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Senate committee hears Terilín Sastre Fuentes on plan to modernize ASUME; senators seek staffing, data
Summary
Terilín Sastre Fuentes, nominee to lead the Administración para el Sustento de Menores (ASUME), outlined plans to digitalize case management, expand trainings and open frozen positions while confirming ASUME's caseload of about 194,000 active cases; senators pressed for data, enforcement details and clarification of past municipal controversies and authorized five business days for follow-up information.
Terilín Sastre Fuentes, the governor's appointee to administer the Administración para el Sustento de Menores (ASUME), told a Senate committee on May 6 that she plans to modernize the agency, expand staffing and strengthen enforcement to ensure child- and elder-support payments reach beneficiaries.
Sastre, introduced to the committee as the nominee, said ASUME currently handles "alrededor de ciento noventa y cuatro mil casos activos" and proposed an organizational review, staff training and a secure online case-management system that would allow parties to submit documents and track cases. "La meta a largo plazo sería que la oficina de manejo de casos se convierta en digital o paperless," she said, adding that any changes would comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Why it matters: ASUME is responsible for establishing and enforcing child-support orders and for the Prospera program for people 60 and older. Senators pressed Sastre on whether the agency has the staff and technical capacity to carry out a fast transition to digital services, how it will locate parents who have left Puerto Rico and how ASUME will ensure timely distribution of funds…
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