January 2024 NCSEA CSQ

Also at the last Board meeting, we gave final approval for the NCSEA
Pledge to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. This statement affirms our
commitment to educating and building a community that values the
experiences of those in our program; centers discussions of equity,
diversity, inclusion, and belonging; and addresses inequities especially
related to race. I’m proud of our organization’s efforts to keep this topic at
the forefront and to dig deep to uproot the seeds of oppression in our
systems.
I also want to share with you an opportunity you will have to provide
feedback to NCSEA. We will be issuing a member engagement survey in
January to better understand your experiences with NCSEA and what we
can do to build a stronger NCSEA community. If you get a survey link, I
encourage you to take a few minutes to respond!
Finally, a quick shout-out for the Policy Forum coming in less than a month!
The planning team has outdone itself, and while there will be the usual
thought-provoking and leading policy discussions, we will also have many
new-to-us speakers sharing their expertise and giving us an opportunity to
think about connections with child support. You don’t want to miss it!
Wishing you a year of good things in 2024,
Erin Frisch
Erin Frisch has served as the Director of the Office of Child Support at the Michigan Department of Health
and Human Services (MDHHS) since 2012. In this role she is responsible for paternity and child support
court order establishment, order modification and enforcement, and locating parents for over 700,000
children and families. She also co-leads the MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council—a role she
has had since 2019. Erin served from 2019-2020 as Senior Chief Deputy Director for Opportunity at
MDHHS where she oversaw the children’s services agency, the bureau of community services, and the
economic stability administration and focused on integration between public assistance programs and
health, community services, child support and child welfare to reduce poverty for Michiganders. Erin is a
former President of the National Council of Child Support Directors and is the current President of the
National Child Support Engagement Association. Erin graduated from James Madison College at Michigan
State University and has a son and a daughter.