Child Support Enforcement Program Financial Reporting Forms (OCSE-34 and OCSE-396)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF FORM OCSE-396
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT
Paperwork Burden Statement. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act, as amended, no response is required to a
collection of information request unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number. The valid OMB control number for Form
OCSE-396 is 0970-0510. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6 hours per
response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Washington, DC 20503

General Instructions
Applicability: Completion of this report is required by each State with an approved title IV-D plan to
administer the Child Support Enforcement Program under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
The information reported on this form is reviewed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to determine the allowability of reported
expenditures, to compute quarterly grant awards and to provide program information reports to
Congress. Determinations regarding whether reported expenditures are eligible for Federal funding
under title IV-D will be made in accordance with applicable Federal statute, regulations and policy.
These instructions are intended to assist in the completion of this form and clarify the
applicable Federal statutes, regulations and policies.
Where a conflict exists, this form and these instructions do not supersede such documents.
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Due Dates.
In accordance with regulations found at 45 CFR 304.25, each quarterly expenditure report must
be submitted no later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, i.e., no later than
February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, respectively.

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Reporting Format:
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Enter the name of the State.
Enter the end date of the fiscal quarter being reported.
Enter the report type. Check box to indicate whether this is a new report (first submission
for that quarter) or a revision of a report previously submitted for the same quarter.
Round all entries to the nearest dollar; do not include cents.
Where there is no information to report for an individual data entry item, enter zero ($0) or
leave blank.

Submission.
Beginning with FY 2014, electronic online reporting has been required of all grantees for all
periodic financial forms for all ACF grant programs. States are required to submit Form OCSE-396
electronically through the ACF On-Line Data Collection (OLDC) system, which requires preregistration and the use of an approved digital signature. A timely filed electronic, online
submission with a digital signature is the only submission needed or accepted and will fulfill the
regulatory requirement for providing this information. Paper copies of these reports are no longer
being accepted either by mail, by fax or as an email attachment. (See ACF Office of Grants
Management Action Transmittal, OGM-AT-13-01, September 25, 2013.)

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Signatures.
This report must be electronically signed and dated by the State official responsible for the
administration of the title IV-D program or other official responsible for the financial administration of
this program. The individual signing this report is certifying to the correctness and accuracy of the
information on this reporting form and on any accompanying documents.

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Variances.
On an attached page, each State must submit a detailed explanation of any increase or decrease
greater than five percent for any data element of Part 1 compared to the same element for the
previous quarter.

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Revisions.
If the State needs to change or correct its submission of Form OCSE-396 after the original copy is
submitted by the due date indicated above, a revised report may be submitted. However, a revised
report will not be accepted after the expenditures reported in the original submission have been
used in the calculation of a quarterly grant award1 - usually within 90 days after the end of the
“current quarter.” Any additional claims or other adjustments that must be reported after that time
must be included as a “prior quarter adjustment” on a subsequent expenditure report, within the
limits of any time constraints imposed by law or regulation. Revisions to the “next quarter”
estimates will be accepted only in extraordinary circumstances. 1(Note: An exception to this
restriction will be made where a delay in the reporting of an increasing adjustment will cause the
claim to be filed beyond the two-year filing deadline under Section 1132 of the Social Security Act.)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
In accordance with 45 CFR 301.15 (b)(2): “ No submission, revisions, or

adjustments of the financial reports submitted for any quarter of a
fiscal year will be accepted by OCSE later than December 31, which is
3 months after the end of the fiscal year.”
Only data received by OCSE by that date will be used in the calculation of
annual incentive payments and in the publication of statistical data.

PART 1: QUARTERLY REPORT OF EXPENDITURES and ESTIMATES
Definitions:
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Total (Cols. A, C and E). All expenditures and estimates for each cost item, including both Federal
and State share components.

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Federal Share (Cols. B, D and F). Subject to a determination of allowability, this is the portion of
expenditures or estimates claimed on each line of this report that is the responsibility of the Federal
government. The Federal share reported in Cols B, D and F is computed by applying the
appropriate Federal financial participation (FFP) rate for each cost category to the Total
Expenditures or Estimates reported in Cols A, C and E

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Non-Federal Share. (State Share.) (Line 15) In accordance with its approved State plan, this is
the total portion of expenditures or estimates reported on each line of this report that is the
responsibility of the State government. This is also the State’s certification that its share of the
estimated expenditures, as reported in Col F, are or will be available for the non-Federal share of

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program costs. The Non-Federal share typically consists of grantee appropriated monies raised
from non-Federal revenue sources.
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FFP Rate. The Federal Financial Participation rate is the percentage used to calculate the Federal
share of total expenditures or estimates of individual cost categories within the Child Support
Enforcement Program. The FFP rate is specified is Federal law and, unless noted otherwise in
these instructions, the FFP rate for all cost categories for this program is 66 percent.

