Division of Child Support (DCS)

Created on:

Nov 15 2019

See ACES Screens and Online Pages for an example of pages or screens used in this chapter.

ACES interfaces with Division of Child Support (DCS) to exchange information related to:

ACES sends and receives interface information at varying times throughout the month.

The DCS New Hires File is processed weekly in ACES.

ACES receives information from DCS about:

Updated non-custodial parent addresses,
Medical insurance coverage of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Assistance Unit members, and
Child support payment collections information

ACES also receives the New Hires File from DCS.

Online Processing

ACES sends DCS information about:

Newly approved Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) AUs,
Added persons to TANF AUs,
Newly terminated TANF AUs,
Children receiving Concurrent Benefits Dual TANF,
TANF AUs for a child suddenly deprived of parental support (such as one of the parents moving out of the home),
Any new non-custodial parent(s) added to the Non-Custodial Parent page,
Approval, denial or updates to the Good Cause field on the Non-Custodial Parent page, and
TANF recipient changes,

ACES generates the following alerts for the specific situation:

Discrepant data received:
- Alert 209 - CHILD SUPPORT INCOME MISMATCH
Excess child support amounts:
- Alert 231 - IV-D COLLECTION EXCEEDS GRANT, AMT = $ AMT OVER GRNT 00/00 - $99999.00 00/00 = $99999.99
New Hires:
- ACES runs a check for any cross matches between the Social Security Numbers listed on the DCS New Hires File and the clients listed in ACES. If a match is found, Alert 287 - CLIENT APPEARS HIRED IN THE LAST 30-45 DAYS is generated.

See ACES Screens and Online Pages for an example of pages or screens used in this chapter.