Apply Online Contact Us Report Fraud MENU Child Support Program Support View Ohio Child Support Program Guide Statistics indicate that children benefit when both parents work together to take care of their children’s emotional and financial needs. Children have the right to the support of both parents. This is true even when the parents are divorced or never marry one another. Parents can be a loving and supportive force in a child’s life. Even when they do not live together, they need to work together to provide for their children. Congress established the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program in 1975, as Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as a means to collect child support. The program’s goals are to ensure that all children are supported financially by both parents and to reduce the number of children receiving public assistance. The Child Support Program is a Federal/State/Local partnership. The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, establishes standards for state programs. In Ohio, the Ohio Job and Family Services, Office of Child Support has the primary responsibility for the child support program. Each county in Ohio is required to establish a child support enforcement agency (CSEA). Therefore, responsibility for the child support program in Ohio is shared by the state and each of Ohio’s 88 counties. An important goal of the child support program is to help families work toward becoming or remaining self-sufficient through improved child support collections. By working with both parents to establish and enforce support orders, Ohio’s Child Support Program helps children receive the Financial and medical support they need and deserve. The mission of Ohio’s Child Support Office is to provide the leadership, structure and resources to advance the child support program. Meigs County Job & Family Services 175 Race Street P.O. Box 191 Middleport, OH 45760 P: 1-740-992-2117 F: 1-740-992-7500 T: 1-800-992-2608 © 2021 Meigs County Job & Family Services Website Designed & Maintained by

Apply Online Contact Us Report Fraud MENU Child Support Services The Child Support staff is able to assist you with your child support case in Meigs County through the services listed below: Establishing paternity: The legal determination of being named as a child’s father. Child & medical support establishment: Legally binding order to provide financial and/or medical support for children. Enforcing of current order: Many different methods are used to ensure that the child support order is followed. Arrears enforcement: If payment of support order falls behind, CSEA will use a variety of tools to collect arrearage. APPLY NOW Meigs County Job & Family Services 175 Race Street P.O. Box 191 Middleport, OH 45760 P: 1-740-992-2117 F: 1-740-992-7500 T: 1-800-992-2608 © 2021 Meigs County Job & Family Services Website Designed & Maintained by