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Subj: GOVERNOR FAILING STOLEN CHILDREN
Date: 01/01/2004 09:43:07 GMT Standard Time
To: CNN@cnn.com, newshour@pbs.org, TheNews@msnbc.com,
Editors@newsweek.com, comments@wnyt.com, Rainy.farrell@nbc.com
To:cfpolicy@idcfs.state.il.us,Governor@gov.state.il.us
From: president@internationalmensorganisation.cjb.net
Subject: GOVERNOR FAILING STOLEN CHILDREN
Blagojevich Illinois's Governor is busy promoting a deadbeat website
while failing to take action over one of our members(Jerry Nicholas)
having his 6 children stolen by Illinois's DCFS (Dept of Children and
Family Services).
No thoughts as to the devasting effect psychologically , while
translating children into the yankee dollar.A fine example of abuse by
Illinois state and its handling of children.A total lack of
sensitivity ,while pursuing MONEYS as children are STOLEN from their
parents and abused by ruthless tyrannical state legislators.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND TO THE THEFT OF THESE CHILDREN IN BREACH
OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE USA CONSTITUTION?
for and on behalf of the
International Mens Organisation and
Fathers Fighting Injustice
http://fathersfightinginjustice.cjb.net
International Mens Organisation
http://internationalmensorganisation.cjb.net
Copied to DCFS ,Blagojevich contacts worldwide and USA media
CNN@cnn.com,newshour@pbs.org,TheNews@msnbc.com,Editors@newsweek.com,comments@wnyt.com,Rainy.farrell@nbc.com
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http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=2567
Governor announces new Deadbeat Website brings in $37,000 to parents
in first month
High Tech Tool Targets Child Support Scofflaws owing more than $5,000
SPRINGFIELD, IL -- Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today announced that the
state's new Deadbeat parents Web site has recovered more than $37,000
in past due child support in its first month of operation.
One parent featured on the site, Anthony Bezroukoff from California,
sent in $19,000 he owed in child support after his photograph appeared
on the site, which was created by the Illinois Department of Public
Aid (IDPA). In a second case, a non-custodial parent who was afraid
that he would be featured on the site mailed in a check to satisfy the
almost $18,000 he owed.
"The Web site is having exactly the effect we intended," Blagojevich
said. "Not only is it having an impact on the deadbeat parents
featured on the site, but it has also evidently encouraged a parent
who was eligible to be pictured to do his legal duty and pay the money
he owes for the support of his child."
The Web site, at www.ilchildsupport.com/deadbeats/, was launched Nov.
24. It is the most visible element in the Blagojevich administration's
sweeping plan to reinvigorate the state's Child Support Enforcement
system.
"I am personally ecstatic about this wonderful news," said Pamela
Kahane, who had a son with Bezroukoff and received the $19,000 check
two days before Christmas. "The new Web site is fantastic! The system
has turned out to be useful and beneficial so rapidly."
She added that Bezroukoff, "moved to California and thought he would
be out of reach, but the Web site puts him back into reach and makes
him accountable for his child support obligation."
In the second case, an Oak Park man sent an $18,000 check for the
child support he owed to a street address that is advertised only on
the Web site.
"The Department is very encouraged by the initial success of the
Deadbeats Web site," said Barry S. Maram, IDPA Director. "We think
this will be a powerful enforcement tool as we carry out our mission,
which is to improve the lives of children across Illinois."
The Web site, which was authorized by state law, will feature photos
of the state's most egregious delinquent parents. To be eligible for
inclusion on the site, a delinquent parent must owe more than $5,000
in past-due child support based on an Illinois court or administrative
order.
In addition, IDPA requires that the custodial parent in the case must
agree to have the case publicized. IDPA also uses a number of tools to
recover unpaid child support, including: intercepting state and
federal tax refunds; suspending Illinois professional licenses;
placing liens on real and personal property; collaborating with the
Illinois Department of Revenue and private collection agencies; and
reporting the debt to credit reporting agencies.
Following are some of IDPA's notable child support achievements in
2003, as it focused on implementing Gov. Blagojevich's pledge to
reform and renew state government:
* Recorded statistical improvements, with a 7.9 percent increase in
the percentage of current collections, from 39.1 percent in federal
fiscal year 2002 to 47 percent in 2003; and a 5.9 percent gain in the
percentage of support orders enforced, from 40.8 percent to 46.7
percent.
* Successfully turned over operation of the State Disbursement Unit
(SDU) to an outside vendor this summer, saving the state $9 million a
year, and avoiding the problems that surrounded the initial
implementation of the SDU in 1999.
* Federal authorities this month awarded full certification to IDPA's
Key Information Delivery System (KIDS), which is a federally mandated
system for keeping track of all child support data in the state. More
than half the state's and territories have not achieved this important
milestone.
* Reinventing the way it does business: Customer Service phone lines
have been consolidated into a centralized call center offering answers
to the most frequently asked questions 7 days a week, 24 hours a day,
via an automated voice response system; also, the intake process is
being revised so that new cases are being handled more efficiently.
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