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OCSE Network and CSENet 2000 - Library

What Exactly is CSENet?

September 8 - 10, 2003


CSENet 2000 Training presented during the OCSE 13th National Child Support Enforcement Conference, September 8 – 10, 2003.

The presentation consists of the following slides:

Slide 2:
The Child Support Enforcement Network
Slide 3:
An Electronic Child Support Communication Tool
Slide 4:
CSENet Frame Relay Network
Slide 5:
Your state "talks" ...
Slide 6:
What "language" do we "talk"?
Slide 7:
Functions in CSENet
Slide 8:
7 "Functions"
Slide 9:
What do they mean?
Slide 10:
What's an "Action"?
Slide 11:
Actions in CSEnet
Slide 12:
6 "Actions"
Slide 13:
100s CSENet Reason Codes
Slide 14:
CSENet Data Blocks
Slide 15:
The CSENet Advantage
Slide 16:
Impediments to CSENet Usage

Slide 2: The Child Support Enforcement Network

What does that mean???

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Slide 3: An Electronic Child Support Communication Tool

OK, but how does it work?

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Slide 4: CSENet Frame Relay Network

What Exactly is CSENet? presentation - CSENet Frame Relay Network, Manassas, VA


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Slide 5: Your state "talks" ...

Your state "talks" to other CSENetically-capable states

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Slide 6: What "language" do we "talk"?

Instead of sentences composed of subject, verb, and object, CSENet uses function, action, and reason code to get the message across.

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Slide 7: "Functions" in CSENet

There are 7 "functions" in CSENet and they each address a different area of case processing.

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Slide 8: 7 "Functions"

  • CSI
  • LO1
  • ENF
  • MSC
  • EST
  • PAT
  • COL

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Slide 9: What do they mean?

  • CSI = Case Information
  • LO1 = Quick Locate
  • ENF = Enforcement
  • MSC = Managing State Cases
  • EST = Establishment
  • PAT = Paternity
  • COL = Collection

So those are the "functions."

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Slide 10: What's an "Action"?

"Actions" are what you want done.

There are 6 different "actions" in CSENet.

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Slide 11: "Actions" in CSENet:

You can Request or Provide information, send a reMinder or an Update, Acknowledge receipt of a CSENet message or Cancel the previous request.

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Slide 12: 6 "Actions":

  • LO1/R = Quick Locate Request
  • ENF/A = Enforcement Acknowledgement
  • CSI/P = Case Information Provide
  • MSC/U = Managing State Cases Update
  • PAT/C = Paternity Cancellation
  • EST/M = Establishment Reminder

OK. Now what about the Reason Code part of a CSENet sentence?

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Slide 13: 100s CSENet Reason Codes

There are 100s of CSENet Reason Codes available, allowing the worker to "talk" in specific terms.

Great, but how do I use CSENet to actually "talk" to another state?

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Slide 14: CSENet Data Blocks

  • Case
  • NCP-ID
  • NCP-Locate
  • Participant
  • Order
  • Collection
  • Information

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Slide 15: The CSENet Advantage

  • Speed (Overnight)
  • Convenience
  • Less Paper
  • No Automated-Voice-Response "Misery"
  • DOB, SSN and Name Updates
  • "Quick" Locate Information
  • Unsolicited Case Information

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Slide 16: Impediments to CSENet Usage

  • Minimal Payment Information
  • Bad Case Data
  • Poorly Designed State System
  • Lack of User Training

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Last modified: April 03, 2004

This is a Historical Document.