Department of Child Support Services

Overview

March 2014

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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

Child Support Overview

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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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Performance, Statistics and Financials

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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

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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

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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

Federal Performance Measures

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PSI Ranking FFY 2013

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