It's Your Money NYC: Hold Your Government Accountable

Funding for '09

$57,598,000

Employees

929

Who funds this program?

City

8,491,000 (15%)

State

8,243,000 (14%)

Federal

40,864,000 (71%)

How is the money spent?

Salaries

37,506,000 (65%)

Contractual Services

9,298,000 (16%)

Property and Equipment

491,000 (1%)

Supplies and Materials

1,751,000 (3%)

Other Services

8,552,000 (15%)

What your money funds:

This program funds the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OSCE), which is tasked with enforcing child support payments in the City and helping non-custodial parents comply with their support obligations to their family.

1. According to HRA/DSS, in FY08 $641.6 million of child support were collected in the City through its systems.
2. OCSE has the authority to enforce child support orders through various administrative/automated means. Administrative means include property execution, driver's license suspension, referral to the Department of Finance, and denial of new professional licenses or passport. If administrative processes prove ineffective or inappropriate for the collection of child support, court intervention for support enforcement may be required:
3. United States law makes the willful failure to pay a past due child support obligation a federal offense. OCSE can request criminal prosecution by the United States Attorney's Office or the District Attorney's Office when significant arrearages have accumulated, other child support enforcement mechanisms have failed, and the noncustodial parent is demonstrated to have willfully violated the support order.