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Child Support: AB 1058 Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program Funding Allocation (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The AB 1058 Funding Allocation Joint Subcommittee recommends that the Judicial Council approve a new funding methodology that is workload-based for the AB 1058 child support commissioner program and maintain the current funding methodology for the family law facilitator program until FY 2021-22. The Judicial Council established the joint subcommittee in April 2015 to reconsider the allocation methodology developed in 1997 for the Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program, as required by Assembly Bill 1058 (Stats. 1996, ch. 957). In February 2016 the council reconstituted the joint subcommittee and directed it to develop a workload-based funding methodology to begin implementation for fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 but to delay making that recommendation until FY 2019-20 to incorporate the work on the Workload-Based Allocation and Funding Methodology completed in 2018 and to coordinate with the California Department of Child Support Services on their review of funding allocations for local child support agencies. The subcommittee recommends beginning to implement a workload-based funding methodology for child support commissioner funding while waiting to reallocate funds for Family Law Facilitators to ensure that new workload information can be incorporated into a model.
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Recommendation
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The AB 1058 Funding Allocation Joint Subcommittee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 16, 2019, take the following actions:
1. Approve a new funding methodology for the AB 1058 child support commissioner program base funding that is workload-based and employs the same workload and cost structures as the Workload-Based Allocation and Funding Methodology (WAFM) as described below and set forth in Attachment A.
2. Begin reallocating AB 1058 child support commissioner ...
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