Office of Child Support Services

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The Office of Child Support Services is a federal division that oversees and supports state and tribal programs to establish, enforce, and collect child support for families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf child support enforcement agency
federal government agency division
aimsTo improve economic stability of children in single-parent families
reduce child poverty through child support enforcement
collaboratesWith other federal agencies on child support policy
state courts on child support matters
tribal courts on child support matters
country United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn collecting child support payments
distributing child support payments to families
enforcing child support orders
establishing child support orders
establishing paternity
goal to ensure that noncustodial parents contribute to the support of their children
hasJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
mission to ensure that children receive financial and medical support from both parents
oversees state child support programs
tribal child support programs
partOf Administration for Children and Families
United States Department of Health and Human Services
surface form: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
provides funding to state child support agencies
funding to tribal child support agencies
policy guidance to state child support programs
policy guidance to tribal child support programs
responsibility collecting and reporting national child support program data
developing federal regulations for the child support program
establishing paternity policies and guidance
monitoring state compliance with federal child support requirements
monitoring tribal compliance with federal child support requirements
promoting consistent child support policies across states and tribes
providing technical assistance to state child support agencies
providing technical assistance to tribal child support agencies
supporting collection and distribution of child support payments
supporting enforcement of child support orders
supporting establishment of child support orders
supporting international child support cooperation
supporting interstate child support enforcement
supports employment and parenting services linked to child support
family-centered child support practices
modernization of child support systems and technology

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Administration for Children and Families hasDivision Office of Child Support Services
Title IV—Child Support Enforcement administeredBy Office of Child Support Services
Child Support Enforcement Program administeredBy Office of Child Support Services
Alaska Child Support Services Division cooperatesWith Office of Child Support Services
this entity surface form: federal Office of Child Support Services