Saturday, March 27, 2010
NEW SOUTH CAROLINA COMPUTER SYSTEM TO TRACK "DEADBEATS"
We direct your attention to the article “System to track S.C. deadbeats.” The article contains some inaccuracies and The Post and Courier has assigned a title that is both provocative and inaccurate. Still, this is an important piece and ought to send a wake-up call to the South Carolina General Assembly regarding the underfunding of DSS, the sheer incompetence of Larry McKeown and other well-paid employees of the South Carolina CSED, and the need for South Carolina to begin to comply with federal law.
For the readers' information--and in fairness to Dr. Hayes--the computerized child support tracking and collection system referenced in the article was mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which was passed in 1996. The system was required to be in place by 1998, not 1988.
For the readers' information--and in fairness to Dr. Hayes--the computerized child support tracking and collection system referenced in the article was mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which was passed in 1996. The system was required to be in place by 1998, not 1988.
There are other aspects of the PRWORA which South Carolina is continuing to violate. We blogged about one of them at TRYING TO GET THE SC NEW HIRE REPORTING STATUTE "RIGHT." We have also made suggestions for cleaning up "the Mess at DSS."
Labels: Child Support Collection, Computerized Child Support System, Federal Fines, Institutional Mismanagement, Welfare Reform
