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City's child support office reports stable funding and outreach focus, serves nearly 10,000 children
Summary
Karen Roy, head of San Francisco’s Department of Child Support Services, said the department’s mid‑cycle budget is balanced and funded through FY2018–19, serves 9,945 children, collected about $27 million in federal fiscal year 2016 (92% passed to families), has no new positions in the current request and will prioritize language access and enhanced case management.
Karen Roy, department head for San Francisco Child Support Services, presented a mid‑cycle budget update emphasizing program stability, client demographics and service redesign.
Roy said the department’s current caseload supports approximately 9,945 children and that 74 percent of families currently or previously received public assistance. She reported that in federal fiscal year 2016 the department collected about $27,000,000 and that roughly 92 percent of every dollar collected went directly to families. She added that paternity is established for about 97 percent of the department’s…
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