1. Child Support Bureau Debit Card Pilot

2. Child Support Bureau (CSB) Debit Card Pilot Goals 2003 Faster Disbursement to Participants Move to Paperless Environment Reduce Costs Reduce Manual Processes

3. Pilot History Initial group of 25,000 participants 2 Phased Approach –State IV-D Payments (Jan 2004 – 770 payments) –3 Pilot counties (June 2004 – 837 payments) No new Enrollments Commercial debit account, NACHA rules apply

4. Pilot Challenges Fraud Customer Service Closing of Accounts by Vendor Address Updates Cardholder Costs Cards resemble Welfare card

5. Pilot Successes Funds available next day Tax Refunds placed on cards Reduced participants check cashing fees Almost 13,000 custodial parents are using card today

6. CSB Today Over 600,000 Cases in ISETS 380,000+ of those are IV-D Cases Average Disbursement/Month - $292 Average No. Payments/Month - 3.17

7. CSB Future Goals Expand Debit Card to entire State with the new Electronic Payment Card (EPC) vendor –Cardholder advantages include faster payment, payment notifications, ease of use, less fees, better customer service options Mandate Direct Deposit or EPC