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A percentage of the total would not serve as a better measure. The Family Support Division has no control of the total outstanding child support debt, as it is a statewide figure. The more realistic amount is one based on the resources of the division and the prior collection success of the office. For fiscal year 2003 to 2004, the Family Support Division set a delinquent child support debt collection goal of $400,000.00. As of March 11, 2004, the total amount of delinquent child support payments collected totaled $191,705.71, leaving a balance of $208,294.29 that the division will strive to collect by June 30, 2004. One of the major obstacles in meeting the collection goal has been the lack of CSEA delinquent case referrals from the CSEA, Hawaii Branch. Commencing June 2001, it was agreed between the CSEA and FSD offices that Bea Ballo of the Family Support Division would refer 30 FIDM cases per month to the CSEA Hawaii Branch staff for review and case preparation. In turn, the Hawaii Branch staff would send a minimum of 20 FIDM cases per month to the FSD office for levy and garnishment. See attached memo. (See Attachment "B") However, for fiscal year 2003 to 2004, the CSEA Hawaii staff has failed to send the minimum 20 collection cases for FIDM enforcement. Although for the period July 1, 2003 through February 29, 2004, a total of 181 cases were sent from the FSD office to the CSEA office for FIDM case preparation, only 17 cases were referred to the FSD office by the CSEA for FIDM collection. The CSEA Administration is aware of this problem and has tried to address it. See attached memo from Julie Duldulao. More recently, the CSEA Hawaii Branch supervisor has agreed to direct his staff resources toward increasing the number of referred cases. Thus, in the first part of March 2004, the Family Support Division received 7 FIDM cases. Another area that the FSD has relied on in meeting its collection goals has been real property liens. The bulk of the monies collected in past due child support have been in this area. In all cases where there is a child support debt, a lien is filed with the Bureau of Conveyances. In fiscal year 2001 to 2002, when the Family Support Division exceeded its collection goal of $400,000.00 and collected $510,202.00, the division had been successful in wllecting $99,000.00 from a real property lien case that our attorneys had prevailed on appeal. Currently, the real property market is booming. The Division is focusing their efforts in increasing collections in this area. As of last week, it was agreed among Keith Yamanaka, the statewide APB Supervisor, George Moore, the CSEA Hawaii Branch supervisor and our Division head that the title companies would be notified whenever a child support lien appears on their title report, the demand statement would be directed to Bea Ballo of the FSD office. 3