January 2024 NCSEA CSQ

NCSEA 2024 Policy Forum Preview
by Laura Galindo and Trish Skophammer,
NCSEA 2024 Policy Forum Co-chairs
We are excited to share a sneak peek into Policy Forum 2024! This year’s
theme is “Building Community, Centering Families, Advancing
Equity,” and we’re offering some great plenaries that address working with
the community, including the voices of those we serve and those with
whom we partner, and understanding the impact on families when child
support and other systems intersect.
Child support and human services professionals from around the country
will gather February 1-3 in Washington, D.C. for the annual Policy Forum.
NCSEA continues to provide rich content, dynamic speakers, and an
opportunity to network. We continue to move the child support program
forward through listening and learning from one another.
We set out to plan a conference that includes many voices, especially
those we don’t hear from often enough. We also wanted to dig into how
families are impacted when they are involved in multiple programs, and
how we can do more to collaborate so that families thrive.
On Thursday, we will hear from the federal Office of Child Support Services
(OCSS) Commissioner, Tanguler Gray, about how OCSS has collaborated
with other programs. Commissioner Gray will share achievements and
lessons learned along the way. We will also hear about recent OCSS
initiatives to support tribal child support programs and some preliminary
information about the Advancing Equity in Child Support grant. Also on