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Child Support

For information about child support services please visit the Guide to Government Assistance Programs. 

ISSUE BRIEF: Office of Child Support Staff Reductions Weaken Enforcement Capabilities (posted 5.10)
The Child Support program, operated by the Office of Child Support Services, is vitally important to tens of thousands of Rhode Island single parent families. This issue brief, taken from “An Uneven Path: State Investments in Women’s Economics Self Sufficiency”, explains how reductions in staff and high caseloads weaken the ability of child support enforcement to establish orders and collect support for families.

The Child Support Enforcement Program:  A Critical Investment for Children's Success (posted 4.08)
This report highlights how the Rhode Island Child Support Enforcement Program works and makes recommendations for legislators on ways to further improve this extremely important and cost effective program.
Read the Executive Summary


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