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Dunn County child support staff discuss reverting to 'enforcement' name amid state shift toward family-centered language
Summary
Child support staff said the county office may revert to the older 'child support enforcement' name for administrative simplicity while the state Department of Children and Families shifts language toward family-centered approaches.
Josie, a Dunn County child support staff member, told the Judicial and Law Committee that the office has been considering reverting to the prior name "child support enforcement" after a period during which "child support services" was used on state websites and materials.
"When you rebrand and you need to change, like, the stationery and the sign on the building and all of that, I don't think they'd when they went to child support services, they hadn't actually done any of that work to formally rename buildings and offices and things," Josie said, describing administrative and cost considerations behind reverting.
Josie said the state Department of Children and Families has signaled a policy shift to language that downplays "enforcement" in favor of a family-centered approach: "From state, Department of Children and Families, we're trying to get away from the enforcement, and be more family central and, you know, be allies instead of adversaries and walk alongside people and help ... get people the resources they need." She added that the county office's website currently shows OCSS but that public-facing materials had not universally been updated.
The committee did not take formal action on the naming matter. Josie also noted she recently received a 20-year service certificate; a committee member congratulated her during the meeting.
