Kansas to Privatize Child Support Collections
Associated Press - Sat 09:29 AM 03/02/2013
Kansas officials are taking the first steps toward turning child support collections over to private contractors.
Kansas officials are taking the first steps toward turning child support collections over to private contractors.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families said Friday it has begun accepting proposals to privatize the system. The agency says contractors may bid to collect support payments in one, several or all of the state's 31 judicial districts.
Department Secretary Phyllis Gilmore says contracts are scheduled to be awarded in June and will go into effect in September.
Gilmore says her department's Child Support Services division collects more than $200 million each year from noncustodial parents. She says the agency estimates that privatizing the system could increase collections by about $52 million over the first three years.
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terrylc
Sunday 3 March 2013 22:02 Report this comment
Illustrating once again how children are viewed as nothing but profit centers for corporations. And of course the collection agencies have to get paid somehow, so either the parent owed child support has money taken away for the collection agency's fees, and/or the parent who owes child support is charged for the collection agency, like student loans, meaning less funds are available for the child that needs that money for support. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownshirt strikes again...