We discovered there was a gap. We started working with employers on how they could comply, and as a result, collections just skyrocketed.

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Now 60 percent of our cases have orders.

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Making good use of federal databases helps state programs immensely, but local information is invaluable. These are people who know these communities, they live and work there.

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We make sure that legal parentage gets established for the child. We do get involved with the hospitals, we talk to both parents about how to sign a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity. Or we can use other judicial or administrative remedies to make an alleged father become the legal father.

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