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Show ChiW Support Law Enforcement Aid Comm j The State of Utah Department Depart-ment of Social Services will pay over $98,000 during March to counties throughout Utah for enforcement of child support laws by county attorneys. attor-neys. According to Dennis Cooper, Coop-er, Director of Recovery Services, Serv-ices, the collections branch of the Department, "The enforcement en-forcement efforts of the county coun-ty attorneys and the Bureau , of Child Support Enforcement have helped to increase the number of parents supporting their children. The burden on the taxpayer is decreased when child support enforcement enforce-ment efforts are successful." Collections made by the Office of Recovery Services since July 1, 1976, total $3,008,914. This figure represents repre-sents a 38 percent increase over the same period of last fiscal year. The county attorneys earn incentive payments for their counties by collecting child support from deserting parents par-ents who have refused to support their children. The payments are based on a percentage of the total child support collections obtained by the county attorney. This is a new program designed to encourage state and local cooperation to require re-quire parents to assume financial fi-nancial responsibility for their children. Otherwise, many single-parent families would end up on welfare, receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Depen-dent Children. County Commissioners will be able to use the money for any county programs. Incentives Incen-tives will be increased whenever when-ever vigorous efforts are made by the county attorneys. attor-neys. Incentives are paid out of the Federal share of collections collec-tions and are not available to counties which have not con tracted with the Bureau. "Currently seventeen counties coun-ties are involved with the program," Dennis Cooper said. "We hope to eventually work with all twenty-nine counties." As other counties contract with the Bureau to provide enforcement services, Federal funds to Utah counties should increase dramatically. The amount of incentives by county are: Box Elder, .. 1 io7 rw 31 1976. iviay i, ijiw x-- , - - - $1,162.99; Cache, May 1, 1976 to Dec. 31, 1976, $1,307.10; Carbon, May 1 to Dec. 31, $1,899.12; Davis, March 1 to Dec. 31. $12,890.25; Duchesne, Du-chesne, May 1 to Dec. 31, $1,263.37; Garfield, May 1 to Dec. 31, $31.25; Iron, May 1 to Dec. 31, $467.75; Morgan, JI Piute, May 1 to Dec 31' $480.75; Rich, May 1 to Det' Z 31, $108.75; Salt Lake, Oct 1 1 to Dec. 31, $47,202.32; San. ... pete, May 1 to Dec. 31 325.35; Tooele, March 1 t. fl Dec. 31, $3,279.18; Uintat, May 1 to Dec. 31, $755.83- Wasatch, May 1 to Dec. 3;' J $575.49; Washington, May j H to Dec. 31, $700.25; Weber March 1 to December 3 ' $25,853.08. Total of all conn' ' ties is $98,635.35. s |