NCSEA On Location

Oftentimes child support is left out of the conversation with other social safety net programs and we miss out on opportunities to collaborate to better serve our customers. Well, as Bob Dylan sang, The Times They Are A-Changin’. There is a now a robust collaboration between many child support professionals and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA). In this episode, we host a pane...

This week's episode of On Location comes from Virginia, and two famous football cities: Canton, Ohio and Green Bay, Wisconsin.  Our guests discuss the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration Program Grants (CSPED) and the upcoming Next Generation Grant Forecast.  Join Mariellen Keely (Virginia Child Support) as she hosts Ann Durkin (Deputy Director, Stark County, OH...

On this episode of On Location, host Veronica Riley (Veronica Riley Training & Consulting) talks with Dr. Marcella Wilson. Dr. Wilson is an expert on poverty and the possibilities that exist to eradicate it. She is the founder of the organization Transition to Success, which designed and implemented an evidenced based system of care for understanding and treating the condition of poverty. She...

Today we come to you from too many locations to count (well, actually 15 different locations across the U.S.)!  On our program today, we are celebrating NCSEA’s premier podcast -- On Location.  Listen and hear the top ten listened to On Location episodes for 2023.  See how many you have heard, and which ones you might want to catch up with.  And for those that have heard all the top ten, we thank...

Welcome to a special edition of NCSEA On Location--coming to you from across the U.S. Today, many of our NCSEA Board visit to share their favorite holiday memories, as well as their hope for the child support program. Settle in, and listen all the way through to hear them all.

Join host Mariellen Keely (VA Division of Child Support) as she has a conversation with NCSEA Policy Forum co-chairs, Laura Galindo (Senior Consultant, CSG Government Solutions in New Mexico) and Trish Skophammer (IV-D Director of the Ramsey County Child Support program, St. Paul, Minnesota).   Both shared their hopes and insights about the upcoming 2024 NCSEA Policy Forum.  If you are on the fenc...

This episode comes to you from New Jersey, Illinois, California, and Alaska.  Today, On Location presents episode four in our series designed to help employers navigate within the child support program and provide required information that is so vital in providing child support funds to families.  We also aim to assist child support professionals with increasing their understanding of sometimes co...

Today we are coming to you from South Carolina/Washington DC, Illinois, California, and Alaska.  On Location is pleased to present episode three in our series designed to help employers engage with the child support program and provide required information that is so vital in providing child support funds to families.  Our focus in this discussion is lump sum wage withholding and reporting.  Joini...

This episode of On Location comes to you from South Carolina/Washington DC, Illinois, California, and Alaska.  Join co-hosts Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) and Tim Lightner (CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.) as they introduce the second in a series focused on engaging with employers as they contribute to the child support program’s success.  Their guests today are Corri Flores (Director–Governm...

Today’s episode comes to you from Ohio, Colorado, and Alaska.  Tim Lightner (in Anchorage, Alaska with CGI Technologies, and Solutions Inc.) welcomes two guests that are known throughout the child support program, and who are here to join in a conversation about the legislative proposals that NCSEA has initiated.   Amy Roehrenbeck, co-chair of NCSEA’s Policy and Government Relations Committee; and...

Coming to you on location from Washington D.C., California, and Alaska.  Join Emily Jernigan (California Department of Child Support Services) and Tim Lightner (CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.) as they welcome back Tom Joseph (Paragon Government Relations) to the podcast.  Listen as Tom gives current updates on what is occurring on The Hill, from a new Speaker of the House, to bills and legis...

Today’s program comes to you on location from Blackfeet Nation and Virginia.  Mariellen Keely hosts today’s episode and is joined by Jayla Wells (Iiksook'ksooksik Project Manager, Blackfeet Child Support). They discuss the federal demonstration grant Charting A Course for Economic Mobility which involves fifteen states and two tribes.  Their conversation centers around Blackfeet Nation's project,...

Today’s episode comes on location from North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and California. Veronica Riley (Veronica Riley Training & Consulting) hosts today’s podcast, and has an engaging conversation with Sandy Cloer (President of the National Tribal Child Support Association; Division Director of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians child support program in western North Carolina); Lisa Skenand...

