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798 Chapter 4:Working with families • Section 6: Child support programs (07/2026) support, SSP will refer them to their local child support office. Assignment of support rights Support assignment requirement The purpose of assigning support rights is to allow the state to recoup TANF paid to the family. For TANF the terms of the assignment are specified in the R&R’s section of applicant portal and on the Application for Services (DHS 0415F). For medical, terms of the assignment are in the application for Oregon Health Plan (OHP) benefits (OHP 7210). By signing the 415F, 7210 or by providing a signature for TANF or medical benefits via either applicant or worker portal, TANF and medical participants automatically assign their support rights to the state. Assigning support rights is a condition of eligibility for TANF and medical. Who must assign their rights? Applicants: • TANF applicants must assign their rights to all child support and spousal support to the state for all persons in their TANF benefit group. (This does not apply to applicants who are a two-parent family.). • Parents/guardians must assign their rights to all cash medical support and absent parent’s health insurance coverage for children in their care. Participants: • TANF participants must assign their rights to all child support and spousal support for all persons in their TANF benefit group to the state. (This does not apply to participants in SFPSS, JOBS Plus, or who are a two- parent family.) • Parents/guardians must assign their rights to all cash medical support and absent parent’s health insurance coverage for children in their care who receive Medicaid medical benefits. Non-parent caretaker relative: • When a participant is a caretaker relative but not a parent of the child in the TANF benefit group, the child support rights are still assigned to the state even though the caretaker relative is not the legal holder to support owed for the child. Because the child is getting TANF, support is still assigned to the state (this does not apply to caretakers who are a two-parent family). • Legal guardians/caretaker relatives must assign their rights to all cash medical support and absent parent’s health insurance coverage for children in their care. Amount of support assigned When a family receives TANF cash assistance, they assign their rights to child and spousal support up to the total amount of unreimbursed assistance (URA). URA is the amount of cash assistance paid for a family minus the child and spousal support payments kept by the state to repay to the state account. If support arrearages are owed to a TANF applicant/participant who has received TANF in the past, the arrearages for months when the applicant/participant received TANF are assigned to the state to repay the past TANF. Both current TANF and past arrearages are assigned. Arrearages that exceed the URA account are not subject to