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Expenditures (Cols. A, B, C & D). Under the requirements of 45 CFR 304.25(a), expenditures are
actual payments made to vendors, service providers and contractors or for administrative,
personnel, or other cost items. Include also indirect costs allocable to the quarter being reported in
accordance with an approved cost allocation plan. To be allowable, all expenditures must be in
accordance with the approved title IV-D State Plan and all applicable statutes, regulations and
policies. For this reporting form the terms "expenditure" and "cost" are used interchangeably.
Expenditure estimates are not acceptable in these columns. "Advances" of funds to another State
agency, a local agency or a private entity are not considered expenditures for these purposes. The
amounts reported in these columns must be actual, verifiable transactions supported by readily
available accounting records and source documentation or an approved cost allocation plan, as
applicable.
Expenditures are considered made on the date the payment occurs, regardless of the date of
receipt of the good or performance of the service. For State-administered programs, the date of
this transaction by the State agency governs; for locally administered programs, the date of this
transaction by the county, city or other local agency governs. Indirect costs are allocable in
accordance with the cost allocation plan, and are considered to be “expended” in the quarter to
which they are allocated.

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Current (Claiming) Quarter (Cols. A and B). These reports are due within 30 days of the end of
the quarter. The “current quarter” is the quarter just ended. Expenditures reported in columns A
and B were made in or are allocable to the "current quarter."

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Prior Quarter Adjustments (Cols. C and D). The Total and the Federal share of expenditures
made in or allocated to a previous quarter that were either unreported or incorrectly reported on an
earlier report. A Prior Quarter is any quarter that ended prior to the start of the current quarter for
which expenditures are being reported and for which Federal funds are being claimed in these
columns. The “net” amount – combining increasing and decreasing claims – is reported on each
line in columns C and D. The individual increasing and decreasing claims are detailed and itemized
on Part 2 of this report.
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Claiming Deadline. In accordance with Sec 1132 of the Social Security Act and Federal
regulations at 45 CFR Part 95 Subpart A, increasing prior quarter adjustments must be
reported by the State and received by this agency within 2 years of the last day of the fiscal
quarter in which the expenditure was made. Claims for increasing prior quarter adjustments
that fail to meet this deadline are subject to disallowance. There is no deadline for reporting
decreasing prior quarter adjustments.

Next (Estimating) Quarter (Cols. E and F). In accordance with the provisions of Section 455(b)(1)
of the Social Security Act, this is the amount of expenditures that the State anticipates will be made
in the upcoming fiscal quarter (the "Next Quarter"). This estimate should be based on historical
trends, including seasonal, economic or other variations, and should include any costs applicable to
a prior quarter for which payments are expected to be made in the next quarter. The ending date of

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the “next quarter” is always six months after the ending date of the “current quarter.” For example, if
the current quarter is Quarter 1, the next quarter will be Quarter 3, etc.
Except where noted otherwise in these instructions, the Total “next quarter” estimate for each cost
category is reported in Col E and the Federal share (as calculated by applying the appropriate FFP
rate) is reported in Col F.
Line-by-Line Instructions
SECTION A. EXPENDITURES
Line 1a. IV-D Administrative Expenditures Made Using Funds Received as Incentive Payments.
(No FFP) Administrative expenditures and estimates using incentive payment funds. Each State is
required to spend the funds it received as annual incentive payments to carry out title IV-D program
activities. The amount of incentive payments a State estimates it will earn each quarter is reported on
Line 16.
There is no deadline for spending incentive payments; incentive payments remain available to the State
until completely expended. Once expended, however, those expenditures must be reported on Line 1a
or 1d, as applicable, within 2 years, in accordance with Section 1132 of the Social Security Act.
NOTE: Effective October 1, 2007, Federal funding has not been available for expenditures made using
incentive payments, i.e., the FFP rate = 0 percent and the Federal share claimed in Cols B, D and F will
be zero. (Exception: Under ARRA, Federal funding is available at the 66 percent rate for expenditures
reported using incentive payments during FYs 2009 and 2010 – Oct 1, 2008 through Sept 30, 2010).
 [These are direct entries of Total Expenditures in Columns A, C and E. The Federal Shares in
Columns B, D and F, if any, -are calculated based on the NOTE above.]

