Feds Move to Scrap Job Help for Child Support Parents
Published Date: 6/9/2026
Proposed Rule
Summary
The government plans to cancel a recent rule that let child support agencies offer job training to noncustodial parents using federal funds. This change affects agencies and parents involved in the child support program and could shift how support services are funded and delivered. Comments on this proposal are open until August 10, 2026, so folks have time to weigh in before it’s final.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Stops IV-D Funding for Job Training
If you are a noncustodial parent, the agency that enforces child support will no longer be authorized to use Title IV‑D federal funds to pay for optional employment and training services. The proposal would remove the optional authority in regulatory provisions such as 45 CFR 302.76, 303.6(c)(5), and related sections, ending the Title IV‑D funding pathway for those services.
State IV-D Agencies Lose Optional Service Path
State child support (IV‑D) agencies would no longer have the optional authority to provide and claim Federal Financial Participation for the specified employment and training services to noncustodial parents. OCSE says removing those provisions would allow IV‑D programs to focus on locating parents, establishing paternity and support orders, and enforcing orders, and would reduce Federal and state costs tied to the prior rule.
Tribal IV‑D Programs Lose 100% FFP Option
The proposal would remove the optional employment and training authority for tribal IV‑D programs (including removal of 45 CFR 309.65(b), 309.121, and related conforming edits). The NPRM notes tribal IV‑D programs receive 100 percent FFP for allowable activities and that rescission would eliminate that Title IV‑D funding channel for employment and training services in tribal settings.
Averts Projected Federal Spending
The rescission would avert projected Federal expenditures that the 2024 rule estimated at $17.8 million in FY 2025 and rising to $98.5 million per budget year by FY 2034. The NPRM presents a table showing reduced Federal expenditures each year from $17.8 million (2025) to $98.5 million (2034) relative to continued implementation of the 2024 final rule.
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