Vision Statement:

A program that makes a difference by ensuring families receive the child support they need and deserve.

Mission Statement:

To make it easy for parents to provide support for their children
To serve customers with respect, concern and professionalism
To ensure families can depend on their child support payments
To work with parents, partners and the community to continually improve the child support program

About the Child Support Enforcement Program

The Florida Department of Revenue has administered the Child Support Enforcement Program since 1994. Department staff provide child support services in all but two Florida counties. The State Attorney’s Office provides services in Miami-Dade County. The Manatee County Clerk of Court provides services in Manatee County.

The federal government, Florida’s courts, local law enforcement, financial institutions, Florida’s employers, and a host of state agencies all play a part in the successful collection and enforcement of child support.

The services we provide include:

Proving paternity
Getting child support orders
Enforcing child support orders
Changing child support orders

We do not enforce visitation or custody.

Our services are available even if a parent lives in another state or country. For more information about our services go to Child Support Services.

Facts:

We provide child support services to about a million children.
We collected over a billion dollars in child support last year.

Information About Private Child Support Collection Agencies:

Please know who is contacting you about your child support case. If the person contacting you does not tell you they are the Florida Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Program, you may be talking to someone from a private child support collection agency.

We have no connection to, or association with, any of these private child support collection agencies and therefore cannot guarantee if they are a genuine or credible company.

Private child support collection agencies do business differently than we do. One example is, they may charge fees or keep a percentage of your child support payments for their services.

If you have questions or concerns about your child support case and private child support collection agencies, you can call us at 1-800-622-KIDS (5437).