Both Sutter and Colusa County’s Departments of Child Support Services are without a permanent Director and other key executive management staff. The Sutter County Board of Supervisors has appointed the Department of Child Support’s Staff Services Manager as the Interim Director. The Colusa County Child Support Services Director resigned effective March 30, 2019. Pursuant to California Family Code, Section 17000 et. seq., the California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) provides funding and oversight of local child support programs and mandates local appointment of a Director for these programs. The County of Yolo Department of Child Support Services Director is able to provide executive management oversight and necessary services to Sutter and Colusa Departments of Child Support Services. The California Department of Child Support Services is aware and supportive of this collaborative endeavor.
State and federal child support funds that are allocated to the County of Yolo Department of Child Support Services and the County of Sutter Department of Child Support Services and the County of Colusa Department of Child Support Services will remain unchanged. No general fund dollars will be spent. Foreseeable expenses are limited to staff time and travel costs and will derive from the State and federal dollars allocated to the local programs in the respective counties.
Staff recommends that the Board approve and execute the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for appointment of the County of Yolo Department of Child Support Services Director as Interim Regional Child Support Services Director for Sutter and Colusa counties. The Interim Regional Child Support Services Director will provide executive management oversight and necessary services for 9 months to the Sutter and Colusa County Departments of Child Support Services, beginning April 1, 2019 and concluding December 31, 2019, during the exploration of fully regionalizing the three agencies.
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