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801 Chapter 4:Working with families • Section 6: Child support programs (07/2026) • Does not report receipt of a direct child support payment to their ODHS worker and does not turn over the support to OCSP, ODHS establishes a TANF overpayment against the participant for the dollar amount of any support payments retained by the participant. The case record must document the reason for writing the overpayment. Third-party payments • Reports third-party payment for the benefit of the family-When a participant reports to ODHS that an absent parent is making payments to a third-party, such as for the family’s rent, mortgage, car, or utilities, ODHS counts the value of the third-party payment against the TANF benefit amount. ODHS does not allow any disregard of a third-party payment. • Does not report third-party payment for the benefit of the family-that an absent parent is making third- party payments for the family, ODHS establishes a TANF overpayment against the participant for the dollar amount of the third-party payment. The case record must document the reason for writing the overpayment. Oregon Administrative Rule(s) 461-120-0310 — Assignment of Support Rights; Not SNAP 461-145-0080 — Child Support and Cash Medical Support See Child Support EG for details on entering child support income Requirement to cooperate, noncooperation penalties and good cause Requirement to cooperate with OCSP in obtaining child support payments Child support for TANF applicants To be eligible for TANF, caretaker relatives must agree to cooperate unless good cause exists (see below) with OCSP in establishing paternity and obtaining support payments for all children in the benefit group. (This does not apply to applicants eligible as a two-parent family.) TANF applicants are asked the following two questions at intake: 1. Do you agree to cooperate with establishment of paternity, location of the absent parent, and establishment of a child support order? 2. Do you have good cause for noncooperation with child support? When a TANF applicant does not agree to cooperate and there is no good cause for noncooperation, TANF benefits are denied. After the eligibility intake, TANF applicants will also be asked if there is any additional information, they would like to voluntarily provide about the absent parent. The applicant is not required to give DHS information about the absent parent and is not penalized for not providing this information to DHS. (Once TANF is open, OCSP may require this information from the case members and can request TANF sanctions if it is not provided. For more information,