New & Notable in The PORT
Inform 004 vol.10, (October 2024)
New Content
Standard Work
Submitting an e-Flash Request
Petition to Enforce without Registration
Case Transfer from the Clerk of the Court (Non IV-D) to the DCSS (IV-D)
Adding a Multiple Action Child to AZCARES
Revisions
Tech Tips
The Tech Tip for this month is a reminder to how Policy takes your Standard Work Google document and recreates it in The PORT.
1. Once the Standard Work has been reviewed and approved to publish in The Port, the assigned Policy Writer creates a new document in The PORT project folder using a template that mirrors the SW template used in Google.
2. The contents of the Standard Work are copied from the Google document and pasted into the PORT document. All of the content is then formatted using a "stylesheet" containing list styles that follow the standard formatting used throughout The PORT.
3. After the basic formatting is added any needed bolding, highlighting and hyperlinks are added. TIP: If you are including hyperlinks in your Standard Work document, please check the links to make sure they work and that no special access is required to view the document you are linking to before submitting your document to Policy for review. We assume your document is complete and accessible to staff when you send it to us.
4. Last, we add the new Standard Work document to the PORT table of contents and we add hyperlinks to the SW on all of the appropriate landing pages. This way you can view the SW from several different pages.
Here is the link to the Create, Update and Review Process for Standard Work
Featured Topic
The featured topic this month is Intergovernmental Tools available on the PORT.
Available intergovernmental resources include:
Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction – Need to know who has jurisdiction over an interstate case, continuing exclusive jurisdiction explained here.
FIPS Code Information – Learn how to identify FIPS code designations.
Jurisdiction to Modify a Support Order under the Hague Convention – When you need to who has jurisdiction to modify support orders under the Hague conventions.
Hague Convention Countries – A complete list of Hague convention and foreign reciprocating countries.
Hague Convention Article 10 – Article 10 of the Hague Convention list with a brief description of each section.
Interstate Case Reconcilliation Case ID Matrix – Each states case numbers are unique, and this table identifies how each state formats their case numbers.
Intergovernmental Forms Matrix – Need training on working intergovernmental cases, one place to begin is here.
Tribal Identification Codes – The complete list of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
In the Spotlight
Frequently Asked Questions:
This month's "In the Spotlight" features Frequently Asked Questions. To access this information, go to the Getting Started tab and select "Frequently Asked Questions." On this page you will find two helpful links. The first link, "DCSS FAQS: Central Registry," will take you to a page which offers information regarding Central Registry. This information includes sections for "Helpful Hints", "Acronyms / Definitions", "Questions/Answers" and "OPID Directory". The second link titled "DCSS FAQS: State Disbursement Unit (SDU)", leads to a page where the SDU Mission Statement, Helpful Hints, Acronyms / Definitions and Questions/Answers can be found.