Phase 1 Report of Feasibility Study on New Hire Programs for Canada: New Hire Programs in the United States

RESEARCH REPORT

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APPENDIX A: Glossary of Terms

ADC

Aid to Dependent Children

AFDC

Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs and legislation; social assistance policy replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

CSA

child support agency

CSE

child support enforcement

DHHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

EIN or FEIN

Employer Identification Number, Federal Employer Identification Number

FPLS

Federal Parent Locator Service, the umbrella federal agency where the National Directory of New Hires is placed; the agency also includes the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders and is operated by the Office of Child Support Enforcement

FSA

Family Support Act, 1988

IV‑A

welfare and social assistance agencies and cases

IV‑D

state child support enforcement agencies and cases related to Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act—“IV-D agencies” were established in 1975 to collect child support payments for children in single-parent families; the term “IV‑D cases” can mean all cases in the caseloads of child support enforcement agencies, but usually means welfare cases in the caseloads

IV‑E

foster care assistance, benefits or services

NDNH

National Directory of New Hires

OCSE

Office of Child Support Enforcement, located in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

PRWORA

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, 1996, the U.S. federal legislation that in section 313 requires each state to establish an automated state directory of new hires

SDNH

state directory of new hires

SESA

state employment security agency

SIC

Standard Industrial Codes (such as occupational codes of industries or businesses that report to state agencies), which come from the census and are used to classify types of businesses

SSA

Social Security Administration

SSN

Social Security Number

TANF

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children

UIFSA

Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

USC

United States Code

W‑4

federal Internal Revenue form completed for every employed person at time of hire

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