Line 1b. IV-D Administrative Expenditures. Expenditures for the routine administration and
operation of the Child Support Enforcement Program.
Include:
• Expenditures made for fees charged for use of the Child Support Network (CSNet) and PreOffset services;
• FMS service fees retained by the IRS for Federal tax refund offset collections;
• Expenditures made for the planning, design, development, implementation, enhancement,
operation or maintenance of an automated Statewide Child Support Enforcement System
(CSES), for which an approved APD is not required
Do Not Include:
• Expenditures made using funds received as the State’s annual incentive payments. These
expenditures must be reported on Lines 1a or 1d, as appropriate;
• Expenditures for Non IV-D administrative costs. These expenditures are reported on Line 1c;
• Expenditures for the planning, design, development, implementation, enhancement or operation
of a Statewide Child Support Enforcement System (CSES). These expenditures are reported
on Line 4, 5 or 6, as appropriate.
• Amounts used by the State in payment of a mandatory fee, where the State has opted to pay
this fee rather than withhold this amount from a collection or require payment from either parent.
Such a payment by the State is not classified as an “expenditure” under this program.
 See "Special Reporting Instruction for Lines 9 Through 13,” below.

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 [These are direct entries of the Total Expenditures in Columns A, C and E. The Federal Shares
in Columns B, D and F are calculated as 66% of the Total.]
Line 1c. Non-IV-D Administrative Expenditures. Expenditures for administrative costs associated
with limited activity, required by law, in certain Non-IV-D cases. Note: A non-IV-D case is any child
support case where there has been no assignment of support rights to the State or where the State has
not received an application for Title IV-D services.
Note: Collections received from non IV-D cases other than through wage withholding are
outside the purview of the Federal Child Support Enforcement Program and any expenditures
incurred in processing these cases or disbursing these collections are not eligible for Federal
funding. These expenditures are not reported on any line of this report.
Include only those amounts that can be identified as incurred directly as a result of one of the following
required activities:
• The submission to, and maintenance in, the State Case Registry of data with respect to each
child support order established or modified in the State on or after October 1, 1998, in a Non-IVD case;
• The receipt in the State Disbursement Unit of a Non-IV-D collection made through income
withholding under a child support order, initially issued in the State on or after January 1, 1994
(as included on Line 2e of Form OCSE-34) and the disbursement of these collections by the
State Disbursement Unit; and
• The reporting required by OCSE of financial and statistical information related to a non-IV-D
case on this and other Federal financial or statistical reports.
Do not include:
• Expenditures for any other non-IV-D case activity, such as enforcement or maintenance of case
records.
• Expenditures associated with any establishment, processing, collection or other activity not
listed above for any other non-IV-D child support case.

 [These are direct entries of the Total Expenditures in Columns A, C and E. The Federal
Shares in Columns B, D and F are calculated as 66% of the Total.]
Line 1d. IV-D Administrative Expenditures Made Under the Terms of an Approved Waiver Using
Funds Received as Incentive Payments. (No FFP). Administrative expenditures and estimates
using incentive payment funds, based on an approved waiver from OCSE. The State may request
approval to spend incentive funds for activities not otherwise allowable under title IV-D but which the
State believes will contribute to the effectiveness or efficiency of its IV-D program. These funds are
received by the State based on its estimate on Line 16 of this form and as reconciled following the end
of the fiscal year.
Federal funding is not available for expenditures made using incentive payments under the terms of an
approved waiver (e.g., FFP rate for expenditures on this line = 0 percent)
(See OCSE Action Transmittal OCSE-AT-01-04, published Feb 2, 2001, for further instructions and
information and for a representative listing of the types of expenditures that may qualify for a waiver.)
There is no deadline for spending incentive payments; incentive payments remain available to the State
until completely expended. Once expended, however, those expenditures must be reported on Line 1a
or 1d, as applicable, within 2 years, in accordance with Section 1132 of the Social Security Act.
 [These are direct entries of Total Expenditures in Columns A, C and E.]

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Line 2a. Fees and Costs Recovered in Excess of Fees.
the State, used to offset administrative costs.

