Child Support Directors Association of California in partnership with California Department of Child Support Services ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS October 5-7, 2010 | Orange County, California

ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS ■PANELISTS ✷ Donald Semon, Assistant Director Sacramento County DCSS ✷ Rita Figueroa, Deputy Director Los Angeles County Child Support ✷ Keith Johnson, Administrative Services Manager Santa Cruz-San Benito Regional Department of Child Support Services

ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." — George W. Bush

HOW COUNTIES MANAGE THEIR BUDGETS ■HIRING/ATTRITION/FREEZES ✷ LOS ANGELES – VERY LARGE COUNTY ✷ SACRAMENTO – LARGE COUNTY ✷ SAN BENITO/SANTA CRUZ – SMALL REGION

COST EFFECTIVENESS ■WHAT ARE LCSA’S DOING TO INCREASE COST EFFECTIVENESS ✷ LAY OFF STAFF TO BOOST COST EFFECTIVENESS ✷ COLLECT MORE $$$ ✷ TO MOVE COST EFFECTIVENESS.01 CENTS, AN ADDITIONAL $10M MUST BE COLLECTED OR YOU MUST DECREASE EXPENDITURES BY $5M

BUDGET MANAGEMENT ■HOW DOES CASELOAD AFFECT BUDGET? ■CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES ■OUTSOURCING

ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS ■"Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding." — Scott Adams, DilbertDilbert

FUTURE CHALLENGES ■BALANCING THE BUDGET ✷ INCREASED COSTS VS FLAT ALLOCATION

FUTURE CHALLENGES ■RETIREMENT COSTS ✷ PENSION COSTS ✷ RETIREE PAYOUTS

FUTURE CHALLENGES ✷ NEGOTIATIONS COUNTY CONTROLLED OTHER DEPTS HAVE COSTS COVERED BY COUNTY

ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS ■"We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure." Keith Davis – Motivational Speaker

ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS QUESTIONS???

ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS ■Donald Semon ✷ ■Rita Figueroa ✷ ■Keith Johnson ✷