Iowa Code r. 441-94.2 - Purpose and incentives

Child support services may partner with community providers and resources to offer incentives to participants to assist in overcoming barriers to fulfilling their obligations and to encourage participants' completion of the project. The available incentives include the following:

(1) Satisfaction of the assigned support arrearages.

a. A participant will be granted a partial satisfaction of the assigned support arrearages that are and that will remain owed by that participant to the state after that participant's successful completion of the project and payment of that participant's periodic support payments. Satisfactions granted under this subrule will apply only to those cases for which periodic support payment is credited.

b. Each satisfaction will be an amount equal to a percentage of that participant's support arrearages, which are and which will remain owed to the state, according to the following schedule:

(1) A one-time satisfaction after six consecutive months from the participant's completion of the project. The amount of satisfaction will be a percentage based on the amount of periodic support paid on all qualifying cases as follows:

1. When 100 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 50 percent of the amount owed to the state.

2. When 99 to 80 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 40 percent of the amount owed to the state.

3. When 79 to 60 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 30 percent of the amount owed to the state.

4. When 59 to 40 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 20 percent of the amount owed to the state.

5. When 39 to 20 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 10 percent of the amount owed to the state.

6. When 19 to 0 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 0 percent of the amount owed to the state.

(2) A one-time satisfaction after 12 consecutive months from the participant's completion of the project. The amount of satisfaction will be a percentage based on the amount of periodic support paid on all qualifying cases as follows:

1. When 100 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 100 percent of the amount owed to the state.

2. When 99 to 80 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 80 percent of the amount owed to the state.

3. When 79 to 60 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 60 percent of the amount owed to the state.

4. When 59 to 40 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 40 percent of the amount owed to the state.

5. When 39 to 20 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 20 percent of the amount owed to the state.

6. When 19 to 0 percent of the periodic support is paid, the satisfaction amount will equal 0 percent of the amount owed to the state.

c. A participant subject to an income withholding order will be eligible for the satisfaction in this subrule if the sole reason for ineligibility is a disparity between the schedules of the participant's pay date and the scheduled date the payment is due.

d. A participant will be eligible for a satisfaction under this subrule if the participant is no longer a participant but has continued to pay the participant's periodic support payment without interruption.

(2) Enforcement processes. Child support services may bypass select enforcement tools if the participant is actively in the project.

Notes

Iowa Code r. 441-94.2

Adopted by IAB February 19, 2025/Volume XLVII, Number 17, effective 4/1/2025