Dear Community, While Irvin Nathan, Attorney General of the District of Columbia, sued Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr.

for allegedly stealing city funds (300,000.00) earmarked for youth-baseball programs, Mr. Nathan turned the blind eye to contract steering at the Office of the Attorney General (GAG) Child Support Services Division (CSSD). Benidia Rice, OAG Director of Child Support

Services, gave a sole source contract (totaling 5 Million) to

RSI Enterprises, Inc. is located at 3838 N Central

her long time friend, Donald Ulrich of RSI Enterprises. Theresa Smith. Coincidently,

Ave, Ste 1700, Phoenix, AZ 85012. The officers include' Christian Ulrich, Donald Ulrich, 'Sharon Ulrich and Donald Ulrich, Benidia Rice, Christian Ulrich and Sharon Ulrich all attended with the state of Arizona's Child Support Office, positions and boards. of Arizona State University. During Ms. Rice's employment

Ms. Rice and Mr. Donald Ulrich were both appointed to Arizona state government

Ms. Rice had a contract with RSI Enterprises Inc. when she served as the Director of the Department Economic Security, Division of Child Support Enforcement for Arizona. Ms. Rice has contracted Offices of the Attorney General, Child Support Enforcement contractors. She has a long history of contracting Division, job functions to various

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out. It only leads one to think, "What is her payoff"?

Nevertheless the District of Columbia's Office of the Attorney General's Child Support Services Division is in complete chaos. Case processing is at the lowest point since 1982. Ms. Rice has created a mass confusion in processing cases and she regularly receives complaints for her arrogance and incompetency as a Director. Also, establishment cases are being returned from the Legal Services Section of CSSDand

DC Superior Court on a daily basis. The seamless process for contempt motions and paternity/support establishment cases that once

moved effortless through the legal system has halted. for unexplained reasons. Establishment and possible disbarment.

Motion for contempts,

which summons the non

custodian parent to court, has ceased. Requests for contempt

motions are returned to the case worker

cases are passed back and forth like ping-pong balls. Workers Recently, a section chief faced court action

have been ordered to tamper with legal court documents.

She was detailed to another section in OAG because she failed to properly

review cases. TheJ~~j~J8.yJ~Aqp1;.nt has questioned the decrease in the total caseload of once

150,000 to now 50,000 since Ms. Rice's 8 year tenure. Child Support Federal funds are spread though
out the Office of the Attorney General, violating the policy of the federally funded programs. In other words, the Attorney General, Irvin Nathan, is misappropriating filtering non-child support related employment opportunities support related use. This chaotic atmosphere Management's is purposely created to justify contracting out various job functions. child support federal funds through throughout OAG and for other non-child

primary goal is to get paid. It's unfortunate

that the children and the parents are ponds

in their game of contract kick- backs. Management

wants to add to their small six figure salaries at the

child's expense. To add insult to injury the top salary managers of the child support program are as

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follows: Benidia Rice 149,913.00, Joseph Allen 136,763.00, Cory Chandler 122,720.00, Walter Howell 110,000.00, Curtis Staley, 100,158.00 and Tonya Jones-Bosier 101,920.00. In addition, OAG's top official's salaries are as follows: Irvin Nathan 185,000.00, Eugene Adams 158,999.00, Nadine Wilburn 155,653.00 and Tarifah Coaxum 147,580.00. The top officials are being paid exorbitant custodial Parents, non-custodial salaries (combined salaries totaling 1,337,547.00) while the the children are given inadequate hinders their ability to

parents, and most importantly,

services. You cannot blame the child support workers, since management

produce. Please! Please! Demand Mayor Gray, City Council, Congress woman Eleanor Holmes-Norton and the Federal Child Support Office to take action today. Children for Justice

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