VirginiaVirginia would pilot job referrals for some parents who owe support
If enacted, a state pilot would refer some parents who owe overdue child support or lack enough work to job, education, parenting, and other support services.
What it does
A state pilot would connect some parents who owe overdue child support or lack enough work with job, education, parenting, and other support services. It could operate alongside collection efforts.
The Department would decide who can join, including possible limits based on work, income, court, or location. It would report on participation, collection efforts, and on-time payments.
State offices, legal groups, and other stakeholders would advise the Department on how to design the pilot and decide who can take part.
Argument forParents who owe support or lack enough work could get job and education referrals that may help them find work and pay support.
Argument againstParents could receive help while still facing collection efforts, because the pilot may operate alongside ways to enforce or collect child support.
More detail
The Department of Social Services would run a pilot that refers some parents to support services. The program is intended for noncustodial parents who owe overdue child support or are unemployed or underemployed. The program may offer help instead of, or in addition to, available ways to enforce or collect child support. The act's provisions would expire on July 1, 2031.
The Department would set participation rules and report on the pilot each year. The annual report would go to the Governor and General Assembly and cover parents in the pilot. Participation rules may include work requirements or income limits. The Department may limit the pilot to certain courts or areas. The Department would report by December 1 each year.
The Department would convene a group to advise it on the pilot's design and participation rules. The group would advise the Department on the pilot and its participation criteria. The group would include representatives from the Attorney General's Office, the Supreme Court of Virginia's executive office, the Virginia Poverty Law Center, the Virginia Family Law Coalition, and other relevant stakeholders.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 11Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5Assigned HCJ sub: CivilMinor
- Jan 19Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 19Presented and ordered printed 26105452DIntroduced
Economy & Jobs