- a) The Department will send to current TANF recipients, and former AFDC or TANF recipients, a quarterly notice of child support account activity when the following circumstances exist:
1) an IV-D account's receivable has been established;
- 2) an assignment of support rights is currently in effect or assigned arrearages are owed; and
- 3) the Department has received a child support payment during the quarter covered by the Notice.
- b) The quarterly Notice of Child Support Account Activity shall contain the following information regarding payments collected during the quarter from each non-custodial parent owing a duty of support to the family:
1) the months of the quarter covered by the Notice;
- 2) the terms of the support order, the child support order number and the beginning date of the support order;
- 3) the amount of current support collected during each month of the quarter;
4) the amount of arrearages collected during each month of the quarter;
- 5) the amount of child support interest collected during each month of the quarter;
- 6) the amount of support, interest or both that was collected and paid to the family for the quarter covered by the Notice;
- 7) the amount of support, interest or both that was collected and retained by the Department or sent to another state;
- 8) the account balance of each month during the quarter;
9) the amount of unreimbursed assistance as of the date of the Notice;
10) the means by which a TANF recipient, or a former AFDC or TANF recipient, can obtain additional information concerning his or her child support account and/or:
- A) can appeal the Department's distribution of support, in the case of a current TANF recipient; or
- B) dispute the distribution of support by requesting an account review, in the case of a former AFDC or TANF recipient.
- c) In addition to the information required by subsection (b) of this Section, the Quarterly Notice of Child Support Account Activity sent to former AFDC or TANF recipients shall contain the following:
1) the effective month and year of AFDC or TANF cancellation;
- 2) the total amount of support due at AFDC or TANF cancellation that remains unpaid under the support order; and
- 3) the total amount of current support due after AFDC or TANF cancellation that remains unpaid under the support order.
- d) In the case of a current TANF recipient, the Quarterly Notice of Child Support Account Activity shall also contain an insert setting forth the Department's policy on earmarking income pursuant to Section 160.90.
(Source: Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 16805, effective October 6, 2008)