Federal Parent Locator Services (FPLS) for Title IV-E Agencies
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has purchased access to the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) for Title IV-E Agencies. The FPLS is an assembly of systems operated by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to assist states in locating noncustodial parents, putative fathers, and custodial parents. The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act expanded the information the child support program can share about parents and putative fathers. Through the use of the FPLS, Title IV-E agencies can use the FPLS to locate information on the parents and relatives of children on their children services caseload, as well as former foster care youth who have to be located for the National Youth in Transition Database. For children who are in foster care or receiving in-home services, the FPLS can assist agencies in locating: a person who has, or may have, parental rights to a child and relatives.
The attached article explains how to obtain access to and use the FPLS.
A webinar that demonstrated how agencies can access the FPLS was held on December 4, 2020. The Q&A document from the webinar is attached to this article. Click here to view the webinar.
Title IV-E Juvenile Court workers do not have direct access to the FPLS. Please click here to obtaining information from the FPLS if you are a Title IV-E Juvenile Court worker. |
