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New Child Support Payment Service at idaho.gov Benefits Kids, Parents and the State.


BOISE, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation).

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area.
 -- The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's recently launched child support online payment service at http://idaho.gov has created a win-win-win situation in the Gem State. Primarily designed to reduce payment processing times so children receive their funds faster, the Web-based service also gives parents a convenient payment option to avoid late fees and has eliminated the state's risk of receiving bad checks.

The Department of Health and Welfare partnered with Access Idaho, the state's official Web administrator, to develop the service. The system is available in both English and Spanish, and Idaho Child Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services  customers can make Visa, MasterCard, and Discover credit or debit card debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account.  payments though Access Idaho's secure payment server. The system also provides a payment history for the last five transactions.

Last fiscal year, Idaho Child Support Services collected and distributed more than $154 million for Idaho children. The Department of Health and Welfare anticipates parents in up to one-third of the state's 113,000 child support cases will use the online payment option.

"We are always looking for Looking for

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 ways to make child support payments easier on parents," says Vickie Vanderwerff, who headed the project for the Department of Health and Welfare's Child Support Services. "This can be particularly helpful for parents who work long hours or travel a lot. Children depend on these payments for the necessities of life. By providing parents with options, we can be more successful in collecting child support money for them."

To use the service, parents enter their child support client identification number, social security number, and an Access Idaho user name and password. The user name and password can be set up quickly at no charge on the login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on.  page.

Unlike paper checks, which are not recorded as paid until they clear, online payments are guaranteed funds and considered as paid immediately at any time of day or night. Parents who pay online do not have to worry if their payments are on time, and Health and Welfare is free from expending human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees.  and money "chasing" delinquent accounts.

Since no taxpayer money was earmarked for developing and maintaining the service, online customers are charged a nominal fee for each transaction to cover associated costs. The service fee does not apply to check, money order, and wage withholding payment options.

About Access Idaho

Access Idaho is the state of Idaho's official Web portal See portal.  (http://idaho.gov) and provider of electronic government solutions for the state. The network manager for the portal is Idaho Information Consortium, a subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC.

(2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA.
 (Nasdaq: EGOV).

About NIC

NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 1,500 state and local agencies that serve more than 51 million people in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.
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