As SC faces another $63M in fines, Dept. of Social Services pressed to finish child support project [View all]

COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley and a group of senators are pressing the state Department of Social Services to finish a long-overdue child support enforcement system project before its scheduled roll-out completion in three years, to save millions of dollars in federal penalties.

But DSS officials say they are as yet unsure whether accelerating the project makes good financial sense or would put too much risk on the agency.

Also Tuesday, DSS officials told senators that Anderson and Spartanburg counties remain "hot spots" for caseload problems and officials hope more workers and some caseload management consulting will address the problem.

The Senate DSS Oversight Committee has been pressing DSS since earlier this year to somehow shorten the time it will take to get the child support enforcement system, which has been in the works since the 1990s, operational.

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