OMB control number

Central Authority Payment Service

OMB 0970-0650 · HHS/ACF.

OMB 0970-0650

A growing number of foreign countries will not accept checks for child support payments. This trend is problematic for state child support agencies (CSAs) because establishing international electronic payment systems or sending individual wires and international Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers for each case are burdensome and costly alternatives. To address the changes in international payment requirements, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) developed the Central Authority Payment Service (CAP) to facilitate electronic child support payments to foreign authorities. This service helps states keep the costs and administrative burden of processing international payments low, increases the speed and efficiency of payments, and ensures the applicable foreign authority receives child support payments. OCSE plans to expand CAP to process payments from foreign authorities to the United States. Until then, this information collection pertains to sending child support payments from enrolled CSAs in the United States to enrolled foreign authorities. The information collected for CAP is necessary for OCSE to securely and efficiently transmit child support payments to a foreign authority to correctly distribute the funds to custodial parents in that country. The information collection activities are authorized by 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which requires OCSE to provide technical assistance to states to help establish effective systems for collecting child and spousal support; 42 U.S.C. 652(n), which requires OCSE to ensure compliance with any multilateral child support convention to which the United States is a party; and 42 U.S.C. 659a(c)(3), which designates OCSE as the U.S. Central Authority responsible for facilitating child support enforcement cases involving residents of the U.S. and residents of foreign reciprocating countries and for providing oversight, assistance, and coordination, as necessary and appropriate.

The latest form for Central Authority Payment Service expires 2029-04-30 and can be found here.

REPLACE INTO tbl_reginfo_omb_history (`ombControlNo`, `refNbr`, `PraType`, `requestType`, `dateReceived`, `conclusionDate`, `conclusionAction`, `openNOA`) VALUES (:ombControlNo, :refNbr, :PraType, :requestType, :dateReceived, :conclusionDate, :conclusionAction, :openNOA)

Array
(
    [ombControlNo] => 0970-0650
    [refNbr] => 202603-0970-004
    [PraType] => ICR
    [requestType] => New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
    [dateReceived] => 2026-03-10
    [conclusionDate] => 2026-04-13
    [conclusionAction] => Approved without change
    [openNOA] => Approved without change
)

Error!HY000-1366-Incorrect integer value: 'Approved without change' for column 'openNOA' at row 1