Today’s program comes to you from North Carolina and is hosted by Tammy Pearson of YoungWilliams.  Join Tammy as she has a conversation with James Brannon (Senior Business Consultant with CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.) and Kelly Little (Founder and President of the Urban Institute for Strengthening Families). Listen as they share their passion for making fatherhood programs and initiatives...

Coming to you from Georgia, Illinois, and Ohio, Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams and Brandi Gallebo of Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Services, host a conversation with Liz Schriber, the 2023 Emerging Leader Awardee.  Liz is the Strategic Performance Planning Manager for the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Child Support Services.  Learn how Liz uses data to help inf...

On today’s edition hear how Natalie Dillon and her team created and implemented a new three county Regional Child Support Agency to serve families in Colusa, Sutter, and Yolo Counties in Northern California.  Their comprehensive outreach and branding efforts and impressive results led to their selection as the NCSEA 2023 Program Awareness Award.   Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams and Brandi Gallebo...

This episode of On Location, is hosted by Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams and Brandi Gallebo of Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Services and features a conversation with the NCSEA 2023 Innovative Partnership and Collaboration Awardee.  Yemane Weldu, Ami Gomez and Andee Monexay represent the team of people within the San Diego County Department of Child Support Services who created and imp...

Today’s episode comes to you from Indiana, California, and Alaska.  Join co-hosts Tim Lightner (CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.) and DeAnna Rice (California Department of Child Support Services) as they welcome Adam Norman (the IV-D Director of the Indiana Child Support Bureau).  Get to know Adam as he talks about how he got involved in child support, the structure of Indiana’s state program,...

This episode of On Location is a celebration of Child Support Awareness month and is hosted by Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams.  Tammy Pearson of YoungWilliams interviewed participants during the 2023 NC Child Support Conference to gain their perspectives on the importance of child support to families and on their unique contributions to the program.  Join us in celebrating the community of profess...

Today’s episode comes to you from Michigan, North Dakota, and Alaska.  Tim Lightner (CGI) hosts current NCSEA President Erin Frisch (IV-D Director of the Michigan Child Support Program) and Immediate Past-President, Jim Fleming (Director of the Child Support Section of the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services).  The conversation resumes as they talk about their challenges, successe...

Today’s episode comes to you from Michigan, North Dakota, and Alaska.  Tim Lightner (CGI) hosts current NCSEA President Jim Fleming (Director of the Child Support Section of the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services) with President-Elect, and incoming President Erin Frisch (IV-D Director of the Michigan Child Support Program).  The conversation centers around Jim and Erin’s leadersh...

Coming to you On Location from the Anaheim Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, California (next door to Disneyland!).  Our On Location podcast reporters scour the halls, workshop, and plenary rooms to talk to NCSEA Leadership Symposium attendees and get their take on the conference.  Brandi Gallebo (Franklin County Child Support), Pat O’Donnell (YoungWilliams) and Tim Lightner (CGI) approach conference gue...

This episode of On Location features a conversation with Konitra Jack, the IV-D Child Support Enforcement Director for the State of Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services.  Konitra is NCSEA’s 2023 Outstanding Leader Awardee.  Her career journey as well as her commitments to community and family,  as shared with hosts Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams and Brandi Gallebo of Franklin Cou...

Each year, NCSEA accepts nominations to recognize individuals who make significant contributions to the child support program.  Three individuals are selected to receive scholarships to attend the NCSEA Leadership Symposium. comes to you on location from Ohio, Illinois, California, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.  Pat O’Donnell of YoungWilliams and Brandi Gallebo of Franklin County Child Support...

Today’s program comes to you on location from California, Louisiana, and Virginia.  Mariellen Keely hosts today’s episode and is joined by Shaun Edwards (Program Planner, Sacramento County, California Child Support Services), and Gabrielle Brown-Morgan (Project Director for the Responsible Parenting Grant with the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services).  They discuss their projects...