State’s top child support contracting officials honored

Winners announced today in Covington

COVINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 18, 2014) — The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) today announced the state’s 20 top-performing child support collection partners while recognizing one that has made significant improvement during the past year.

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 2013-14 fiscal year were made based on number of active cases.

Top performing counties with 1,000 or fewer cases:

• Adair County, County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison-Corbin
• Crittenden County, County Attorney Rebecca J. Johnson
• Green County, County Attorney Russ Goff
• Larue County, County Attorney Dale M. Morris
• Morgan County, County Attorney D. Joleen Frederick
• McLean County, County Attorney W. E. Quisenberry Jr.
• Robertson County, Contracting Official John Price
• Trigg County, County Attorney Randall Braboy

Top performing counties with 1,000-2,000 cases:

• Allen County, County Attorney William Hagenbuch Jr.
• Breckinridge County, County Attorney Bradley Butler
• Grayson County, County Attorney K. Clay Ratley
• Meade County, County Attorney Jessica Brown Roberts
• 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:

• Harlan County, County Attorney Fred M. Busroe Jr.
• Henderson County, County Attorney Steven R. Gold
• Hopkins County, County Attorney Todd P’Pool

Top performing counties with 4,000 cases or more:

• Boone County, County Attorney Robert Neace
• Hardin County, County Attorney Jennifer B. Oldham

Greatest Improvement Award

• Trimble County, County Attorney Perry Arnold

Other awards:

• Contracting Official Office of the Year – Fayette County Attorney’s Office
• John R. Fendley Child Support Attorney of the Year – Jodi L. Albright, Laurel County Attorney
• Tim Olds Outstanding Customer Service Award – Vicky Knott, Hardin County Attorney’s Office
• Contracting Official Employee of the Year – Carolyn Wiseman, Jefferson County Attorney’s Office
• State Child Support Field Office Employee of the Year – Sheila Blevins, Jefferson County Regional Office
• State Central Office Employee of the Year – Melissa Roby, Processing and Distribution Branch