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CSLN Creator Retires

Mr. Jack Murphy, Associate Director for Revenue Services-Department of Administration-Division of Taxation-Child Support Enforcement for the state of Rhode Island (RI) is retiring from state service on June 11, 2004. His 30 years of service have been dedicated to championing the needs of children and families and their rights to receive their court ordered child support.

Mr. Murphy has led a distinguished career with many notable achievements during his 30 years of state service in Rhode Island. Serving as the Child Support program’s first accountant in 1974, he was responsible for implementing the nationally mandated child support collections and distribution accounting system. Subsequently held positions over the years include, serving as the Project Manager for the Statewide Automated Child Support System Project, which was successfully installed and federally certified in 1991. Mr. Murphy’s tenure also included time as Administrator for the DHS Collections, Claims and Recoveries Office and the DHS Office of Fraud Investigations and Prosecution. His position title was later renamed Associate Director for Revenue Services in 2000 and is known today to the child support world as the Rhode Island IV-D Director

On September 26, 2000 the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) recognized Mr. Murphy’s passion and commitment for helping our nation’s most vulnerable children, kids that fail to receive all of their court ordered child support payments, and his many contributions to the Child Support Enforcement program. OCSE named one of their two conference rooms in his honor. The Jack Murphy Conference Room is located in the Aerospace building, in Washington D.C. Recognized nationally as an expert in his field, Mr. Murphy has been involved in introducing new technologies to the CSE program, including the innovative Child Support Lien Network (CSLN) for insurance claim interception, financial institution data matching, and real property liens.

For the past five years Mr. Murphy has served as the Administrator and child support champion for the Child Support Lien Network (CSLN). Coupled with his responsibilities as IV-D Director in Rhode Island, Mr. Murphy introduced and implemented the newest and potentially most effective enforcement collection tool in years. Insurance intercept of personal injury and workers’ compensation settlements is quickly becoming a staple in the child support collections community. Originally launched in 1999 by RI as a single state solution, CSLN has evolved into a national network embracing 16 states which have input over two (2) million cases into the database. Insurance Intercept recently became part of the national child support enforcement agenda; Secretary Tommy Thompson of DHHS introduced insurance intercept as an initiative in the budget for 2004. Collection projections for a nation-wide insurance intercept program could climb as high as $2 billion annually, making CSLN one of the most effective child support collection tools available.

In 2001, OCSE recognized Mr. Murphy’s unique efforts in working with the insurance industry by awarding a “Best Practices” award to CSLN for being one of the most valuable tools available in the Child Support Enforcement arsenal. CSLN is achieving remarkable success in its attempt to significantly increase the collection of the now $94 Billion in past due support owed to 20 million deserving kids in America. OCSE also lauded Jack for the successful implementation of one of the best examples of a private/public partnership that can occur without the need for a federal mandate.

The CSLN community thanks Mr. Murphy on behalf of America’s children and families for his tireless efforts to improve their lives. We also extend our sincerest wishes to Jack for a wonderful and healthy retirement. May the days and years ahead provide many more happy moments shared with your wife Mary and son Kevin, good weather to “hit the links”, as well as time to tickle the ivories.