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Child Support Services (CSS) recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the Director of Child Support Services to negotiate an agreement between the County of El Dorado CSS and the County of Inyo CSS, where the County of Inyo will compensate the County of El Dorado for the provision of legal attorney services to the County of Inyo CSS; and
2) Authorize the Director of Child Support Services to provide legal services to the County of Inyo CSS during the negotiation period, to include travel, for a period not to exceed 90 days of Board approval, as long as services do not increase CSS’s Net County Cost.
FUNDING: State and Federal Child Support Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Family Code Section 17304(a) mandates that the Director of the Department negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with county and state agencies to fulfill the requirements of the state plan for administering the Title IV-D child support program. Family Code 17304(a) also states, “The director, in consultation with the impacted counties, may consolidate the local child support agencies, or any function of the agencies, in more than one county into a single local child support agency, if the director determines that the consolidation will increase the efficiency of the state Title IV-D program and each county has at least one local child support office accessible to the public.”
On July 30, 2024, with Legistar item 24-1074, the Board approved a Plan of Cooperation with the County of Tehama, where the County of Tehama will compensate the County of El Dorado CSS in the monthly amount of $6,250, allowing El Dorado County CSS to provide legal attorney services to the County of Tehama Child Support Services during the term of August 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, with the option to extend the agreement to June 30, 2026.
El Dorado CSS was approached by the Inyo County Local Child Support Agency with a request to provide legal services through a contractual agreement. Under this ag...
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