DATE: June 18, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kari Gilbert, Director, Department of Child Support Services
SUBJECT: Department of Child Support Services Salary Resolution Amendment
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve Amendment to the Salary Resolution adding 50 positions to the Department of Child Support Services Org 5110, effective July 1, 2019 as reflected in Appendix C.
REPORT
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will amend the Salary Resolution adding fifty positions to the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) Org 5110 to be filled as dictated by operational needs. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the allocated positions within the DCSS will remain unchanged.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The Department is funded 100% by the State; 66% funded through Federal Welfare Administration and 34% funded through the State Aid Support Enforcement. The estimated salary and benefits cost for the proposed positions total $3,871,248. Starting in FY 2019-20, the California Department of Child Support Services will be allocating an additional $5,821,381 in augmentation funding to the Fresno County DCSS which will allow for funding of the requested positions and associated equipment and supplies costs. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues to fund the additional positions will be included in the Department's FY 2019-20 Org 5110 Recommended Budget and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
As a Child Support program, the Fresno County DCSS has historically been considered underfunded. In an effort to provide additional money to underfunded counties, the California DCSS has developed a new funding methodology based on a specified case-to-employee ratio. The State's intended target for all counties is 188 cases per employee. ...
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