The total amount of income received by

Include:
• Mandatory or optional fees collected from recipients of child support enforcement services;
• Mandatory fees that the State has opted to absorb rather than collect from recipients;
• Amounts offset from collections or received directly from either the custodial or non-custodial
parent; and
• Any collection fee the State has opted to charge for collection services for IV-D or non-IV-D
cases that is not inconsistent with Federal law.
• Fees for laboratory paternity testing.
 [This is a direct entry of the Total Fees, Costs, etc. in Columns A and C. The Federal Share in
Columns B, D and F is calculated as 66% of the Total. No entries are required in Columns E or
F.]
Line 2b. Interest Earned and Other Program Income Received.
administrative costs.

Other income used to offset

Include:
• Interest or investment income earned when child support collections, fees or other program
income funds are deposited in interest-bearing accounts or used in other investment-type
activities;
• Undistributable child support collections reported as “abandoned property” on Line 9a of Form
OCSE-34, the "Quarterly Report of Collections;"
• As a decreasing prior quarter adjustment, any former undistributed collection previously deemed
“undistributable” and escheated by the State as “abandoned property” which can now be either
distributed to the custodial parent or returned to the non-custodial parent. This amount must
also be reported on Line 3 of Form OCSE-34.
• Interest assessed in accordance with State law on delinquent support payments made by noncustodial parents when this interest is retained by the State and is not considered additional
support owed by the non-custodial parent or forwarded to the custodial parent.
• Any other income resulting from the operation of the program and not reported on Line 2a.
 [This is a direct entry of the Total interest and Income in Columns A and C. The Federal Share
in Columns B, D and F is calculated as 66% of the Total. No entries are required in Columns E
or F.]
Line 3. Net Administrative Costs. The net amount of Federal funding being claimed for program
administrative costs.
 [Calculate as Lines 1a + 1b + 1c + 1d Less Lines 2a +2b.]
Line 4. Automated Data Processing (ADP) Expenditures for System Development Under the
Terms of an Approved Advanced Planning Document (APD). Expenditures made in accordance
with the terms of an approved APD for the planning, design, development, implementation or
enhancement of an automated Statewide Child Support Enforcement System (CSES). No
expenditures may be claimed on this line unless approved under the APD process found at 45 CFR
Part 95 Subpart F.
Do not include:
• Operation and maintenance costs reported on Line 5;

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ADP costs associated with the development, purchase or operation of non-CSES systems used in
day-to-day office procedures, such as personnel, payroll, travel, etc. These are routine
administrative costs reported on lines 1a, 1b or 1c, as appropriate.
 [These are direct entries of the Total Expenditures in Columns A, C and E. The Federal Shares
In Columns B, D and F are calculated as 66% of the Total.]

Line 5. Automated Data Processing (ADP) Expenditures for System Operation and
Maintenance Under the Terms of an Approved Advanced Planning Document (APD).
Expenditures made in accordance with the terms of an approved APD for the operation or maintenance
of an automated Statewide Child Support Enforcement System (CSES). No expenditures may be
claimed on this line unless approved under the APD process found at 45 CFR Part 95 Subpart F.
Do not include:
• Planning, design, development, implementation or enhancement costs reported on Line 4;
• ADP costs associated with the development, purchase or operation of non-CSES systems used in
day-to-day office procedures, such as personnel, payroll, travel, etc. These are routine
administrative costs reported on lines 1a, 1b or 1c, as appropriate.
 [These are direct entries of the Total Expenditures in Columns A, C and E. The Federal Shares
in Columns B, D and F are calculated as 66% of the Total.]
Line 6.

(Reserved)

Line 7. Total Expenditures Claimed. This is the total amount of expenditures being reported and
the portion being claimed for Federal funding.
 [Calculated as Sum of Lines 3 through 6.]

SECTION B. FEES FOR SERVICE / FEDERAL & STATE SHARES of COSTS
Line 8.

