department of child support services overview march 2014 1
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Child Support Program Goals Child Support Overview Performance, Statistics and Financials
Summary of Contents
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Child Support Program Goals
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All children in California’s Child Supportprogram should have:• Parentage established• Support orders established• Medical coverage• Financial support from parents
California’s Child Support program will:• Operate efficiently and effectively• Provide excellent customer service
Department of Child Support Overview
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The Child Support Program:
Mandated by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 USC Sec. 651)
Enforces the financial responsibility of unmarried or separated parents to support their children when they live apart
Provides no cost paternity and order establishment services and a range of enforcement services, many of which are exclusive to the program
Ensures that children receive a reliable source of financial and medical support
Supplements and stabilizes family income, increases self-sufficiency, and avoids public assistance costs
Child Support Overview(Continued)
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Encourages mothers and fathers to be involved in their children’s lives
Recovers welfare costs Encourages personal responsibility
Child Support in California State supervised, locally administered program Local and Regional child support agencies deliver
services The partnership between state and counties
provides for effective collaboration Services are available to all California residents
CalWORKs recipients are referred automatically for child support services; support is assigned to the State to recover assistance costs
Non-aided families may apply for services; support is passed directly to the custodial party
There are currently over 1.3 million child support cases 7
The Child Support Process
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Child Support Program Intake
Public Assistance referrals, TANF, Medicaid, and other
programs
Program application completed at the office, on-
line, or the courts
Establish
paternity
Obtain order for child support and medical
support
Enforce and collect support
Distribute support
Modify orders
Child Support Program Functions
Developed and implemented a Federally certified statewide child support automated system that automates and centralizes all child support activities
Implemented a Federally required State Disbursement Unit that handles all collections and disbursements
Established an Enterprise Customer Service Solution which supports state, local and regional call centers for all customers
Program Highlights
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Maintained collections to families during economic downturn
Passed Federal Data Reliability Audit every year 2002 – 2013, including the year following implementation of the Statewide Automated Child Support Enforcement (CSE) System
Obtained Revenue Stabilization funding to retain local case worker staff and stabilize collection levels
Program Highlights(continued)
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FFY 2013 Performance(Preliminary)
Distributed Collections - $2.3 billion Paternity Establishment Percentage – 98.6% Percent of Cases with Orders – 89.0% Percent of Current Support Collected – 63.3% Percent of Cases with Arrearages Collections – 65.1% Cost Effectiveness - $2.54
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Source: OCSE 157 Line 1
California's Caseload by Assistance TypeFFY 2012 and FFY 2013
3/24/2014
27.6%(368,614)
49.4%(658,009)
23.0%(306,057)
FFY 2012
Current Former
26.6% (343,303)
50.6% (652,340)
22.8% (294,734)
FFY 2013
Never
State of CaliforniaDepartment of Child Support Services
Historical Incentive Performance Measures
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DCSS Budget(Dollars in thousands)
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Counties may provide funds to LCSAs to supplement program activities above their allocation up to $13.6M and draw matching federal funds not to exceed $26.4M. Figures do not include $26.4 million FFP. **The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) restored federal matching funds on Federal Incentives for two years beginning October 1, 2008 and ending September 30, 2010. This reduced the need for State General Fund (SGF) during SFYs 2009-10 thru 2011-12.
Fiscal Year Total Funds* Federal Funds* General FundFederal
Performance Basic Incentives
2010-11** Enacted Budget
$1,033,340 $684,911 $310,238 $38,191
2011-12** Enacted Budget
$992,641 $631,929 $321,701 $39,011
2012-13 Enacted Budget
$954,751 $608,314 $307,712 $38,725
2013-14 Enacted Budget
$970,989 $618,919 $312,757 $40,313
2014-15 Governor Budget
$971,630 $618,302 $313,015 $40,313
CSE Budget(Dollars in thousands)
Fiscal Year Total Funds Federal Funds General Funds
2010-11 $140,237 $92,556 $47,681
2011-12 $107,171 $70,733 $36,438
2012-13 $103,817 $68,519 $35,298
2013-14 $103,817 $68,519 $35,298
2014-15Governor’s Budget
$103,469 $68,289 $35,180
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Source: 2014-15 Governor’s Budget.
Note: These figures are included in the overall DCSS Budget 2010-2015.
SDU Budget(Dollars in thousands)
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Source: Local Assistance Cost Tables.
Note: These figures are included in the overall DCSS Budget 2010-2015.
Fiscal Year Total Funds Federal Funds General Funds
2010-11 $26,629 $17,568 $9,061
2011-12 $19,446 $12,833 $6,613
2012-13 $14,966 $9,878 $5,088
2013-14 $14,966 $9,878 $5,088
2014-15Governor’s Budget
$14,966 $9,878 $5,088
DCSS Collections(Dollars in millions)
231 The County share of collections was suspended and retained as part of the State share during SFY 2011-12 and SFY 2012-13.2 SFY 2010-2011, SFY 2011-12 , SFY 2012-13 actuals are based on distributed collections reported on the Monthly Report of Collections.3 Other Collections includes: collections forwarded to other states, medical support collections, excess, pass-on and $50 disregard payments.
2010-2011 2 Actuals
2011-2012 2 Actuals
2012-2013 2 Actuals
2013-2014 Estimate
2014-2015 Estimate
Non-Assistance Collections $1,748 $1,790 $1,827 $1,889 $1,889
Assistance Collections $519 $515 $511 $477 $477
Total Collections $2,267 $2,305 $2,338 $2,366 $2,366
% Yr. to Yr. Change - 1.7% 1.4% 1.2% 0.0%
ASSISTANCE COLLECTIONS SUMMARY
General Funds $219 $244 $242 $198 $198
Federal Funds $219 $214 $212 $199 $199
County Funds $24 $0 1 $0 1 $28 $28
Other Funds 3 $57 $57 $57 $52 $52
Total Assistance Collections $519 $515 $511 $477 $477