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2022-23 & 2023-24 NCDHHS/COUNTY MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br /> CHILD SUPPORT PERFORMANCE MEASURES <br /> dint Child Support w <br /> Services <br /> WHAT ARE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES? <br /> In 2017, the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Family/Child Accountability and Protection Act/ <br /> Rylan's Law - Session Law 2017-41. The law requires all counties to enter into an annual agreement with the <br /> NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) for all social services programs excluding medical <br /> assistance (NC Medicaid). The goal of the annual agreements is to support the provision of consistent, quality <br /> child welfare and social services that ensure the safety, health and well-being of children,adults and families <br /> served across North Carolina. <br /> The law requires the agreement to contain performance requirements and administrative responsibilities. <br /> This fact sheet is one of six fact sheets describing the 21 performance measures in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 <br /> Memorandum of Agreement. The six fact sheets address: 1) Adult Services, 2) Child Support Services, 3) Child <br /> Welfare Services, 4) Energy Programs, 5) Food and Nutrition Services,and 6) Work First Services. <br /> Why Were These Child Support Measures Selected? <br /> The NCDHHS-County Memorandum of Agreement includes four child support performance measures. The aim <br /> of the performance measures is to ensure that child support is a reliable, accessible source of income so that <br /> custodial families can become self-sufficient. Studies have shown that policies to collect child support not only <br /> increase financial resources to families, but their impact on payments increase visitation and contact between <br /> the children and their parents. <br /> BASIS <br /> The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Acts (PRWORA) of 1996, Section 454 of <br /> the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654), 42 U.S.C. 658a(b)(6), Public Law 105-200, Section 201, and N.C.G.S. <br /> 110-129.1(a)(9)establish guidelines for performance and an incentive system to provide additional payments <br /> to any State based on its performance under the program. The Child Support Performance and Incentive Act <br /> of 1998 (CSPIA) (Public Law 105-200, Section 201) provides the legal basis for the incentive award system. <br /> The purpose of Title IV-D incentives is to reward child support programs for good performance results, while <br /> holding these programs accountable for poor performance. <br /> Eligibility for and the amount of incentive funding depends on all of the following: <br /> • The total amount of federal funds that are available for a fiscal year. <br /> • The state performance levels in five program service areas (paternity establishment, support <br /> establishment, current support payments, payments toward arrearages, and cost effectiveness). The <br /> federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) distributes a shared pool of federal incentive funds <br /> to the states each year. To receive these funds, states must reach a specific level of performance for each <br /> of these program service areas. <br /> • The reliability of the state's data as determined by OCSE's annual Data Reliability Audit (DRA). States <br /> must prove that their child support collection data in their computer systems is ninety-five percent (95%) <br /> reliable and accurate, based on the DRA (pursuant to 45 CFR 305). <br /> • The relative performance levels of other states. <br /> lof3 <br />