FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 6, 2018) – The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) has announced the state’s 20 top-performing child support collection partners from the past year, and has recognized other staff who have increased payments for children served by the child support program.
The winners were announced recently at a ceremony in Frankfort hosted by the CHFS Child Support Enforcement program (CSE), part of the CHFS Department for Income Support (DIS).
The CSE administers child support enforcement for all 120 counties. CSE contracts with local officials to jointly manage the duties.
DIS Commissioner W. Bryan Hubbard, who leads the CSE Division, thanked the contractors and staff who were recognized.
”The service you provide through Child Support Enforcement helps more than a quarter of a million Kentucky children,” he said. “That work is helping build a better future for all of them. Through your work, you promote parental responsibility so that children receive support from both parents -- even when they live in separate households. It’s a noble calling and you define the spirit of public service.”
Hubbard said he was also pleased to help honor the state’s top performing contractors and administrative staff.
Contracting officials are ranked based on their paternity establishments, the establishment of child support orders, child support collections and past-due collections.
Rankings for the 2017-18 fiscal year were made based on number of active cases.
Top performing counties with 1,000 or fewer cases are as follows:
Adair County, County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin
Crittenden County, County Attorney Rebecca Johnson
Green County, County Attorney Russ Goff
Hancock County, County Attorney Paul Madden Jr.
Livingston County, County Attorney Raymond McGee
Lyon County, County Attorney Lee Wilson
McLean County, County Attorney Donna Dant
Morgan County, County Attorney Myles Holbrook
Top performing counties with 1,000-2,000 cases are as follows:
Allen County, County Attorney Hallye Arterburn
Breckinridge County, County Attorney Bradley Butler
Mason County, County Attorney John Estill
Ohio County, County Attorney Justin Keown
Oldham County, County Attorney John K. Carter
Russell County, County Attorney Kevin Shearer
Taylor County, County Attorney John D. Bertram
Top performing counties with 2,000-4,000 cases are as follows:
Bell County, County Attorney Neil Ward
Harlan County, County Attorney Fred Burro Jr.
Hopkins County, County Attorney Byron Hobgood
Top performing counties with 4,000 cases or more are as follows:
Boone County, County Attorney Robert Neace
Christian County, County Attorney John T. Soyars
Several other awards were also given to contractors and CSE staff. They are as follows:
Contracting Official Office of the Year – Hart County Attorney’s Office
John R. Fendley Child Support Attorney of the Year – Michelle Eviston, Campbell County Attorney’s Office
Tim Olds Outstanding Customer Service Award – Kathleen Mattingly, Daviess County Attorney’s Office
Contracting Official Employee of the Year – Patricia Skillman, Hardin County Attorney’s Office
State Child Support Field Office Employee of the Year – Vanessa Morgan, Eastern Mountain Regional Office
Central Office Employee of the Year – Teresa Grigsby, Processing and Distribution Branch
Commissioner’s Award – Kristy Wright, Crystal Salisbury and Michelle Patton, Floyd County Child Support
Learn more about child support at chfs.ky.gov.
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The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is home to most of the state's human services and healthcare programs, including the Department for Medicaid Services, the Department for Community Based Services the Department for Public Health, the Department for Aging and Independent Living and the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. CHFS is one of the largest agencies in state government, with nearly 8,000 full- and part-time employees located across the Commonwealth focused on improving the lives and health of Kentuckians.