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Module 1: Overview of NYS CSE Program

Program Functions: Check Your Understanding

Good work! You've completed the virtual tour of the Child Support functions. You are now ready for an exercise that will check your understanding of all the program functions.

Match each description with the CSE program function it describes using the drop-down menus.

  Description CSE Program Function  
1. The function of collecting, tracking and disbursing payments.
2. The process in which child support orders are enforced through both administrative and court related means.
3. The function that provides procedures for establishing and enforcing child support obligations in interstate cases.
4. The first step in the child support process that involves all of the activities to open a child support case.
5. A process in which the Support Collection Unit (SCU) objectively evaluates a child support order to determine if the amount should be adjusted based on Cost of Living Adjustment criteria.
6. The process by which the father of a child born out-of-wedlock is identified and legally recognized by a court.
7. The process by which the whereabouts, income, and/or assets of a non-custodial parent are identified and verified.
8. The process by which a non-custodial parent's financial obligation to his or her child, including medical coverage, is determined and court ordered.