Office of Child Support and Enforcement (OCSE) Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) - DRLIF & ESKARI
The Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) provides the Administration for Children and Families' Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) with information for child support purposes, pertaining to parents for whom state child support agencies have requested FPLS conduct a locate. As part of FPLS this process contains two distinct exchanges, the Direct Request Locator Information File (DRLIF) and Earnings System Keyed Applications for SSN Registration Identification (ESKARI). In the DRLIF process, on a daily basis, OCSE submits a finder file of known SSNs to SSA to identify employer address information for up to ten recent employers the person has been employed by over the past four years as well as wage amounts. In the ESKARI process, on a daily basis OCSE submits finder files of unknown SSNs to SSA in order to identify the SSNs which will then be recycled back into the DRLIF process for normal processing.
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| accessLevel | restricted public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1D |
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"016:00"
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| contactPoint |
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"fn": "Open Data",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:Open.Data@ssa.gov"
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| dataQuality |
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| description | The Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) provides the Administration for Children and Families' Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) with information for child support purposes, pertaining to parents for whom state child support agencies have requested FPLS conduct a locate. As part of FPLS this process contains two distinct exchanges, the Direct Request Locator Information File (DRLIF) and Earnings System Keyed Applications for SSN Registration Identification (ESKARI). In the DRLIF process, on a daily basis, OCSE submits a finder file of known SSNs to SSA to identify employer address information for up to ten recent employers the person has been employed by over the past four years as well as wage amounts. In the ESKARI process, on a daily basis OCSE submits finder files of unknown SSNs to SSA in order to identify the SSNs which will then be recycled back into the DRLIF process for normal processing. |
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| identifier | US-GOV-SSA-677 |
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| keyword |
[
"Child Support",
"DRLIF",
"Direct Request Locator Information File",
"ESKARI",
"Earnings System Keyed Applications for SSN Registration Identification",
"FPLS",
"Federal Parent Locator Service",
"OSCE",
"Office of Child Support Enforcement"
]
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| landingPage | None |
| language |
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| license | https://www.ssa.gov/data/Restricted-Public-Licensing-Information.html |
| modified | 2026-05-08 |
| primaryITInvestmentUII |
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| programCode |
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"016:000"
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| publisher |
{
"name": "Social Security Administration"
}
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| references |
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| rights | The data contained in this data exchange is restricted due to sensitivity and/or privacy issues. If you would like more information on a data exchange with SSA please visit the following web site https://www.ssa.gov/dataexchange/. |
| spatial | United States |
| systemOfRecords |
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| theme |
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| title | Office of Child Support and Enforcement (OCSE) Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) - DRLIF & ESKARI |
