Title:
Budget Amendment - Dept. of Community Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division (Reinvestment Revenue)
Summary
ACTION:
1) Recognize, receive and appropriate $952,000 in Federal Child Support Reinvestment funds in the Child Support Reinvestment Special Revenue Fund for staff positions to include, an Attorney, a Legal Assistant, Administrative Support Assistant II, ten case coordinators, and two Social Services Program Supervisors
2) Recognize, receive and appropriate $220,000 in Federal Child Support Reinvestment funds in the Child Support Reinvestment Special Revenue Fund to contract for additional Child Support enforcement support
Staff Contact: Rodney Adams, Director, Community Resources Department
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Child Support Enforcement (CSE) receives reinvestment incentive funds to be used to administrate 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, and this action will appropriate $952,000 from the Special Revenue Fund for staff positions previously approved by the Board of Commissioners. An additional $220,000 will be used for contracts to support Child Support enforcement activities, including support for process servers, multimedia, location tool, software licenses and support, and equipment. The total appropriation for this action is $1,172,000.00 in accordance with the Child Support Reinvestment Special Revenue Fund Ordinance.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
FY20 Child Support Reinvestment Special Revenue Fund balance (C001) appropriation of $1,172,000.00