Some States require single parents to cooperate with child support enforcement regulations to be eligible for child care assistance through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Child support enforcement (CSE) agencies can help single parents, and family members with legal custody of children, locate an absent parent, establish paternity, and collect child support monies. Your State CSE agency can help answer questions about child support and child custody laws in your State. Contact information for all State CSE agencies is available on the Web at http://ocse.acf.hhs.gov/int/directories/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.extivdlist.
The Child Custody Network is an organization that links families with resources and information about laws, research, discussion boards, and forums about child custody issues. The Child Custody Network Web site is available at http://www.childcustodynetwork.com.
The National Women’s Law Center provides information about the child support enforcement services and how single parents, especially women, can access these services. Visit the Web at http://www.nwlc.org/index.cfm for more information. The Making Ends Meet: A Woman’s Guide to Collecting Child Support publication is available on the Web at http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/Making_Ends_Meet_English.pdf.
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