Post by Logan on Mar 12, 2016 1:16:43 GMT -6
COLUMBIA — Federal fines on a state child support enforcement system decades overdue could total almost $200 million if the system is running in 2019.
That’s the estimate a state Department of Social Services official gave to the Senate DSS Oversight Committee Thursday as senators pressed DSS to accelerate the project, which has been in the works since the early 1990s.
“They built the internet in 14 years. They built the Great Wall of China in 20 years,” said Sen. Katrina Shealy, a Lexington County Republican. “We can do better than this.”
Also Thursday, DSS Director Susan Alford told the committee that the agency has made progress in lowering caseloads for caseworkers in Anderson County, a month after officials said one worker there was handling 119 children, the most in the state.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/10/senate-panel-presses-dss-overdue-computer-project/81573404/
That’s the estimate a state Department of Social Services official gave to the Senate DSS Oversight Committee Thursday as senators pressed DSS to accelerate the project, which has been in the works since the early 1990s.
“They built the internet in 14 years. They built the Great Wall of China in 20 years,” said Sen. Katrina Shealy, a Lexington County Republican. “We can do better than this.”
Also Thursday, DSS Director Susan Alford told the committee that the agency has made progress in lowering caseloads for caseworkers in Anderson County, a month after officials said one worker there was handling 119 children, the most in the state.
Read more: www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/10/senate-panel-presses-dss-overdue-computer-project/81573404/