§ 50-09-15.1 — Child support improvement account - Continuing appropriation

North Dakota § 50-09-15.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 50: Public Welfare
• Ch. 50-09: Aid to Dependent Children

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The child support improvement account is established as a special account in the state
treasury. Five percent of the total amount of child support incentive payments paid to the state
by the office of child support enforcement of the United States department of health and human
services must be deposited into the child support improvement account. The funds in the child
support improvement account, the balance of the child support incentives account on July 1,
2005, and any matching federal funds received by the state agency are appropriated on a
continuing basis for the sole purpose of producing increases in child support collections, federal
child support incentives, or other revenue or savings to the state agency, or reductions in unpaid
child support, that exceed the total amount of improvement funds expended. Improvement funds
may be used to sponsor training and publications that promote child support enforcement
activities. The state agency shall develop and maintain a business plan that defines the goals
and objectives of the child support enforcement program, identifies methods to increase child
support collections or reduce unpaid child support, and outlines the process for evaluating
progress toward the goals and objectives in the business plan. The state agency must maintain
a record of its use of improvement funds and the anticipated result from the use of the funds.
Improvement funds may only be used for activities that are included in the business plan
maintained under this section.