This is the Sixth Edition of the Compendium of State Best Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement.

We hope you will find the practices profiled in the Compendium useful to you as you explore new ways to improve performance of your program. The practices profiled provide results and describe the sources of funds. Replication advice is frequently addressed by a person who is very knowledgeable about the practice. Contact information is provided so that you can follow-up and ask questions that come to mind. While we do not endorse any particular practice, we believe that by providing the Child Support Community with actual solutions undertaken at the State and local level, general program performance can be improved.

We have heard through many venues that State's enjoy our Best Practice and Good Ideas publication. The practices your State has undertaken and the ideas you are initiating at the local level will be the content of a future Compendium. Let us know about programs, organizational and training practices that produced results. Any nomination from a State IV-D director will be considered. These may be practices that are employed Statewide or only in a local area. They may have big financial effects or small recognizable improvements.

Readers are encouraged to visit the Office of Child support Enforcement (OCSE) Home Page. It is our most up-to-date and complete source of published Federal materials on child support enforcement. NECSRS, our National Electronic Child Support Enforcement Resource System, also includes state-submitted materials on program practices. You can find NECSRS through the OCSE Web Site /programs/cse/.

Submit your practices to your ACF Regional Office CSE Program Specialist or to:

The previous edition of Best Practices can be found at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/pubs/2000/best/