DCL-02-15, Announcement of Section 1115 Demonstration Grant Applications

DCL-02-15

JULY 2, 2002

TO: ALL STATE IV-D DIRECTORS

Re: Announcement of Section 1115 Demonstration Grant Applications

Dear Colleague:

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is pleased to announce a request for applications from state Child Support Enforcement Agencies for the funding of demonstration projects as authorized under Title IV-D and section 1115 of the Social Security Act.

SUMMARY: OCSE announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2002 funding for demonstration activities intended to add to the knowledge, and to promote the objectives, of the Child Support Enforcement Program under section 1115 and

Title IV-D. This announcement contains the FY 2002 priority areas for funding, together with the forms and instructions for submitting an application. Throughout the priorities, we encourage the use of faith-based and community-based organizations as collaborators with the states in the proposed projects, as appropriate.

This announcement reflects a request for demonstration and pilot projects in four priority areas:

1. Priority Area I - Projects which ensure that technology pays off for families by increasing the rate of cases with collections through better use of automation and through improved public-private collaboration projects in interstate cases;

2. Priority Area II - Projects which increase the rate of cases with collections from low-income non-custodial parents;

3. Priority Area III - Projects aimed at reducing and limiting the amount of undistributed collections and having states track better and distribute more of the undistributed child support that they have collected; and,

4. Priority Area IV - Projects which further the national goals of the Child Support Program.

DATES: The closing date for submitting applications is August 6, 2002. Mailed applicationsreceived after the closing date will be classified as late. See Part III of this announcement for more information on submitting applications. We recommend the use of an overnight service, since our regular mail is delayed because it is irradiated before it reaches us. ACF shall notify each late applicant that its application will not be considered in the current competition.

(Information Deleted 10/23/2008 - No Longer Current)

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