Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 153.02 - Definitions
In this chapter:
(1)
"IV-D" means part D of title IV of the social security act of 1975, the federal
law on the child support and establishment of paternity program (42 USC
651 to
669
b).
(2) "IV-D case" means a parent
or alleged father who is now or eventually may be obligated under law for the
support of a child or children receiving services under the title IV-D program.
A parent or alleged father is a separate IV-D case for each family with a
dependent child or children that the parent or alleged father may be obligated
to support. If both parents are absent and liable or potentially liable for
support of a child or children receiving services under the IV-D program, each
parent is considered a separate IV-D case.
(3) "Agency combined earnings" means each
agency's total earned amounts.
(4)
"Agency share of total available incentive funding" means the percentage of
actual total funding available for distribution under s.
49.24, Stats., that an agency
receives.
(5) "Allocation" means
the estimated minimum incentive payment amount that the agency is expected to
receive if the total available incentive funding is equal to or exceeds the
projected incentive funding and the agency's earned level is 100%.
(6) "Child support agency" or "agency" means
the county child support agency under s.
59.53(5),
Stats.
(7) "County contract
committee" means a subcommittee of the members of the child support policy
advisory committee, as appointed by local child support agency representatives
on the policy advisory committee, that serves to advise the department on
matters relating to child support incentive payments.
(8) "Department" means the Wisconsin
department of children and families.
(9) "Earned amount" means an agency's
allocation multiplied by the agency's weighted earned level for an individual
performance measure.
(10) "Earned
level" means the number that is determined based on an agency's performance
level on an individual performance measure and that is used in calculating an
agency's earned amount for that performance measure.
(11) "Federal fiscal year" means October 1 of
one year through September 30 of the following year.
(12) "Incentive payment amount" means the
dollar amount the agency receives pursuant to s.
49.24, Stats.
(13) "Office of child support enforcement"
means the office that administers the IV-D program within the federal
department of health and human services, administration for children and
families.
(14) "Performance level"
means an agency's score on a performance measure.
(15) "Performance measure" or "measure of
performance" means a standard used to evaluate agency performance for purposes
of determining incentive payment amounts under s.
49.24, Stats.
(16) "Performance scale" means a table of
agency performance levels and corresponding earned levels used in calculating
an agency's incentive payment amount.
(17) "Projected incentive funding" means the
estimated total funding that will be available for distribution to counties
under s. 49.24, Stats.
(18) "Statewide combined earnings" means the
total of agency combined earnings for all agencies.
(19) "Total available incentive funding"
means the actual total funding available for distribution to counties under s.
49.24, Stats., as determined by
the department, for a particular contract year.
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