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| September, 2005 |
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| Hurricane Katrina recovery information from OCSE |
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| The state child support enforcement agencies in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana want employers to know that their state disbursement units (SDUs) are open and able to receive child support garnishments from employers. Therefore, employers should continue to send payments to these SDUs as usual. |
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| In an effort to assist these states with the distribution of payments to custodial families that have fled their homes, employers have developed a special form (attached) to capture that information and to email it to the states (see below). The form also contains information about the location of a non-custodial parent who has been dislocated and has a child support order. This information also is valuable to provide to the SDUs. |
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| United States Postal Service (USPS) |
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| Employers are also encouraged to visit the USPS's website at www.usps.com (click on Hurricane Katrina button) to receive the latest information about the status of mail delivery in the affected areas. Changes are occurring daily and USPS updates their website regularly. |
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| State Contact Information |
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| Representatives from the affected states provided updated contact information. This information is provided below: |
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Louisiana — The Louisiana Customer Service Center at 1-800-256-4650 or 1-225-922-8100 or e-mail lacsc@dss.state.la.us. The state office fax number is 1-225-342-4397. The Louisiana Disaster Support Line (1-888-LA-HELPU or 1-888-524-3578) is also available for child support and other social services. The State disbursement Unit e-mail address is laeft@acs-inc.com. |
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Mississippi — Child Support Hurricane Hotline at 1-866-388-2836 or e-mail poluade@mdhs.state.ms.us or mbenjamin@mdhs.state.ms.us. |
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Alabama — Child Support Hurricane Hotline at 1-800-951-1274 or e-mail childsupportstorm@dhr.state.al.us |
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| See also http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/hurricane_katrina/employers.html |
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| August, 2005 |
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| NPRC Design Recommendations for Next-Generation Electronic Filing Systems |
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| NPRC members presented recommendations to state revenue agencies at the Federation of Tax Administrators Technology conference. Many states are developing the next generation of electronic filing systems for employment taxes, which raises opportunities for both dramatic improvements and cost savings as well as spectacular failures. NPRC members shared the early results of the first few states to address this area, and provided key design recommendations to assist state developers. |
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