(Reserved)

SPECIAL REPORTING INSTRUCTION for LINES 9 THROUGH 13
Any amounts entered on Lines 9 through 13 will reduce the reported Net Federal Share of Expenditures and
will also reduce a subsequent grant awarded to the State.
Invoices are sent each quarter to the State Title IV-D agency for fees charged for services provided by the
Office of Child Support Enforcement. The amount of each of those fees is reported on Lines 10, 11 and 12
of Column B, as applicable. By doing so, the State is reimbursing OCSE for the cost of the services
provided; the fees will be subtracted from the Federal share of expenditures.
Amounts offset by the IRS from Federal tax refunds of the non-custodial parent are forwarded to the State
through the accounting services of HHS’s Public Health Service (PHS) and are subsequently distributed by
the State to the custodial parent. On occasion, the IRS determines that a portion of the amount offset must
be returned to the non-custodial parent, and the IRS recoups this amount from the PHS. The State must
then repay this amount to the PHS and may attempt to recoup the overpayment from either parent, in
accordance with applicable State law and procedures and Federal policy. The amount being repaid by the
State to the PHS is reported as an “Other Fee or Adjustment” on Line 13 of Column B. This line may also
be used to report any other fee-for-service or other payment to the Federal government as may be needed.
Fees paid by a State for its use of the Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet) or for Pre-Offset
Notice services, respectively, and reported on Lines 11 and 12, are considered to be routine title IV-D
administrative expenditures and should also be included on Line 1b of this report as an "Administrative
Costs: IV-D.” Fees paid by a State for its use of the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) and
repayments made by the State to PHS (see above), and reported on Lines 10 and 13, are not considered
administrative expenditures and must not be included on any other line of this report. (If the State elected

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to make these repayments by check, no repayment amount is included on Line 13. See instructions for
Line 13, below.) (FPLS fees are paid solely with State funds and are not eligible for Federal funding
(Section 453(e)(2) of the Social Security Act).

Line 9. Federal Share of Title IV-A Collections. The portion of child support collections used to
reimburse the Federal government for its share of past assistance payments under title IV-A of the
Social Security Act.
 This is a direct entry in Column B, carried forward from Form OCSE-34, Line 10b, Col. G]
Line 10. Fees for the Use of the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS).
The quarterly fee
charged to the State by OCSE for its use of the FPLS. (Report the total amount of this fee in Column
B. See Special Instruction above.)
 [This is a direct entry in Column B, carried from a quarterly invoice sent by OCSE.]
Line 11. Fees for the Use of the Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet).
The quarterly
fee charged to the State by OCSE for its use of CSENet. (Report the total amount of this fee in Column
B. See Special Instruction above.)
 [This is a direct entry in Column B, carried from a quarterly invoice sent by OCSE.]
Line 12. Fees for Printing/Processing Pre-Offset Notices for the Federal Tax Refund
Offset Program. The annual fee charged to the State by OCSE for the printing and processing of
OCSE-issued pre-offset notices for the Federal tax refund offset program. (Report the total amount of
this fee in Column B. See Special Instruction above.)
 [This is a direct entry in Column B, carried from a quarterly invoice sent by OCSE.]
Line 13. Other Fees or Adjustments. Enter on this line any other fees that may be imposed to
reduce the Federal share. Also enter the amount of a repayment to the Public Health Service for IRS
tax offset collections forwarded to the State and later returned to the IRS. (If the State elected to make
these repayments by check, no repayment amount should be included on this line.) This line may be
completed as needed. Any entry on this line should be accompanied by an attachment providing a
thorough explanation. (Note: If any entry on this line is for the repayment of collections received from
the offset of Federal income tax refunds, such repayment must also be included as a reduction to the
amount reported on Line 2a of Form OCSE-34.)
 [This is a direct entry in Column B, carried from a quarterly invoice sent by OCSE.]
Line 14. Net Federal Share of Expenditures. The net amount of Federal funding being claimed
by the State, as reduced by the Federal share of collections, fees and repayments.
 [Cols. B and D: Calculated as Line 7 Minus Sum of Lines 9 through 13.]
 [Col. F: Calculated as Line 7 Minus Line 9]
Line 15. State Share of Expenditures. The State share of expenditures to operate and
administer the child support enforcement program under title IV-D.
 [Col. B: Calculated as Line 7 (Col. A) Minus Line 7 (Col. B) Plus Line 10 (Col B)
 [Col D: Calculated as Line 7 (Col C) Minus Line 7 (Col D])
 [Col F: Calculated as Line 7 (Col E) Minus Line 7 (Col F)]
SECTION C. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
Line 16. Estimate of Earned Incentive Payments. Enter the State’s estimate of the incentive
payment to be earned in the “Next Quarter.” This amount is equal to approximately one-fourth of the
State’s estimate of its annual incentive payment. The State’s estimate of its earned annual incentive
payment is reconciled following the end of each fiscal year, based on the programmatic and financial
information reported by the State for that fiscal year.

