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Federal Parent Locator Service

The FPLSFederal Parent Locator Service is a national computer system operated by the OCSEOffice of Child Support Enforcement. The goal of the FPLS is to quickly locate persons involved in CSChild Support cases and to expedite case processing. The FPLS allows Child Support Enforcement Agencies to access nationwide location, income, asset, and employment information on NCPs in a timely manner. It also allows communication between states that share participants, cases, or support orders. The FPLS is composed of the following:

SSASocial Security Administration
DVADepartment of Veterans Affairs
FBIFederal Bureau of Investigation
IRSInternal Revenue Service
DoDDepartment of Defense/OPMOffice of Personnel Management

The PRWORAPersonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act legislation enacted in 1996 expanded the FPLS to include both the NDNHNational Directory of New Hires and the FCRFederal Case Registry of Child Support Orders. The EFPLSExpanded Federal Parent Locator Service contains the NCP’s name, SSN, DOB, and gender. The anticipated response is address information or a SSN. The request for information is an automated process through the FCR. The agencies then respond separately to the request for information. Responses to the requests can be received on any day of the month and are not necessarily verified.

Information Supplied by EFPLS Components

Interface	Information Supplied by Interface
National Directory of New Hires	Address, Employer, New Hire (W-4) file, QWQuarterly Wage file, UIUnemployment Insurancefile
Social Security Administration	Verified SSNSocial Security Number
Department of Veterans Affairs	Pension and home address
Federal Bureau of Investigation	Address and employer
Internal Revenue Service	Address and SSN (unsolicited and unverified)
Department of Defense/Office of Personnel Management	Military address, pay grade, date of separation, retirement information
Wages, Local Office Online Payment System ( LOOPS), and Disability Automated Benefits System (DABS)	Employment, unemployment, SSN verification, state disability
Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC)	Driver’s license, registration, address information, DOBDate of birth
Department of Corrections	Inmate status

Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders

The FCRFederal Case Registry of Child Support Orders is an interface that has information from all state Case Registries, which contain records of child support cases being provided CSChild Support services. All new IV-D cases, non-IV-D cases, and cases with support orders established or modified on or after October 1, 1998, are submitted to the FCR. The FCR is housed within the EFPLSExpanded Federal Parent Locator Service. The FCR serves as a source for identifying individuals living or working in other states and as a “pointer” system that directs the agency requesting information to other sources for more detailed information. The FCR is a conduit through which NCPNon-custodial parent information is matched with a variety of databases. The FCR obtains information from the other interfaces. For example, the FCR interfaces with the Social Security Administration to supply SSNs missing from the records of NCPs. The same interface also validates the SSNs that are recorded for NCPs.

Federal regulations require that the automated systems in all states have a FVIFamily Violence Indicator. In accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 654(26)(D), by entering the FVI, New Jersey fulfills the requirement to notify the Secretary of the DHHSDepartment of Health and Human Services when there is reasonable evidence of family violence. This, in turn, transmits the FVI to the FCR. In New Jersey, an applicant may waive support if it is determined that pursuing support may endanger the safety of the applicant and his or her family. Evidence of family violence or abuse to the CP activates the FVI for that parent. If the FVI is entered on NJKiDSNew Jersey’s Federally certified, statewide automated case management system for tracking all information related to child support cases. NJKiDS monitors cases to ensure that case actions are completed within required time frames. NJKiDS is also used to provide statistics, reports, and information about child and alimony/ spousal support enforcement in New Jersey to Federal, State, and local authorities. NJKiDS serves as the State Case Registry for IV-D support cases., it prevents the information on any of the parties to be reported to the FCR, even if the party has a second case.

National Directory of New Hires

The NDNHNational Directory of New Hirescomprises information received from the SDNHState Directory of New Hires in each state. All employers are required by law to report new employees to the SDNHSDNHN.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.61. Information sent to the NDNH contains W-4 information for new hires and is compared at the parent level. The NDNH can also provide address information on an NCP. Unemployment insurance information and quarterly wage information are also received from the NDNH.

Note: Successful searches using the tools above are contingent upon having accurate information identifying the NCP, including name, SSN, DOB, place of birth, and parents’ names.

Department of Corrections

The DOCDepartment of Corrections interfaces to match cases where the NCPNon-custodial parent is currently incarcerated in New Jersey. The match is based on the NCP’s last name and date of birth and occurs every 30 days. The match does not update the NCP address to reflect the prison address information or SBIState Bureau of Investigation number. This information must be entered manually. Information about NCPs can also be found on the Internet at various sites, including http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/.

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N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.61
http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/