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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF Child Support 1600 PURPOSE The purpose of the Child Support Enforcement Program (CSEP) is to ensure parents provide support for their children. The cooperation of the relative caregiver in obtaining financial support for dependent children (unless good cause exists) is an eligibility requirement for receipt of TANF/NEON and Child-Only cash benefits. 1610 ASSIGNMENT OF SUPPORT Nevada State law (NRS 425.350) requires relative caregivers assign child support rights to the DWSS. The “responsible person” is the caregiver who applies for and receives TANF/NEON or Child-Only cash benefit. The signature on the application assigns child support rights for all individuals applying for benefits. The case manager must ensure the signature(s) and affirmation(s) have been completed on the application. Advise the caregiver the assignment of rights remains in effect while the household receives TANF cash benefits. No more than one responsible person will be allowed per case except when there are two parents in the household with a separate child(ren) in the following scenarios:   a household with married parents with no common child(ren) (double step parent case); or a household with two parents, married or unmarried, with a common child and each parent has a separate child. The case manager must ensure both parents assign their rights to support for their own separate child(ren). The following information is provided to the relative caregiver by the eligibility case manager and CSEP:      the benefits of the child support program; the caregiver’s responsibility to surrender any child support (voluntary or court ordered) received once the TANF/NEON or Child-Only benefits are approved; the caregiver’s responsibilities in child support enforcement; the procedures for claiming “good cause”; the case action and penalty for not cooperating with CSEP and a signed copy of the Non-Custodial Parent (NCP) form, 2906-EG. Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 13 Nov 01 MTL 13/05 A-1600 CHILD SUPPORT PURPOSE