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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation of a Title IV-D Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS) and the Lake County State's Attorney for the continuation of the State's Attorney's Child Support Enforcement Program for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, for a maximum reimbursement amount of $610,000 for staff wages and benefits.
Staff Summary
* Since 1985, the State's Attorney's Office has entered into an annual IGA with the IDHFS to provide child support enforcement services.
* Pursuant to these annual agreements, the State's Attorney's Office reasonable costs for providing these services, as determined by IDHFS, are to be reimbursed.
* Since 1999, the State's Attorney's Child Support Enforcement staff has included three Assistant State's Attorneys, four secretaries, three paralegals, and one investigator.
* The Child Support Enforcement Division handles approximately 12,000 active cases, including those to establish paternity, to set support upon voluntary acknowledgement, to establish medical support orders, and to enforce orders for payment of support.
* IDHFS has tendered a proposed State fiscal year (SFY) 2019 contract to reimburse personnel costs not to exceed $610,000, 66 percent of which is federal funds.
* Funding for the Lake County contract was reduced by a total of 12.86 percent ($90,000) from SFY 2017's contract of $700,000, including a $50,000 reduction for SFY2018 and a $40,000 reduction for SFY2019.
* Sources of program funding include; $610,000 from the State of IDHFS, $9,475 reimbursement from the State's Attorney's Environmental Fund, $18,800 from a part-time paralegal position vacancy, and $61,725 from a full-time legal assistant position vacancy.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the IDHFS has notified the State's Attorney's Office that the Department desires to renew its Intergovernmental Agreements for the Child Support Enforcement Service...
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