Montgomery County, PA

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Public Welfare

Official Notice
Major changes in Child Support Payment Processing

Major changes to how child support payments are collected and disbursed in Pennsylvania will soon take place. The Federal welfare reform law requires all states to establish a single location for the collection and disbursement of support related payments. Pennsylvania’s centralized State Collection and Disbursement Unit (SCDU) is located in Harrisburg.

Beginning on September 1, employers who are currently mailing wage attachment payments for employees to different county domestic relations offices will no longer send payments to these offices. Instead, wage attachment payments must be mailed to SCDU. If you have more than one employee with a wage attachment, simply combine each of their payments into one check and send the entire amount to SCDU.

Employers who have 20 or fewer wage attached employees will receive a monthly bill and coupons, beginning in August 1999 for payments due in September 1999. Employers with more than 20 wage-attached employees should send a list identifying each employee, member ID, and the amount withheld with the single payment. Payments must be made by check, money order, or electronic funds transfer.

Checks or money orders should be made payable to: PA SCDU. All payments must be mailed to the SCDU at this address beginning on September 1,1999:

For more information on the new payment procedures, please attend one of the employer seminars, which are being held across the state in July and August. A list of seminar locations is included with this packet. After August 2, 1999, you can call the SCDU customer service center at 1-877-676-9580.

Please Note: All Support services related to address changes, order modifications, and case management remain the responsibility of the County Domestic Relations Section.

Information is available at www.pachildsupport.com