Two separate reports have come out about a Maine Child Support Enforcement Worker (Title IV-D Employee) that has been stealing money orders from children the agency touts to protect. This most recent employee, who is now on administrative leave pending investigation, was reported as intercepting money orders and depositing them in her personal bank account.
"Rockland police charged Jill Cunningham, 34, of Fairfield with felony theft and aggravated forgery for stealing the child support payments, according to Deputy Police Chief Wally Tower." (See: http://knox.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?StoryID=93937 June 4, 2007 and http://www.wcsh6.com/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=62398 June 4, 2007)
Just last week we shared with you several other thefts, forgeries, and frauds that are overshadowing the agency that focuses on services to the greedy instead of services to the needy. Agencies across the nation are focusing collection efforts on middle and upper-class families and drowning out the voice of the needy, while apparently stealing some for themselves too. (http://www.nationwideblueprint.com)
It's definitely time to cut down this oversized government child support collection service bureaucracy and restore some safety controls to prevent it from stealing from parents, children, and the nation's taxpayers. It's time to shrink this agency back to only providing services to actual needy families, instead of forcing collections from middle and upper-income families at taxpayer expense.
