Dane County Birthing Cost Recovery Outreach Project

The purpose of this document is to provide interested parties with information to enable them to prepare and submit a proposal according to the specifications set forth within this document.

The County intends to use the results of this process to award a contract or issue a purchase order for the product(s) and/or service(s) stated : To award funds to be used for education and outreach related to the expungement of birth costs .

The Dane County Purchasing Division is the sole point of contact for questions and issues that may arise during the RFP process.

The State of Wisconsin authorized Dane County to stop pursuing birth cost recovery judgments in 2020, but there are approximately 4,000 old judgments that were entered prior to that time that continue to burden people and result in tax refunds being intercepted by the State of Wisconsin to satisfy old judgment debts. People with these judgment debts are disproportionately low income and people of color. Dane County seeks to eliminate the harmful impact of this debt as soon as possible. Of these 4,000 judgments, approximately 3,000 cases are ones that the Child Support Agency is authorized to expunge, pending State Bureau of Child Support review and approval.

The Dane County Board of Supervisors hereby requests that the State of Wisconsin release all birth cost recovery judgments entered in Dane County Circuit Court. The Dane County Board of Supervisors further seeks a cessation of all collection efforts related to these judgment debts and to prevent any further tax refund interceptions against judgment debtors and requests that the State inform any of its agents or assigns to immediately cease debt collection efforts.

A one-time funds allocation of $41,000 will be awarded via RFP for education and outreach related to expungement of birth costs . These funds will be used to address outstanding birth cost debts for individuals that are low-income and financially impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and will provide a direct service to improve their financial stability.