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089382 1 (1975-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacviu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1!J I Jil . ... UITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE FIFTH FL.OOR 803 WEST BROAD STREET FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 22046 MAR 2 5 1975 Mr. Edward W. Sterling, Director Fairfax County Department of Social Services 4041 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Dear Mr. Sterling: The General Accounting Office, as part of its nationwide evaluation of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, surveyed Fairfax County's procedures for collecting child support payments. In performing this work, we observed instances where the Department's procedures could be strengthened as a means of better assuring that absent parents provide child support. Our observations are summarized below. We examined two randomly selected samples from the December 1973 active AFDC files--100 cases involving 133 absent parents where no support account had been established and 47 cases involving 50 absent parents where a support account was established. In 71 of the 100 cases where no support account had been established, there was no evidence in the files of attempts to locate absent parents by querying Federal information sources; requiring petitions of nonsupport to be filed; or attempting to negotiate voluntary support agreements. A further review of 12 of these cases disclosed six cases where attempts to collect support payments had been made, but not documented in the file. Eligibility technicians could not explain why petitions of nonsupport were not filed, or why no actions bad been taken in the six remaining cases. We also found that information initially obtained from recipients was often inadequate to locate absent parents. Twenty eight of the case files reviewed did not have basic information, such as the birth dates of absent parents, although the recipient-was closely related to the deserting relative and would presumably know the absent parent's birthdate. Responsible department personnel agreed that such information should have been available in most of these cases. ... / ... I 0li AINIIWUIU - unI li IwUUUUIBUUUUIIUUD~t ~ThW oil~I eiui~~wbg 'SD S3~ v1 0- 1Qout~ LM089382

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