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Child Support | $4.45 Million AB 1058 Reimbursement Authority Increase (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
The Judicial Branch Budget Committee recommends approval of the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommendation that the Judicial Council allocate $4.45 million in new funding made available in the 2021 Budget Act to the AB 1058 Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program’s base funding allocation, and included in the Judicial Council’s cooperative agreement with the California Department of Child Support Services’ for fiscal year 2021-22, and ongoing.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Judicial Branch Budget Committee recommends that the Judicial Council approve the following, effective July 1, 2021:
1. Approve the Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee recommendation for allocation of additional funding to the Child Support Commissioner (CSC) program for 2021-22, and a technical adjustment to a small number of courts’ base allocation approved by the Judicial Council on July 9, 2021, as set forth in Attachment A. This allocation distributes 75 percent of the $4.45 million to the CSC program. The additional funds are prorated to courts with unmet need as determined by the current workload-based funding methodology approved by the Judicial Council on January 16, 2019.
2. Approve the committee’s recommendation for allocation of additional funding to the Family Law Facilitator (FLF) program for 2021-22, as set forth in Attachment B. This allocation distributes 25 percent of the $4.45 million to the FLF program. The majority of additional funds are prorated to courts with unmet need, and the remainder is prorated to all courts as determined by the current population-based funding methodology approved by the Judicial Council on July 9, 2021.
3. Approve the committee’s recommendation for 2021-22 AB 1058 program funding for the courts for the total base funding allocations derived from recommendations 1 and 2, and the application of the additional federal drawdown funding, as displayed in Attachments C1 and C2.