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The Role of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
While federal agencies send most child support payments electronically, there are still instances where checks are issued to child support agencies. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, sends most checks to state child support agencies.
The Kansas City Financial Center, one of two financial centers, processes all Treasury payments, both domestic and international, including printing and mailing duties. Paper check payments are split between the Kansas City Center and its sister site, the Philadelphia Financial Center.
The Payment Management Call Center can answer questions about Treasury-sponsored programs and payments made by Treasury.
What do the following data on checks mean:
The image above will help you identify the specific information printed on a treasury check. Find the corresponding number or letter below.
Information contained on a US Treasury check:
1 = Issue Date.
2 = Payee Name.
3 = Financial Service Center.
4 = Issue Type.
5 = Check Symbol.
6 = Check Serial Number.
7 = Issue Amount.
Information on the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line of a U.S. Treasury check:
A = Check symbol.
B = Check digit.
C = Routing number unique to U.S. Treasury checks.
D = Check serial number.
E = Check digit.
F = Federal agency code.
G = Issue date (MM/YY).
H = Amount paid, if the financial institution codes the amount.
Additional info from the official website:
What if the check was not supposed to be sent to your State Disbursement Unit (SDU)?
If you believe your SDU should not have received a payment, contact the Payment Management Call Center to determine which federal agency authorized the payment and arrange for it to be returned. For identification purposes, the Financial Center city and state are printed at the top center of the check. A U.S. Treasury check, except a check returned by the Social Security Administration (SSA), will have the Financial Center return address on the envelope.
If your SDU needs to return a payment to SSA by paper check, use the following procedure:
1. Make the check payable to the Social Security Administration (not the U.S. Treasury)
2. Write the noncustodial parent/SSA recipient's Social Security number on the check
3. Mail the check to SSA:
Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center
PO Box 3430
Philadelphia, PA 19122
What to do if you can't identify a U.S. Treasury check?
There are several reasons why you may not be able to identify a Treasury check, including:
Non-IV-D or private orders sent by circuit court clerks may not contain necessary information, such as a Social Security number, to identify the payment in your automated system and SDU.
You have not provided a unique case/order identifier to the federal agency.
The U.S. Treasury check does not contain a county identifier (e.g., FIPS code).
For information about matching a U.S. Treasury check payment to a child support case, contact the Payment Management Call Center.
The customer service representative will ask for the check number and check symbol, as well as other payment information such as the payment date, amount, and account number (such as the noncustodial parent's SSN). The representative can provide a contact for the issuing federal payment agency that withheld the child support payment and can help explain the various codes on the front of the check.
Contact the noncustodial parent's federal wage agency or the agency they work for for information about a basic income withholding order.
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While federal agencies send most child support payments electronically, there are still instances where checks are issued to child support agencies. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, sends most checks to state child support agencies.
The Kansas City Financial Center, one of two financial centers, processes all Treasury payments, both domestic and international, including printing and mailing duties. Paper check payments are split between the Kansas City Center and its sister site, the Philadelphia Financial Center.
The Payment Management Call Center can answer questions about Treasury-sponsored programs and payments made by Treasury.
- Call Center: 855-868-0151 or 816-414-2100
- Office Symbol: 310
- Email: Payments@fms.treas.gov
What do the following data on checks mean:
The image above will help you identify the specific information printed on a treasury check. Find the corresponding number or letter below.
Information contained on a US Treasury check:
1 = Issue Date.
2 = Payee Name.
3 = Financial Service Center.
4 = Issue Type.
5 = Check Symbol.
6 = Check Serial Number.
7 = Issue Amount.
Information on the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line of a U.S. Treasury check:
A = Check symbol.
B = Check digit.
C = Routing number unique to U.S. Treasury checks.
D = Check serial number.
E = Check digit.
F = Federal agency code.
G = Issue date (MM/YY).
H = Amount paid, if the financial institution codes the amount.
Additional info from the official website:
What if the check was not supposed to be sent to your State Disbursement Unit (SDU)?
If you believe your SDU should not have received a payment, contact the Payment Management Call Center to determine which federal agency authorized the payment and arrange for it to be returned. For identification purposes, the Financial Center city and state are printed at the top center of the check. A U.S. Treasury check, except a check returned by the Social Security Administration (SSA), will have the Financial Center return address on the envelope.
If your SDU needs to return a payment to SSA by paper check, use the following procedure:
1. Make the check payable to the Social Security Administration (not the U.S. Treasury)
2. Write the noncustodial parent/SSA recipient's Social Security number on the check
3. Mail the check to SSA:
Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center
PO Box 3430
Philadelphia, PA 19122
What to do if you can't identify a U.S. Treasury check?
There are several reasons why you may not be able to identify a Treasury check, including:
Non-IV-D or private orders sent by circuit court clerks may not contain necessary information, such as a Social Security number, to identify the payment in your automated system and SDU.
You have not provided a unique case/order identifier to the federal agency.
The U.S. Treasury check does not contain a county identifier (e.g., FIPS code).
For information about matching a U.S. Treasury check payment to a child support case, contact the Payment Management Call Center.
The customer service representative will ask for the check number and check symbol, as well as other payment information such as the payment date, amount, and account number (such as the noncustodial parent's SSN). The representative can provide a contact for the issuing federal payment agency that withheld the child support payment and can help explain the various codes on the front of the check.
Contact the noncustodial parent's federal wage agency or the agency they work for for information about a basic income withholding order.
How to Identify Treasury Checks
Explains how to read a U.S. Treasury paper check and the role of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service
