FY 2016 Preliminary Data Report

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DCL-17-04

Publication Date: April 10, 2017
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DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER

DCL-17-04

DATE: April 10, 2017

TO: All State and Tribal IV-D Directors

SUBJECT: FY 2016 Preliminary Data Report

Attachment: (No longer available)

Dear Colleague:

Attached is the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Preliminary Data Report. The report provides data from all state child support programs and includes information on collections, expenditures, paternities and orders established, and other program statistics. This report does not contain data from tribal child support programs. Tribal data will be reported in the FY 2016 Annual Report to Congress.

The attached data and information represent a preliminary assessment of the program’s progress toward meeting our goals and objectives. It is provided as a resource for the child support community.

A few highlights from the FY 2016 preliminary report:

  • Total distributed IV-D child support collections were $28.8 billion, an increase of 1% over FY 2015 collections.
  • $27.5 billion, or 95% of the distributed collections, were sent directly to families.
  • Total child support collections, which include both IV-D and non-IV-D collections, were $32.7 billion.
  • The child support caseload declined by 1.5% to 14.5 million cases. In particular, current assistance cases (TANF) declined 9%. The former assistance caseload declined by about 2%, while the never assistance caseload increased by about 0.5%.
  • Total administrative expenditures remained at $5.7 billion. Full-time equivalent staffing numbers have decreased every year since 2006, and this trend continued into 2016 with an additional 2% decrease.
  • The program served 15.6 million children.
  • 86% of cases in the caseload had orders established.
  • 65% of current support due was collected. 64 percent of cases with arrears had collections.
  • IV-D Paternity Establishment Percentage (PEP) is 102%.
  • Statewide PEP is 94%.
  • The cost-effectiveness rate is $5.33 for FY 2016.

The information in this report does not take into account the 2016 data reliability audits.

State officials should carefully review data to ensure that numbers included in this report agree with timely submissions to the Office of Child Support Enforcement. Please contact regional offices with any concerns.

Sincerely,

Donna J. Bonar
Acting Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement