Kandee has more than 35 years of experience working to enhance public child support and social services programs. She started her public sector career as an Eligibility Case Worker assisting individuals and families navigate the application process to receive support services including TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and Child Care. In 1995, Kandee joined the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, where she spent two decades in various program management roles, ultimately becoming the Child Support (IV-D) Program Director in 2005. During her tenure as the IV-D Director, Kandee recommended and implemented program improvements and policy changes. Her achievements were recognized with numerous agency awards for her skillset in leadership, customer service, and an improved program vision.
Since joining CSG in 2017, Kandee has served as a child support expert, project advisor, and business analyst for IT modernization projects in five states. She currently serves as CSG’s QA Business Analyst for Alaska’s child support modernization project, providing guidance to the State in the development and design of a new system compliant with Office of Child Support Services certification requirements.
Kandee says, “Every day I work with the most amazing people and together we help state programs modernize their systems and improve services to the individuals and families that count on them. Steve Jobs said, ‘Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.’ I am grateful for the opportunity to do great work every day!”
Thank you, Kandee, for your commitment to improving child support programs and services to better support the children and families who rely on them.