HHS Awards Florida $1 Million for Child Support Demonstration

Funds help children, support healthy marriage and parental relationships

HHS’ Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Dr. Wade F. Horn today announced $1,000,000 in federal funding for a demonstration project in Florida to promote improvements in child support enforcement efforts.

“This project in Florida will help improve the well-being of children, promote paternity establishment and help parents provide increased financial and emotional support for their children,” Dr. Horn said. “With today’s announcement, we now have ten projects aimed at helping us determine how support for healthy marriages and parental relationships can help improve the effectiveness of the child support enforcement program.”

The grant is awarded under the authority of Section 1115 of the Social Security Act and requires that the project be designed to improve the financial well-being of children or otherwise improve the operation of the child support enforcement program. Section 1115 authorizes states to conduct experimental, pilot or demonstration projects likely to assist in promoting the objectives of the Social Security Act.

The goals of the demonstration project include improving the establishment of paternity and increasing financial support for children as well as improving fathers’ relationships with both their children and the mothers of their children. ...

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