HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07072015 - C.159RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Child Support Services, or designee, to execute an Interagency
Agreement with Superior Court of California, including modified indemnification, in an amount not to exceed
$160,000, to provide on-site family law facilitator services, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This cost would be funded by 66% Federal, 34% State allocations. This expense is a zero cost to the County General
Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Superior Court of California has agreed to provide on-site family law facilitator services at the local child
support office. These services include providing assistance to self represented parties to help them prepare the
paperwork to establish or modify child and/or spousal support orders, providing assistance to self represented parties
to help them prepare the responses to support or paternity papers that have
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/07/2015 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
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Sarah Bunnell, 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: July 7, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C.159
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Linda Dippel, Child Support Services Director
Date:July 7, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Interagency Agreement with Superior Court of California
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
been served on a customer, running computer generated child and spousal support calculations, providing assistance
to self represented parties to help them prepare Orders After Hearing and Wage Assignments and providing
assistance to self represented parties to help them file motions to establish paternity (identity of the legal father). The
goal of providing said services is to improve customer service with our customers by having a resource available to
better educate and guide them through the various child support processes.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this action were not approved, the Department of Child Support Services would not have the ability to provide
on-site family law facilitator services.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Approval of this action will allow on-site family law services to provide services in support of children.