03-02
WHEREAS,
the Department of Social Services is created pursuant to Article IV, Section
12, of the Missouri Constitution and Chapter 660, RSMo; and
WHEREAS,
the Division of Family Services is created pursuant to Section 660.010, RSMo,
within the Department of Social Services; and
WHEREAS,
the Division of Child Support Enforcement is created pursuant to Section
454.400, RSMo, within the Department of Social Services; and
WHEREAS,
the Division of Family Services, Income Maintenance Unit serves clients who are
also served by the Division of Child Support Enforcement; and
WHEREAS,
federal law establishes the child support program and other public assistance
programs, separately; and
WHEREAS, by
combining the public assistance programs, such as food stamps, temporary
assistance, rehabilitation services for the blind, general relief, supplemental
nursing care assistance, medical assistance eligibility, and energy assistance,
and the child support enforcement program, Missouri could operate more
efficiently and effectively; and
WHEREAS, I am committed to integrating
executive branch operations to improve the way the state delivers services;
and
WHEREAS, the transfer of these
functions to a new Family Support Division within the Department of Social
Services is a component of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan of 2003, which is
designed to streamline state government and make it as efficient as possible.
NOW, THEREFORE I, BOB HOLDEN, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the Laws of the State of Missouri, do hereby establish the
Family Support Division within the Department of Social Services and order the
Department to:
1.
Utilize the Family Support Division as the vehicle through
which economies and efficiencies of scale are maximized by combining certain
child support functions with certain income maintenance functions; and
2.
Transfer all authority, powers, duties, functions, records,
personnel, property, contracts, budgets, matters pending, and other pertinent
vestiges of the Division of Family Services into the Family Support Division,
except individualized assessment for work readiness, work readiness training,
child welfare functions, early childhood, and child care assistance, by Type I
transfer, as defined under the Reorganization Act of 1974; and
3.
Transfer all authority, powers, duties, functions, records,
personnel, property, contracts, budgets, matters pending, and other pertinent
vestiges of the Division of Child Support Enforcement to the Family Support
Division, except the parents’ fair share program, by Type I transfer, as
defined under the Reorganization Act of 1974; and
4.
Take the steps necessary to maintain compliance with federal
requirements, such as filing a state plan amendment, so as not to jeopardize
federal financial participation.
This Order shall become effective no
sooner than August 28, 2003 unless disapproved within sixty days of its
submission to the First Regular Session of the 92nd General
Assembly.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of
the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson on this 5th day of
February, 2003
ATTEST: