Child Welfare

Under contracts with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and Children’s Bureau since 2001, SITC has developed and delivered significant education and training events and products for State and Federal child welfare information systems staff. Annual training events include:

• Annual national training meeting held in Washington, D.C. for state child welfare IT managers
• Regional multi-day classroom training sessions on child welfare technology issues held around the country each summer
• An ongoing series of webinars, webcasts and online courses related to child welfare system hot topics

Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) - Online Training Series for Commonwealth of Virginia

Under a 3-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, SITC is developing and hosting a new “Helping Virginians Building Assets” online training series. In partnership with the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS), the Virginia Community Action Partnership (VACAP), and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), SITC facilitates, records, and provides Website hosting for an annual series of Webinars to build the capacity of
local departments of social services, community action agencies, and local coalitions throughout
the Commonwealth of Virginia. The project goal is to build our partners’ capacity to assist their
clients with asset formation and financial literacy by increasing the total number of eligible
low-moderate income workers who are approved for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and to
increase participation of new savers in the Virginia Individual Development Accounts (VIDA)
matched savings program.
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Child Support Enforcement

Under multiple annual contracts with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, SITC has provided technical assistance to support
the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in their efforts to increase child support collections through the use of technology.
These efforts have focused on:

• Data exchange and collaboration between international, interstate and intergovernmental child support entities;
• Development of the model Tribal child support system;
• International case processing and administrative cooperation;
• Policy support and training development for a variety of child support topics;
• Research and development of automation-related technical assistance guides for States, Territories, and Tribal child support programs.

In addition to providing technical assistance, SITC also has managed and facilitated over 200 meetings and teleconferences to support International,
State, Territory, Tribal, Judicial and Federal collaboration in these varied efforts to improve child support collections, reduce child support debts, and
disburse payments efficiently to families with children.

TANF

Under contracts with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, SITC
has focused on three predominant areas.

• Technology Prototypes - developed performance management and assessment web technologies to enable states to meet federal participation
  rates and improve outcomes for their TANF customers;
• Data Exchange and Verification - developed technology practices and processes for TANF agencies to access the Child Support Enforcement’s
  New Hire Directory for confirming TANF eligibility. In addition SITC has established business and technical requirements for development of a
  national database of TANF recipients for
  verification to reduce fraud;
• Project Management and Technology - provided oversight and management practices through a large team of national experts, including program
  and IT representatives from all 50 States, the District and the Tribes.