Title
Proclamation - Child Support Awareness Month (Vice Chair Jerrell)
Action
ACTION:
Adopt a Proclamation declaring August 2024 as Child Support Awareness Month in Mecklenburg County
Commission Contact: Sponsor: Vice Chair Mark Jerrell (Co-Sponsors: Commissioner Griffin and Commissioner Leake)
Fonda Clifton, Division Director
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County has operated Child Support Services since July 2010 when the staff and customers of the program were entrusted to the County by the State of North Carolina. Former President Bill Clinton first proclaimed August as National Child Support Awareness Month in 1995 to demonstrate the importance of child support as a sustainable means of financial support and well-being for many of our nation's children.
In Mecklenburg County there are approximately 58,834 children and custodial parents who receive more than $48.7 million in child support annually, through the efforts of this County's child support professionals, which provide food, housing, and clothing to these families.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
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POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
N/A