Title:
REVISED Budget Amendment - Child Support Enforcement Department (Reinvestment Revenue)
Summary
ACTION:
1) Amend Section XX of the FY19 Budget Ordinance to strike the phrase "... 'for contracting services'..." and replace with "staff and related expenses"; and
2) Approve creation of eight child support positions, six Case Coordinators and two Social Services Supervisors; and
3) Recognize, receive and appropriate an additional $232,600 in Federal Child Support Reinvestment funds for legal support services staff to include, an Attorney, a Legal Assistant and an Administrative Support Assistant II; and
4) Approve creation of three legal positions, Attorney, Legal Assistant and Administrative Support Assistant II; and
5) Recognize, receive and appropriate an additional $250,000 in Federal Child Support Reinvestment funds to contract for additional Child Support enforcement support
Staff Contact: Donald Manns, Business Manager
Fonda Clifton, Assistant Director
Anthony Trotman, Assistant County Manager
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Child Support Enforcement (CSE) receives reinvestment incentive funds to be used to carry out Child Support program activities as authorized by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement and in accordance with regulations contained in OCSE-AT-01-04. Title IV of the Social Security Act Section 458(f) mandates that all Reinvestment incentive funds earned by Child Support programs be reinvested into the child support program. There are funds available in the Child Support Reinvestment Special Revenue Fund, of which $433,279 have been appropriated for the cost of Court Team staffing in Section XX of the FY19 Budget Ordinance. This action will appropriate an additional $232,600 from the Special Revenue Fund for legal support services staff and an additional $250,000 for contracts to support Child Support enforcement activities, including support for process servers, multimedia, location tool, so...
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