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There's no question
about it. As this year's Ohio Child Support Awareness Month theme
states: Your Support Means the World to a Child.
To help further
understanding about child support, the Hamilton County Department of
Job and Family Services has scheduled many activities throughout
August, including:
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A workshop for
attorneys, probation officers and others about proposed new
child support guidelines, 2:45-5:45 p.m., Aug. 5, at 237 William
H. Taft Road. Attorneys can earn two free CLE hours. To sign up, call 946-8251 or e-mail workshop@jfs.hamilton-co.org.
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Recognition of the
annual Child Support Hero and Lifetime Achievement Award winners
before the workshop.
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Driver's License
Amnesty throughout the month for more than 16,000 with licenses
suspended for non-payment of support. To participate, call
946-SETS.
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Amnesty for more
than 3,000 with child support-related warrants issued through
Juvenile and Domestic Relations courts, Aug. 17-21. To
participate, call 946-SETS.
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Publication of the
Annual Most Wanted poster of non-paying parents for 2009. To get
a poster, e-mail boehmm@jfs.hamilton-co.org.
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Child Support
serves many
--1 in 4 Hamilton
County residents (264,000) involved in Child Support
-- Touches more children than any governmental program, other than
education
--Required by law for one parent to pay another to help cover the
costs of raising children
--Collaboration among Child Support, Juvenile and Domestic Relations
courts, Prosecutor, Recorder and Sheriff's offices, employers,
attorneys, others makes the system successful |
