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TO: BOAR-D- OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: District Attorney Gary Yancey �^
Supervisor . Sunne Wright McPeak Costa
DATE: September 28 , 1993 County
SUBJECT: Report and Recommendations re Implementing Use of CCTV Community
Access Programming to Increase Compliance with Court-Ordered Support
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Accept report and recommendations of District Attorney Gary Yancey and Supervisor
Sunne Wright McPeak Implementing Use of CCTV Community Access Programming to
Increase Compliance With Court-Ordered Support.
BACKGROUND
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Gary Yancey, District Attorney, explained how the system will work. Patricia Lind
McGaa, a 14-year old, appeared and told her story of being the child of a non-complying
parent. The Board expressed their appreciation to the District Attorney for his efforts
in developing the program, and to Patricia for her appearance and telling her story.
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M382/7-138 / BY _ DEPUTY
Report of District Attorney Gary Yancey and
Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
Implementing Use of CCTV
Community Access Programming to
Increase Compliance With Court-Ordered Support
On July 13, 1993, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors directed District
Attorney Gary Yancey and Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak to develop a process for
increasing compliance with court-ordered child support utilizing the CCTV
Community Access Program Channel.
It is recommend that Contra Costa County implement a program targeting parents
who:
1) owe large amounts of back child support (over $10,000) and who are
more than six months in arrears;
2) either live in Contra Costa County or who have contacts with Contra
Costa County.
The purpose of the program is twofold: 1) to seek the public's assistance in
providng information on the location of a parent or the assets of a parent who meets
the above criteria; and 2) to provide information to the public on services available
from the District Attorney's Office regarding family support. Legal limitations
prohibit divulging information for any purpose other than administering child
support enforcement programs, and the following procedures would be followed to
protect against publicizing cases which do not meet the criteria.
A. A senior collection officer in the District Attorney's Office will review
any file being considered for telecast to insure the parent being sought
meets the criteria.
B. A letter will be sent to the last-known address of the parent to advise
that they qualify for the program. The letter will offer the parent the
opportunity to contact the District Attorney's Office to make
arrangements for the payment of arrearages, thereby avoiding having
their name placed on the list for telecast. The letter will also provide
information on procedures the parent should follow if they believe there
is an error on the amount of back child support owed. The letter will
include a special telephone number so that these calls will go directly
to the senior collection officer reviewing potential cases. This insures
that these calls will not be handled in the routine manner of other calls
of inquiry.
C. The District Attorney's Office will obtain the consent of all custodial
parents to insure against divulging names which could cause
inadvertent harm to the children by virtue of publicity. If a custodial
parent chooses not to consent to the process, the name of the absent
parent will not be publicized.
A special line will be set aside for such calls, and they may be made anonymously.
Volunteers and an answering machine will be utilized to receive these calls.
The list of the names of parents being sought will be shown at many times over the
course of a month. The first Monday of each month, a new list will be televised.
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