NC RECEIVE FEDERAL BONUSES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

HOW DO YOU COLLECT FEDERAL MONEY AS A BONUS

FOR STEALING FROM POOR CHILDREN?



FEDERAL INCENTIVES FOR NORTH CAROLINA CHILD SUPPORT




The North Carolina Child Support Services program is largely financed
by federal, state, and county funding. The total budget for the North
Carolina Child Support Services program was $160.7 million in State Fiscal
Year 2012–13. Counties provided $39.5 million in county funds for child
support services programs, and the State appropriated $1.4 million to
support the operations of the CSS State Office. The federal government
provided the majority of program funding by reimbursing 66% of eligible
child support expenditures for state administration and county operations
for a total federal match of $96.5 million. The federal incentive award.passed on to counties was $14.4 million while non-public assistance
custodial parents paid approximately $3.1 million in client fees for child
support services. In total, the North Carolina Child Support Services
program expended $131 million on county operations and $30 million on
state administration in State Fiscal Year 2012–13.

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Public assistance cases. Public assistance cases are those in which
the custodial parent and/or children receive financial assistance
from the county department of social services. Public assistance
clients waive their right to receive child support payments in
exchange for TANF benefits, which are administered by the Work
First program in North Carolina. The support collected from the
noncustodial parent is returned to the State to help reimburse the
public assistance debt. About 12% of child support cases in North
Carolina are public assistance cases.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/PED/Reports/documents/ChildSupport/Child_Support_Report.pdf

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NORTH CAROLINA DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE THE STATE LAW IN ITS REPORTS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.     G.S. 110-137 accomplishes an automatic assignment of rights of child support for recipients of Work First for or on behalf of a dependent child up to the amount of WFFA/TANF paid.