Noncustodial Parent Employment & Training Services (Title IV-D) Rescission

Current understanding

HHS/ACF has issued a proposed rule to rescind the 2024 final rule that permitted state child support (Title IV-D) agencies to use federal matching funds to provide optional employment and training services to noncustodial parents. If finalized, state child support programs would lose federal financial participation for job-readiness, skills training, and related workforce services designed to improve noncustodial parents’ ability to meet support obligations. Status: proposed rule; comment period pending.

Evidence log

• 2025-05-07 — MOMS Act: 2026 — MOMS Act (HR3235) (citation removed): Separate bill would require state child support (Title IV-D) agencies to collect support during pregnancy, expanding IV-D program scope in a direction orthogonal to the ACF rescission of employment/training services for noncustodial parents. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-26 — Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Family Assistance Programs: ACF’s broader ‘Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Family Assistance Programs’ proposed rule pursues parallel streamlining of TANF and public assistance regulations, situating the Title IV-D rescission within a wider ACF deregulatory push. (novelty: 2)

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