County of Monterey - File #: 19-0619

• File #: 19-0619
• Name: California Department of Child Support Services Plan of Cooperation FFY 2016
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Passed - Department of Social Services
• File created: 7/25/2019
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 8/27/2019
• Final action: 8/27/2019
• Title: a. Approve and authorize the Director of Child Support Services to sign a Plan of Cooperation (POC) with California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS), and all future amendments approved by County Counsel, to define responsibilities for securing child support, including child support establishment, collection, and disbursement services; medical support; determining paternity; and providing other public services in accordance with the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. The POC, by its terms, renews automatically each year but, if amended, will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval at least once every three years.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/27/2019	Board of Supervisors	approved - department of social services	Pass

Title
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Child Support Services to sign a Plan of Cooperation (POC) with California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS), and all future amendments approved by County Counsel, to define responsibilities for securing child support, including child support establishment, collection, and disbursement services; medical support; determining paternity; and providing other public services in accordance with the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. The POC, by its terms, renews automatically each year but, if amended, will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval at least once every three years.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:

Approve and authorize the Director of Child Support Services to sign a Plan of Cooperation (POC) with California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS), and all future amendments approved by County Counsel, to define responsibilities for securing child support, including child support establishment, collection, and disbursement services; medical support; determining paternity; and providing other public services in accordance with the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020. The POC, by its terms, renews automatically each year but, if amended, will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval at least once every three years.


SUMMARY:

The Child Support Enforcement Program is a federally-mandated, state-supervised, County-administered program. All direct and indirect local program costs are funded at a 66% federal participation rate and the state provides the remaining 34%.

This Plan of Cooperation defines responsibilities of DCSS and Monterey County Department of Child Support Services for securing child support, including child support establishment, collection, and disbursement services; medical support; dete...