Employer Seminars Announced for Nebraska Child Support Payment Center

The Nebraska Child Support Payment Center is hosting seminars in 13 Nebraska communities in the coming months for employers who remit child support payments on behalf of their employees, State Treasurer Don Stenberg announced today.

The seminars are offered by the Child Support Payment Center, a division of the Nebraska State Treasurer’s Office, in conjunction with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. This is the 12th year of the seminars.

The one-hour seminars are free and are designed for employers who are just beginning to remit child support payments on behalf of their employees as well as for employers who have been providing this service for some time. Employers may register at childsupport.nebraska.gov/Employers. Registration is required.

Stenberg said the seminars will focus on the steps for remitting child support payments electronically in addition to providing information on new hire reporting, verification and termination, and income and medical withholding and remittance. The Nebraska Child Support Payment Center, which has been a leader in promoting electronic payments, was ranked third in the nation in 2014 for the percent of child support payments received electronically.

“Efforts are underway to raise the state’s ranking even higher by continuing to encourage employers to use electronic payments and to make the process easier for individuals who make payments,” Stenberg said. “Greater use of electronic means to pay child support results in greater efficiencies in the system, including speedier payments to custodial parents and lower processing costs for the state payment center.”

Electronic payments also save money and make good business sense for those making the payments, resulting in lower costs for envelopes, postage, printing, and record-keeping, Stenberg said.

Following are the dates and locations for the upcoming seminars:

• Nebraska City, Public Library, 923 First Corso, May 20, 1 p.m.
• South Sioux City, Marina Inn, 385 E. Fourth St., June 10, 1 p.m.
• Norfolk, Holiday Inn Express, 920 S. 20th St., June 11, 10 a.m.
• O’Neill, Holiday Inn Express, 1020 E. Douglas St., June 25, 10 a.m.
• Columbus, Holiday Inn Express, 524 E. 23rd St., June 26, 10 a.m.
• Ogallala, City Council Chambers, 411 E. Second St., July 15, 10 a.m.
• Kearney, Holiday Inn Express, 508 Second Ave. South, July 16, 10 a.m.
• Lincoln, Walt Branch Library, 6701 S. 14th St., July 8, 1 p.m.
• Lexington, Holiday Inn Express, 2605 Plum Creek Parkway, July 30, 10 a.m.
• Hastings, Holiday Inn Express, 3605 Cimarron Plaza, July 31, 10 a.m.
• Alliance, Alliance Learning Center, 1750 Sweetwater Ave., Aug. 19, 10 a.m.
• North Platte, Holiday Inn Express, 300 Holiday Frontage Road, Aug. 20, 10 a.m.
• Grand Island, Holiday Inn Midtown, 2503 S. Locust, Aug. 21, 10 a.m.