br />
parent is incarcerated based on information captured by the local<br />
caseworker in the statewide child support case management system. The<br />
child support reentry coordinator completes research to determine if the<br />
case qualifies for review, initiates the review on eligible cases by sending<br />
review paperwork to the TDOC reentry coordinator, and notifies the local<br />
child support office the review has been initiated. The child support reentry<br />
coordinator monitors the case for a modified order and provides the
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