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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Department: Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Other Part(ies): Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IDHFS)
Request: Requesting authorization to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services on behalf of the Office of the Chief Judge for a Child Support Agreement between IDHFS and the Office of the Chief Judge on behalf of the Cook County Child Support Enforcement Unit which would provide the County with a $897,165.00 Intergovernmental Agreement under Title IV-D of the Social security Act. The Budget Department has received all requisite grant documents.
Goods or Services: Under the Agreement with IDHFS, Title IV-D cases involving poor, single parents with children for parentage and/or child support are initially heard by administrative hearing officers. The hearing officers' function is to obtain the expedited agreement of the parties before them and avoid the matter going to a judge for determination on issues of parentage and support. This streamlining of the judicial process results in a more prompt and efficient resolution to parentage and child support disputes.
Agreement Number(s): 2017-55-028-K
Agreement Period: 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: NA
Summary: This intergovernmental Agreement funds the salaries and fringe benefits of eight (8) administrative hearing officers and seven (7) support staff. Each administrative hearing officer is paired with a courtroom to help never-married, poor, single parents with children reach agreement on matters related to paternity and child support issues in Title IV-D cases. If no agreement results, parties are entitled to a hearing before a judge. Approximately 22,000 cases per year are directed to the hearing officers for resolution.
Funds available under this agreement represent approximately 60 perc...
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