2005 Paternity & Establishment

Speech presented by Melissa Mizelle at June 7, 2005 CFSC Awards banquet

The county establishment and paternity awards are based on pure objective measures from the calendar year end ACSES reports. Once again, we thank Vanessa Trindad for providing us the reports and Andrea Harmon for crunching the numbers.

Small County

Our first recipient may be small in size but posted big numbers:

  • A 300% increase of paternity establishments
  • And a 67% increase in support orders established

The small county recipient of the paternity and establishment award goes to...
Custer County

Medium County

Our medium county recipient placed an additional 14% of their caseload under order. Increasing their paternity establishments by 23%.

The Family Support Council’s medium county establishment award goes to...
Heurfano County

Large County

It was a rough year for large counties. Half of the counties had fewer establishments this year than last. We’re hoping it’s because everybody is under order. Consistent double digit increases were rare. This year’s large county...

  • Increased their APA establishments over last year by an impressive 31%
  • Paternities increased 21% and
  • Overall orders increased 25%

The 2005 large county establishment award goes to...
Mesa County