In conversation this morning, I learned that a NYS employee who actually has to pay child support had done some research into the system.
On just a routine Family Court case (that does not involve CPS or false allegations), when child support is awarded and goes through their system, NYS gets about $2 in state and federal monies for every $1 that is paid in child support. (It is probably for "support", "equipment", or "infrastructure"...or some such blanket category that means it goes right into the state coffers.)
That's very ironic, since parents that receive child support in NYS have to pay an "annual fee" for the service they are being provided.
Again, where does that money come from? The taxpayers!
It is all a massive shell game. Robbing Peter to pay Paul...ultimately the taxpayers are funding one of the largest money shuffles in history, the social services system.
Parents who are paying child support on children in foster care have been double-dipped - as taxpayers first and then as support payers.
On just a routine Family Court case (that does not involve CPS or false allegations), when child support is awarded and goes through their system, NYS gets about $2 in state and federal monies for every $1 that is paid in child support. (It is probably for "support", "equipment", or "infrastructure"...or some such blanket category that means it goes right into the state coffers.)
That's very ironic, since parents that receive child support in NYS have to pay an "annual fee" for the service they are being provided.
Again, where does that money come from? The taxpayers!
It is all a massive shell game. Robbing Peter to pay Paul...ultimately the taxpayers are funding one of the largest money shuffles in history, the social services system.
- Money is taken from the taxpayers to pay for these subsidies.
- Money is taken in child support from parents with children in foster care.
- Money is collected from parents receiving child support in "fees".
Parents who are paying child support on children in foster care have been double-dipped - as taxpayers first and then as support payers.
- Money is paid to CPS from parents with children in foster care (and when the kids are in kinship care - placed with family or friends - the money is not passed through to the kin).
- Money is paid to CPS from the state and federal government in subsidies for children in foster care.
- Money is paid to CPS from the state and federal government in adoption incentives.
- Money is paid to CPS from the state and federal government in subsidies to run the support collections units.
- Money is paid to CPS from non-custodial parents when the custodial parent is on public assistance, and only the money in "excess" of their benefits is passed through to the custodial parent.
Figure it out for yourself...CPS has the lock on a program that gets them large amounts of money with no accountability.
They can't be prosecuted for lies, false paperwork, perjury. They are almost impossible to sue.
Who wouldn't love a job like this - guaranteed security as long as you play the game and keep harvesting fresh cases to keep the system running!
Follow the money!
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Note: CPS is used in my blog entries as a generic term for the social services system that deals with children and families. The specific acronym varies from state to state and country to country, so to avoid confusion I stick with one set of letters.
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