Child Support Services
Overview
Mission Statement
To enhance the lives of the families we serve by providing quality child support services in a courteous, respectful, fair, and professional manner.
Department Overview
Child Support Services works with parents and guardians to ensure children and families receive court-ordered financial and medical support. Services include locating a parent; establishing paternity; establishing, modifying and enforcing a court order for child support; and establishing, modifying and enforcing an order for health coverage. Since 2002, the counties of Santa Cruz and San Benito have operated a regional department of Child Support Services, with Santa Cruz acting as the lead agency.
Budget Summary
Department Budget Overview
Budget Summary of Changes
The Child Support Services budget is status quo and reflects no net increase of expenditures or revenues while funding 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) Child Support Services Work I/II positions to provide public facing child support services to County residents and deleting 1.0 FTE Assistant Administrative Analyst and 1.0 FTE Staff Development Trainer. This budget is fully supported through State and federal allocations and does not receive General Fund contribution. Increases in salaries and benefits reflect cost increases for existing staff.
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Supplemental Budget Summary of Changes
An offsetting change in staffing with an add of 1.0 FTE Assistant Departmental Administrative Analyst, alternately classed up through Senior Departmental Administrative Analyst and delete of a vacant 1.0 FTE Accounting Technician. There is no financial budgetary impact.
Department Operations and Performance
Budget Details
The charts below show department expenditures and revenues by division and service. Click on the pie charts to drill down for more detail. Complete detail can be found on the County's Transparency Portal.
Expenses by Service
Expenses and Revenues over time
Personnel Details
The chart below provides the department personnel detail by division, service, and classification.
Footnotes
Indicates change from FY 2022-23 Adjusted Funded Positions (including Board-approved mid-year changes as of April 1, 2023).