2. 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

3. 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

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

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

6. 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

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

8. 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

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

10. FUTURE CHALLENGES ■RETIREMENT COSTS ✷ PENSION COSTS ✷ RETIREE PAYOUTS

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

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

13. ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS QUESTIONS???

14. ALL ABOUT LCSA BUDGETS ■Donald Semon ✷ SemonDo@SacCounty.net SemonDo@SacCounty.net 916-875-7877 ■Rita Figueroa ✷ rfigueroa@cssd.lacounty.gov rfigueroa@cssd.lacounty.gov 323-889-2981 ■Keith Johnson ✷ dcs015@dcss.co.santa-cruz.ca.us dcs015@dcss.co.santa-cruz.ca.us 831-454-3660