Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program; created, report, sunset.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify all details about the program's criteria or implementation methods.

Helping Noncustodial Parents Find Jobs and Pay Child Support

This law creates a pilot program within the Department of Social Services to assist noncustodial parents who owe child support or are unemployed or underemployed, providing them with resources like job referrals and training.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a pilot program in the Department of Social Services to help noncustodial parents who owe child support or are unemployed or underemployed.
• Provides various resources such as employment referrals, skills training, education classes, parenting classes, and case management for these parents.
• Requires the department to report annually on the number of participants, reduction in enforcement actions, and amount of child support paid on time.
• Establishes a work group with representatives from different organizations to advise on program design and criteria.

Who It Names or Affects

• Noncustodial parents who owe child support or are unemployed or underemployed
• The Department of Social Services

Terms To Know

Pilot Program

A trial program to test new ideas before full implementation.

Work Group

A group of people brought together to advise on a specific issue or project.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill expires on July 1, 2031.
• Details about the program's criteria and how it will be implemented are not fully specified in the summary.

Official Summary Text

Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program established; report; work group; sunset.
Establishes the Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program within the Department of Social Services to assist noncustodial parents who are in arrears on child support payments or unemployed or underemployed with referrals to various resources, including employment referrals, employment skills training, education classes, parenting classes, and other forms of case management in lieu of or in addition to any available remedy available to enforce or collect child support payments. The bill directs the Department to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly data and information about the Program, including the number of parents participating in the Program, any reduction in the use of enforcement remedies to collect child support payments, and the amount of child support payments paid on time by parent participants. The bill also directs the Department to convene a work group to advise the Department on the design of and criteria for participation in the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2031.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 19 of Title 63.2 an article numbered 4.1, consisting of sections numbered
63.2-1922.1
,
63.2-1922.2
, and
63.2-1922.3
, relating to Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program established; report; work group; sunset.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 19 of Title 63.2 an article numbered 4.1, consisting of sections numbered
63.2-1922.1
,
63.2-1922.2
, and
63.2-1922.3
, as follows:

Article
4.1
.

Noncustodial Parent Employment
and
Child Support
Pilot Program
.

§
63.2-1922.1
. Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support
Pilot
Program established; purpose.

There is hereby created in the Department the Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program (the Program). The purpose of the Program is
assist noncustodial parents who are in arrears on child support payments or unemployed or underemployed
with referrals to

various resources, including employment referrals,
employment skills training,
education classes,
parenting classes
, and other forms of case management in lieu of or in addition to any available remedy to enforce or collect child support payments.

§
63.2-1922.2
. Program criteria
.

The Department shall establish criteria for
parental
participation in the Program.
Such criteria may include employment requirements and
income thresholds.
The Department may also identify and limit participation to specific courts and specific jurisdictions.

§
63.2-192
2
.3.
Reporting requirements.

The Department shall report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly data and information about the Program, including the number o
f par
ents participating in the Program, any reduction in
the use of enforcement remedies to collect child support payments, and the amount of child support payments paid on time by parent participants.

2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2031.

3. That the Department of Social Services (the Department) shall convene a work group that shall include representatives from the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia Poverty Law Center, the Virginia Family Law Coalition, and any other relevant stakeholder to advise the Department on the design of the

Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program (the Program) established pursuant to this act and criteria for participation in such Program.