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Welcome to the Office of Child Support Services
The Georgia Department of Human Resources, Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) helps children by enforcing parental responsibility to pay financial support.
All Georgia families have access to OCSS services, which include assistance with locating non-custodial parents, confirming paternity, establishing and enforcing child support and medical support orders, and collecting and distributing payments. OCSS also provides the Georgia Fatherhood Services Network and the Access and Visitation Program, both devoted to increasing non-custodial parent involvement in a child’s life.
Constituent Services Portal
The Constituent Services Portal is an interactive website where you may give or obtain information about your case and find out about payments to your accounts. The Portal gives you access to your case 24 hours a day.
Reasons to use the Constituent Services Portal:
- Apply for services
- Fast access to case/payment information
- View payment/direct deposits that have been sent to your account
- Update address and employer information
- Request Direct Deposit and Stop Payments
- No more phone calls or special trips to the local child support office
Guide to DHR Services
If you have been laid off and are in need of assistance with food, health care or other types of social services, see this guide.
The Office of Child Support Services' authorized payment center is the Family Support Registry (FSR). For more information, click here.
Fatherhood/Paternity Program Named “Georgia Customer Service Team of the Year” by Governor Sonny Perdue
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) Fatherhood/Paternity Program was named the “Georgia Customer Service Team of the Year” by Governor Sonny Perdue. The award goes annually to the team that sets the most exceptional example of customer service in the state. OCSS was one of 16 winners selected from 636 nominations representing 49 state agencies by a panel comprised of leaders from the business community and the public sector.
News Releases
Number of OCSS agents nearly doubles as service demands increase - 08/20/09
August 20, 2009 - ATLANTA (GA) – The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) has nearly doubled the number of child support agents in response to an increased demand for services. OCSS recently added 21 new agents to the state’s Fatherhood Program as the number of non-custodial parents receiving unemployment benefits has quadrupled since 2008. The agents will help non-custodial parents who face various economic barriers find jobs so they can pay child support.
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