UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 29-96.html

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DHHS OCSE FPLS Access to New Hire Data U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOREmployment and Training AdministrationWashington D. C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION UI CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL TEUPDI ISSUE DATE August 2 1996 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE September 30 1997 DIRECTIVE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 29-96 TO ALL STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES FROM MARY ANN WYRSCHDirectorUnemployment Insurance Service SUBJECT Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Office of Child Support Enforcement OCSE Federal Parent Locator Service FPLS Access to New Hire Data Purpose.To encourage those State Employment Security Agencies which are collectors of new-hire information to participate in a matching program with the OCSE's FPLS. References.None. Background.Recently the President directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pilot program which will match new-hire data collected by participating States with FPLS data. The purpose of this initiative is to strengthen child support enforcement operations by enabling States to locate and withhold wages from child support obligors who have taken a job in another State. The President has also directed the Secretary of Labor to encourage those State Employment Security Agencies SESAs which collect new hire information to cooperate in this pilot program. We are aware that some States have implemented new-hire reporting programs for use in child support enforcement and other purposes and that in some States these new-hire reports are submitted to the SESAs. States participating in this effort would provide the new-hire information to the FPLS. The Child Support Enforcement representatives listed below will be contacting the SESAs regarding this pilot Donna Bonar Director Division of Program Operations Office of Child Support Enforcement 370 L'Enfant Promenade S.W. Washington D.C. 20447 202 401-9271 or Karen Bartlett Program Specialist Division of Program Operations Office of Child Support Enforcement 370 L'Enfant Promenade S.W. Washington D.C. 20447 202 401-4630 Any SESA may contact these representatives if they have questions about the pilot project or the tracking and reporting of information. A Federal Register Notice 61FR 33751 dated June 28 1996 announcing the pilot project by the OCSE is included with this directive as an Attachment. Data Security.SESAs are reminded that any arrangement to provide information needs to include provisions for safeguarding and protecting the confidentiality of the information provided and limiting its use and redisclosure for the purposes authorized. Reimbursement of Costs.SESAs are cautioned that Title III grant funds must not be used for any administrative costs not appropriately chargeable to the Title III grant. In arranging for participation in the pilot project SESAs will include arrangements for the payment or reimbursement of the cost of activities associated with providing new-hire information to the DHHS. In determining whether an administrative cost is appropriately chargeable to the Title III grant the cost principles of OMB Circular A-87 quot Cost Principles for State and Local Governments quot apply. Action Required.The Department encourages SESAs which are the collectors of new-hire data to arrange with the FPLS to participate in its pilot program for matching new hire data. Inquiries.Any questions about this directive should be addressed to the appropriate Regional Office. Attachment NOTE Attachment not available to DMS