Stimulus Check Child Support Pennsylvania

Child care providers licensed by the office of child development and early learning ocdel are eligible for the funds gov.

Stimulus check child support pennsylvania. The wolf administration announced new plans to send one time 600 grants to child care workers across pennsylvania. While the cares act provided a 1 200 direct payment to most individual adults and 500 per dependent child the new stimulus package provides for a flat 600 payment for every eligible adult. This excludes roughly 13 5 million adult dependents from.

The 900 billion stimulus bill from late december changed some of the rules for the second stimulus check including for people who owe and receive child support. This means that adults who are claimed as dependents such as college students or 18 year old high school. As with the first stimulus check children age 17 and above and dependent adults won t be eligible for the 600 dependent payout.

Rhea said if you are eligible for the second stimulus check you will get the stimulus money in full. The cares act check falls under income as it is defined under pennsylvania s support guidelines in rule 1910 16 2 a 8 so not only will it be garnished to pay child support but it will also be added to an individual s income available for support albeit it may not have material impact on most support orders particularly since both parties may receive it. More importantly it may not sufficiently cover the income loss by a payor who finds themselves furloughed terminated or.

A healthy vibrant child care industry is a cornerstone of a healthy economy. Because stimulus checks fall under income under pennsylvania s support guidelines in rule 1910 16 2 a 8 they are not only eligible for garnishment but they can be added to the total amount available to pay support. As federal stimulus checks are being distributed to pennsylvanians there may be some delays said attorney general shapiro.

However people who owe child support may have questions about whether they will still get the checks. The stimulus checks will only go to child dependents those who are 17 and younger. The irs has begun direct depositing stimulus payments due to the covid 19 pandemic.