HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1991 (22) RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATURE
TO SUPPORT A FINANCIAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS
RESULTING FROM THE REDUCTION IN FEDERAL FUNDING
FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
Resolution No. C /)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, Congress has mandated that State Governments establish a
Child Support Enforcement Program, and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors created the
Child Support Enforcement Agency in accordance with State Statutes and
Federal Rules and Regulations, and
WHEREAS, Congress has determined that the Child Support Enforcement
Program is the cornerstone of welfare reform as reflected in the passage
of the Family Support Act of 1988, and
WHEREAS, the County Child Support Enforcement Program promotes
welfare reform and reduces State and Federal costs for the Title IV -A
(AFDC) program by promoting economic independence of families through
the collection of child support, and
WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors has been reliant
upon revenue from the Federal Government to fund the Child Support
Enforcement Program, and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Child Support Program has been very
successful in increasing non - welfare collections and in reducing welfare
dependency, but the funding formula of the Federal government does not
reward this success,
WHEREAS, the incentives on collections have been reduced, causing
a decrease in revenue to the counties, and
WHEREAS, the State has not made provisions to fund the Child
Support Enforcement Program out of State AFDC savings or the benefits
recovered;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the St. Croix County Board of
Supervisors urges the Governor and State Legislature to support a
financial solution to the problem caused by the reduction in Federal
funding for the Child Support Enforcement Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded
to Governor Thompson, Congressman Gunderson, State Senator Berndt, State
Representatives Stower, Baldus and Harsdorf, Secretary of the Department
of Health and Social Services, Gerald Whitburn, and the Wisconsin
Counties Association.
Dated this 11 day of June, 1991.
Offered by: Public Protection Committee
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE L
.)/\ LA-e- STATE OF WISCONSIN 1� /
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
1 Sue E. Nelson, St. Croix
Comity Clerk, co HEREBY CERTIFY that `
the t^ c3�in� is a trop and correct copy of � � %1 ,4 /i 1 /
aao,`• :ed by the County oard of Supervisors
et their meeting hcki / `�'K ) l 0 l
Sue E. Nelson, St. Croix County Cl.rk