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C. 64

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Linda Dippel, Child Support Services
Date:	December 4, 2012

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Interagency Agreement with Stanislaus County Department of Child Support Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/04/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

925-313-4433

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 4, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Child Support Services, or designee to execute a Interagency Agreement with Stanislaus County Department of Child Support Services, a government agency, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $85,000, to provide Early Intervention Services for the period of October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Interagency Agreement will result in a total payment to the County, not to exceed $85,000 during the term of the agreement. No County matching funds required.

BACKGROUND:

The California State Department of Child Support Services has issued a statewide mandate for local child support agencies to focus on early intervention efforts to prevent payment delinquency and increase collections. The Department of Child Support Services has a contract with Maximus to provide early intervention services to accommodate the state wide mandate. The pricing structure of the program is discounted based upon the volume of cases submitted to be processed. Due to the statewide focus on early intervention efforts, Stanislaus County Department of Child Support Services has requested to submit their cases, with Contra Costa County to increase the volume of cases submitted and thereby reduce the per case cost. This is a collaborative effort to address the State mandate and to accomplish this task in a cost efficient manner by leveraging the buying power of multiple agencies. Approval of this Interagency Agreement will allow Stanislaus County Department of Child Support Services to pay Contra Costa County for early intervention deliquency services that were specifically applied to their Agency's caseload.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action were not approved, it would eliminate the ability for other county child support agencies from participating in this program and increase the per case cost to DCSS.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Approval of this Board Order will help the Department of Child Support Services to collect child support payments and pass these collections on to the home for the benefit of the children associated with cases within this Department.