ACF Awards $1.7 Million to Strengthen Child Support

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced over $1.7 million in grants to 14 state and non-profit organizations to advance the performance of the nation’s child support enforcement system.

“By testing and developing strategic improvements to our nation’s child support enforcement system, these grants will advance the well-being of children,” said HHS Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Wade F. Horn, Ph.D. “These projects will lead to greater stability in the home by ensuring that vulnerable children get financial and emotional support of both parents.”

Six grants are designed to improve delivery of child support services, agency and judicial responsiveness to customers and health care coverage for children in child support cases: ...

Five grants were awarded to non-profit organizations to improve child support and marriage education services for ethnic and culturally-diverse populations: ...

Three grants were awarded to states and non-profit organizations to improve local collaboration strategies between child support enforcement and community agencies: ...

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