1. Regional Child Support/interagency cooperative agreement

June 5, 2006 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT INTERAGENCY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT I. Parties. This interagency cooperative agreement (Agreement) is entered into between the Department of Human Services through its Child Support Enforcement Division (State), the Grand Forks Regional Child Support Enforcement Unit (Host Region), the fifty-three county social service boards, and the eight regional child support enforcement units (Participating Regions) in North Dakota, pursuant to a directive of the State under North Dakota Century Code section 50-09-34. II. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for operation and administration of a centralized outgoing interstate unit (Unit) by the Host Region on behalf of the State and the Participating Regions under North Dakota Century Code Sections 50-09-03(5), 50-09-33 and 50-09-34, as further described in the Host Region's proposal dated December 21, 2005, which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement. III. Term of Agreement. This Agreement commences when all necessary signatures have been obtained and remains in effect through December 31, 2007. Upon written agreement of all parties no later than October 15 of each year, the agreement may be extended on the same terms (subject to any budget changes and revisions to Attachment A) for additional one-year periods. The Agreement, including any extension of the Agreement, may be terminated only by unanimous consent of the parties, upon a change in the legal authority for the Agreement, or if appropriations by the Legislative Assembly are not obtained and continued at a level sufficient to allow for payments to the Host Region under this Agreement. A county may withdraw from this Agreement if appropriations are not obtained and continued by the county at a level sufficient to allow for payments to the Host Region under this Agreement. IV. Duties, Functions, and Responsibilities of the Parties A. All Parties. The parties to this Agreement commit to working in good faith to support the success of the Unit. The parties will work cooperatively to study and explore methods to improve delivery of support enforcement services and to reduce costs to participants and taxpayers. B. Host Region. The Host Region agrees to: . Staff and house the Unit and perform all accounting functions, including billing of the Participating Regions for their pro-rata share as provided in Attachment A, which is attached and incorporated by 1