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|OrganizationName=Office of Child Support Enforcement | |||
|OrganizationType=Administrative and Support Agencies | |||
|Mission=To assure that assistance in obtaining support, both financial and medical, is available to children by locating parents, establishing paternity, and obtaining and enforcing support orders. OCSE works to promote parental responsibility so that children receive support from both parents even when they live in separate households. | |||
|ParentOrganization=Administration for Children and Families | |||
|TopOrganization=Department of Health and Human Services | |||
|CreationLegislation=Social Security Act (Title IV-D) | |||
|Employees=100 | |||
|Budget=$4 billion (for the entire federal child support program; OCSE's specific budget is part of this) | |||
|OrganizationExecutive=Commissioner | |||
|Services=Parent location; paternity establishment; support order establishment; order enforcement; interstate case processing; | |||
|HeadquartersLocation=38.88537, -77.01689 | |||
|HeadquartersAddress=330 C St SW, Washington, DC 20201 | |||
|Website=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css | |||
}} | |||
'''The Office of Child Support Services''' ('''OCSS''') is a United States government office responsible for overseeing the U.S. child support program. Child support is the obligation on parents to provide [[Child support|financial support for their children]]. OCSS was established with the Federal Government’s enactment of Child Support Enforcement and Paternity Establishment Program (CSE) in 1975, which was enacted to reduce [[Social programs in the United States|welfare]] expenses by collecting child support from non-custodial parents. | '''The Office of Child Support Services''' ('''OCSS''') is a United States government office responsible for overseeing the U.S. child support program. Child support is the obligation on parents to provide [[Child support|financial support for their children]]. OCSS was established with the Federal Government’s enactment of Child Support Enforcement and Paternity Establishment Program (CSE) in 1975, which was enacted to reduce [[Social programs in the United States|welfare]] expenses by collecting child support from non-custodial parents. | ||
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