RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 4794 (McDERMOTT), CHILD SUPPORT PROTECTION ACT OF 2006

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, child support payments support families that might otherwise rely on, turn to or return to federal, state and local assistance programs like TANF, Food Stamps, Section 8 and the Healthy Families program;

WHEREAS, data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicates that each $1 spent on child support enforcement generates approximately $4.38 in child support; and

WHEREAS, considered one of the best performing in the state, San Mateo County’s Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) collected nearly $30 million in child support in 2005 and ranked among the top performing counties in the collection of current support and the percent of cases with payment on arrears; and

WHEREAS, the Deficit Reduction Act (S. 1932) will, among other things, prevent the use of federal incentive dollars as match to draw down federal child support funds; and

WHEREAS, California is estimated to lose $90 million in federal child support funding starting in FY 2008, which will significantly reduce the state’s ability to collect child support in amounts that could be over $200 million annually in California; and

WHEREAS, H.R. 4794 would repeal the Deficit Reduction Act (S. 1932) provision Section 7309, which prevents the use of federal incentive dollars as local match funds for federal child support funds;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by the adoption of this resolution hereby supports H.R. 4794 regarding the Child Support Protection Act of 2006.

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