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The State is required to spend these payments on its child support enforcement program and report
those expenditures on Lines 1a or 1d, as applicable, in the quarter expended. There is no time limit for
expending these funds. Once expended, the 2-year time limit for reporting these expenditures remains
in effect.
 [This is a direct entry in Column F.]

PART 2: ITEMIZED PRIOR QUARTER EXPENDITURE ADJUSTMENTS
This part must be submitted as a supplemental supporting document whenever a "Prior Quarter
Adjustment" (Columns B and C) is reported in Part 1 of this form. A net adjustment reported in Part 1
may be comprised of one or more individual increasing or decreasing components. Each of those
components is to be itemized and shown separately on Part 2. Where a single adjustment
encompasses several fiscal quarters, the portion applicable to each quarter must be itemized and
reported on a separate line. (These requirements remain in effect even when combined increasing and
decreasing adjustments produce a net result of zero dollars for the prior quarter adjustments reported in
Part 1.)
General Instructions:
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Enter the State name.
Enter the ending date of the current quarter from Part 1.
Check the box to indicate whether this is a new report or a revision to a report previously submitted.

Definitions:
Section A: Increasing Adjustments. Each increasing component of the net adjustments included in
Part 1. (Note: In accordance with Section 1132 of the Act and 45 CFR 95, Subpart A, claims for
increasing adjustments are unallowable unless submitted within two years of the original expenditure
date or otherwise meet one of the “exception” criteria found in the statute and regulations.)
Section B: Decreasing Adjustments. Each decreasing component of the net adjustments included in
Part 1. The decreasing adjustments should be entered as positive numbers on this form.
Column A: Total Adjustment. The combined Federal/State total of each adjustment.
Column B: Federal share of adjustment. Determine the Federal share of each adjustment by
multiplying the Total Adjustment in Column A by the FFP rate applicable to the funding category of this
particular adjustment during the quarter in which it was made.
Column C: Funding Category. Indicate the funding category of the component(s) on each line as
described at the bottom of the form.
Column D: Applicable to Fiscal Quarter Ended. Indicate the ending date (Month and Year)
applicable to the adjustment being reported.
Column E: Adjustment Identification and Explanation. Provide a sufficiently detailed identification
and explanation for increasing and decreasing adjustments, attaching supporting documentation as
needed in accordance with the following guidance:

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For audit related adjustments: Include the finding number and, if it has been reviewed by the HHS
Office of the Inspector General, the Federal audit CIN - Common Identification Number.

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For any other audit: Provide appropriate audit identifying information for each adjustment
associated with a particular audit.

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Other Disallowances (e.g., resulting financial report reviews, cost allocation plan reviews, site visits,
etc. by federal staff): Provide a clear, sufficiently detailed explanation. Cite and attach any dated
and signed correspondence as applicable.

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Significant Adjustments: Any single increasing or decreasing adjustment that equals $200,000
(Total amount) or more or any group of increasing or decreasing adjustments within a single
funding category that equals $1 million (Total amount) or more, must be supported through a
summary statement identifying the source and reason for the claim and additional detailed
information (either in Column E or as a referenced attachment) on the rationale, basis, relationship
to other claims submitted on this or previous form OCSE-396 reports, and calculation of the
adjustment.

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Two Year Filing Limit: Any increasing adjustment submitted beyond the two-year filing deadline
mandated under Sec 1132 of the Social Security Act (45 CFR Part 95 Subpart A) is unallowable
unless the IV-D agency is able to thoroughly detail the nature of the claim, including an explanation
establishing which of the four exceptions found at 45 CFR 95.19 supports acceptance of the
untimely claim.

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Other Adjustments: Provide a summary statement identifying the source and basis for the
adjustment.

Total Increasing Adjustments (Section A) / Total Decreasing Adjustments (Section B): The last
line in each section should be the total of the entries for that section, combining all copies of this form
as needed.
Net Adjustments. For both Columns A and B, subtract the Total Decreasing Adjustments in Section B
from the Total Increasing Adjustments in Section A. The amounts entered in Columns A and B on this
line must be identical to the amounts entered in Columns C and D on Line 7 of Part 1 of this form.
Submittal and Revisions. Part 2 of Form OCSE-396 is an attachment to Part 1 and, when needed to
report prior quarter adjustments, should be submitted whenever an initial or revised Part 1 is submitted.
A revision to this Part is subject to the same restrictions, procedures and requirements as stated for
Part 1.

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