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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation and approving 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, 2020 through June 30, 2025, for a maximum reimbursement amount of $3,491,909 for staff wages and benefits.
Staff Summary
* Since 1985, the State's Attorney's Office has entered into an annual Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS) to provide child support enforcement services.
* Pursuant to these annual agreements, the State's Attorney's Office is to be reimbursed for reasonable costs for providing these services, as determined by IFHS. From 1999 to 2017, the State's Attorney's Child Support Enforcement (CSE) staff included three assistant state's attorneys, four secretaries, three paralegals and one investigator.
* Currently, the CSE staff includes two full-time assistant state's attorneys, a .5 full-time equivalent (FTE) assistant state's attorney/supervisor, three full-time legal assistants, and 2.75 FTE paralegals.
* 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 Five-Year Contract for 2021-2025 to reimburse personnel costs not to exceed $3,491,909, 66 percent of which is federal funds.
* Funding for the 2021 Lake County contract will be increased from $610,000 to $671,000, with remaining years 2022 $684,420, 2023 $698,108, 2024 $712,070, and 2025 $726,311.
* Fiscal Year 2020 Program cost is $899,072 which includes: $671,000 from the State of IDHFS and $228,072 in the State's Attorney's current operating budget.
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