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Making CSENet
Work For You
MIRANDA BRILEY
CHARTS BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST
Just to start out…
What do you know about CSENet?
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What is CSENet – Child Support
Enforcement Network? The CSENet application was conceived and developed by OCSE in
the early 1990s.
When OCSE developed the overall design for CSENet, there was the
assumption that all states would eventually establish their own
comprehensive, automated child-support systems.
Once state CSE systems were integrated with CSENet, the electronic
flow of case information among the states would be automatic, thus
providing easy and efficient communication of case information.
Fun Facts: Other items invented in the early 90’s
What is CSENet – Child Support
Enforcement Network?
Designed to conduct interstate child support enforcement (CSE)
business activities.
locating noncustodial parents (NCP)
establishing paternity and support obligations
enforcing support orders and collection of monies
gathering additional case information
It facilitates and supports automated transmission of interstate child
support information.
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Why CSENet? Intergovernmental work is messy! –
Prior to 1992, exchanging child support case information with another
state required manual completion of Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement
of Support Act (URESA) forms and mailing the documents to the other
state. At that time, because of the manual process, lack of
standardization and an as-yet defined legal basis for pursing parents
across state lines, states did not have the tools for collecting child
support from parents in other states. In response to an ever-increasing
interstate caseload, complex paperwork requirements and landmark
legislative acts (SSA and FSA), OCSE implemented CSENet in 1992.
Download IRG information
IRG data includes states’ profiles of services, valid FIPS codes and
addresses, OCSE federal and regional office data and addresses of
selected international child support enforcement agencies. Of primary
relevance to CSENet is state FIPS codes and address data.
How does CSENet work?
Nebraska
OCSE Hub
• Individual state systems electronically initiate and respond to CSE case
activities in other states
• The CSENet system hub receives the sent tractions, validates the
transactions to make sure they meet the standardized requirements,
then delivers the validated transactions to the states to which they are
directed.
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Which states are using CSENet? IRG (Intergovernmental Reference Guide) provides an Exchange
Agreement chart illustrating the type of transactions (Function
Codes) each State has agreed to exchange electronically.
Which states are using CSENet?
Accessing the IRG:
• Using the IRG link in the Court Order tab of the IG folder takes the
user to the Public Access IRG page
• Using the FPLS Portal to view the IRG requires a log in. There is
information here not viewable via the public page.
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CSENet with Nebraska’s Top 10
case partners
Iowa
Texas
Colorado
Missouri
South Dakota
California
Kansas
Florida
Minnesota
Illinois
CSENet with Nebraska’s Top 10
case partners
Questions –
How does your Child Support System handle the sending and receipt of
CSENet transactions?
Are reviewing/sending CSENet transactions part of field staff’s daily
routine or are CSENet transactions only utilized in certain circumstances
Does your state send UIFSA Acknowledgments through CSENet? Are
they automated?
Any common questions or concerns that are heard from other states?
And anything you would like other states to know about your state’s
CSENet functionality?
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Using CSENet in CHARTS Finding CSENet information in CHARTS
Current Activity tab
CSENet transaction on currently open IG cases
Historical Activity tab
CSENet transactions received on a previously open IG case that is now closed
Contact tab
Provides the Other State Caseworker, Central Registry, and SDU information
Event Log
Sending CSENet transactions – If user generated, event 3079 will log in the User Log. If it is a batch/automatic transaction, event 3078 will log in the System Log.
Receiving CSENet transactions – Event 3042 in the System Log
Current Activity and Historical Activity
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Using CSENet in CHARTS What kind of CSENet transactions are sent
Transaction function types
MSC, ENF, EST, COL, PAT, LO1, CSI
What does it take to send a CSENet
Data blocks
Information in CHARTS has to be completely filled out for all data blocks to be picked up during the batch cycle.
Integrating CSENet and document Event paths
Transmittal #1
Transmittal #2
Central Registry Acknowledgment
Examples of how CSENet
automatically work for you
Updated Address Information
Updated employment information
Caseworker contact information
Collection information
Hearing information
Reminders of federal timeframes
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CSENet Usage in Other States
Valid transactions:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocse/csenet_igd_appendix_b_val
id_transactions_table.pdf
27 pages of valid transactions individual states could choose to code
6 Pages of “Core transactions”
Optional codes
Phasing in new CSENet transactions
Closure Codes “Initiating State Issue Own Wage Withholding” and “Initiating State no longer needs services”
Request and Providing Arrears and Interest Information
What would you like to from
CSENet in the future?